NHRA Top Fuel Driver Doug Herbert will participate in activities surrounding the NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
races held at Bristol Motor Speedway, March 21-22. Herbert will
compete in a celebrity amateur race as part of the Scotts Saturday
Night Special Charity Event, and will start his dragster in front of
nearly 160,000 spectators during the pre-race ceremonies prior to
Sunday’s Food City 500.
Herbert’s Top Fuel Dragster will be on display outside Bristol Motor
Speedway throughout the weekend, beginning Friday for Food City Race
Night, but will be moved inside the .533-mile oval Sunday morning, when
he will start the 8,000-horsepower machine on the track’s frontstretch.
“Bristol is one of my favorite races,” said Herbert, who scored his
first Top Fuel victory at Thunder Valley in 1992. “Before they built
zMAX Dragway in Charlotte last year, Bristol was my home track. I like
going up there so I was excited when they asked me to be at the circle
track. When we start the dragster for all the NASCAR fans I’m sure
they’ll love it!”