Edwards, Herb 2017-06-13
This interview features Herb Edwards a former drag racer. In this interview Edwards discusses his career in the mechanical engineering field, and his hobby of drag racing. Edwards describes some of his mechanical projects as well as meeting some of the professional drag racers.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Herb Edwards
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: June 13, 2017
Location: Amarillo, Texa
Interviewer: Daniel Sanchez
Length: 03:16:41 (3 hours 16 minutes)
Abstract
Family background; His interest in mechanical engineering; Recovering from a dislocated kneecap; working with NASA and aviation; Amount of time spent working for NASA; working at Pantex on 9/11; Dragonfly; other weapons that he has made; Racing in the first car he built; Acquiring another car; using a jet engine; Meeting the professional drag racers; Going on tour with Raymond Beatle; Owners of drag race tracks; accidents; Staying in touch with Raymond Beatle; Amarillo’s Motor Sports Hall of Fame; meeting Don Prudhomme; How drivers react to emergences; safety; Drawing; Shirley Muldowney; airplanes; His previous jobs; current projects; Things he has built, patents he’s had; art
Access Information
Original Recording Format: born digital
Recording Format Notes: patrons may listen to a CD copy in our reading room
Transcript: transcript available on dspace https://hdl.handle.net/10605/361822
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