Jeep Herbert

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Howard "Jeep" Herbert (April 14, 1927 – November 29, 2002) was an American dirt modified stock car driver. He got the nickname Jeep from a comic strip character after an on-the-job mishap at a gas station service pit. Herbert focused his career at Fonda Speedway in New York, where he won the track championship in 1959 and had 25 wins. He also raced at about 40 other speedways, including Airborne Park, Canandaigua, Syracuse, Utica-Rome, Langhorne, and tracks in Vermont, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. He retired from racing in 1963 at age 36, after competing on both Daytona Beach and the tri-oval at Daytona International Speedway. His titles include the NASCAR NY Sportsman Championship in 1956 and 1957. Jeep Herbert was inducted into the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame and the New York State Stock Car Association Hall of Fame. His car numbers included 1, 11, 37, 53, 62, and 991.