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Herb Nab
Herb Nab (April 1, 1927 – October 29, 1988) was a NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup Series crew chief. He is regarded by many as one of the greatest crew chiefs in NASCAR history. Nab earned two NASCAR Cup championships and multiple wins in the Daytona 500 and Southern 500, and prepared winning cars for drivers such as Joe Weatherly, Curtis Turner, Fireball Roberts, Fred Lorenzen, Junior Johnson, LeeRoy Yarbrough, Bobby Allison, Cale Yarborough, and Buddy Baker.
Nab was called "one of the sport's first superstar crew chiefs" and was called by his peers as "the first of the really top chassis experts in NASCAR."
Nab was born on April 1, 1927 in Fruita, Colorado. He was the son of a Russian immigrant father and a German immigrant mother. Shortly after his birth, the family moved to Idaho and operated a farm.
Nab quit school after the seventh grade and ran away to Nevada to work as a truck driver, despite being underage. Nab then worked jobs in a California shipyard, and a jewelry shop in Idaho. At the age of 18, he worked as a mechanic at an Allis-Chalmers dealership in Idaho. In the early 1950s, he moved to Portland, Oregon, where he worked as a roofer for his brother's business before taking a job as a mechanic at a Dodge-Plymouth dealership.
While working at the Portland Dodge-Plymouth dealership, salesman Bill Amick invited Nab to prepare his car for racing at the Portland Speedway.
Nab's first race as a crew chief in the NASCAR Cup Series came at the Arizona State Fairgrounds in May 1955. Amick qualified in pole position. He followed that with a pole position the following week in Tucson, Arizona.
In 1956, Nab was hired by Pete DePaolo who was establishing a team with factory support from Ford Motor Company. Nab moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, and was head mechanic in charge of the cars that would compete on short tracks with drivers Amick and Marvin Panch.
In June 1957, Detroit manufacturers withdrew factory support from stock car racing in order to, "de-emphasize speed and horsepower in promoting its product." The Ford factory team was re-organized as Holman-Moody and Nab continued with the team.
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Herb Nab
Herb Nab (April 1, 1927 – October 29, 1988) was a NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup Series crew chief. He is regarded by many as one of the greatest crew chiefs in NASCAR history. Nab earned two NASCAR Cup championships and multiple wins in the Daytona 500 and Southern 500, and prepared winning cars for drivers such as Joe Weatherly, Curtis Turner, Fireball Roberts, Fred Lorenzen, Junior Johnson, LeeRoy Yarbrough, Bobby Allison, Cale Yarborough, and Buddy Baker.
Nab was called "one of the sport's first superstar crew chiefs" and was called by his peers as "the first of the really top chassis experts in NASCAR."
Nab was born on April 1, 1927 in Fruita, Colorado. He was the son of a Russian immigrant father and a German immigrant mother. Shortly after his birth, the family moved to Idaho and operated a farm.
Nab quit school after the seventh grade and ran away to Nevada to work as a truck driver, despite being underage. Nab then worked jobs in a California shipyard, and a jewelry shop in Idaho. At the age of 18, he worked as a mechanic at an Allis-Chalmers dealership in Idaho. In the early 1950s, he moved to Portland, Oregon, where he worked as a roofer for his brother's business before taking a job as a mechanic at a Dodge-Plymouth dealership.
While working at the Portland Dodge-Plymouth dealership, salesman Bill Amick invited Nab to prepare his car for racing at the Portland Speedway.
Nab's first race as a crew chief in the NASCAR Cup Series came at the Arizona State Fairgrounds in May 1955. Amick qualified in pole position. He followed that with a pole position the following week in Tucson, Arizona.
In 1956, Nab was hired by Pete DePaolo who was establishing a team with factory support from Ford Motor Company. Nab moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, and was head mechanic in charge of the cars that would compete on short tracks with drivers Amick and Marvin Panch.
In June 1957, Detroit manufacturers withdrew factory support from stock car racing in order to, "de-emphasize speed and horsepower in promoting its product." The Ford factory team was re-organized as Holman-Moody and Nab continued with the team.