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« on: June 11, 2006, 09:25:13 am »
As some of you may know, Mark 'Super Shitbox' Herbert died in a street racing accident on Friday night. I will miss him as a friend.
God bless you Mark.

News story here
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« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2006, 12:56:29 pm »
Oh man, I'm sorry to hear it... My condolenses goes to his family and friends...
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« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2006, 16:06:28 pm »
This is a great loss to the whole community. I will miss Mark......

My condolenses goes to Mike and the family.
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« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2006, 23:01:25 pm »
Farewell indeed. Gutted, and I never even met him.
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« Reply #4 on: June 11, 2006, 23:38:27 pm »
This is sad news as i always talked to Mark on the phone every month he also put my last turbo motor together. RIP MARK
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« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2006, 00:52:25 am »
Farewell Mark, my condolenses goes to Mike and the family  Cry
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« Reply #6 on: June 12, 2006, 00:53:41 am »
The Herbert Family thanks you from the bottom of our Hearts.

Thank You
Mike Herbert
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« Reply #7 on: June 12, 2006, 09:00:59 am »
Rest in peace Mark, I never knew you but I felt a big loss all the same.
My sincerest condolences to the family and all those who knew him.
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« Reply #8 on: June 12, 2006, 15:55:26 pm »
Terrible, terrible news.
 Our thoughts are with all concerned.
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« Reply #9 on: June 13, 2006, 08:03:57 am »
The members of GEZUVOR VW Club from Switzerland would like to express their sincere condoleances. Our thoughts are with the Herbert family. The Super Shit Box which our club member Olivier Dido bought from Mark will always be a very special memory to us and it will be kept in honour. And it will be raced the way it was intended by its builder... RIP Mark Herbert.

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« Reply #10 on: June 13, 2006, 08:32:31 am »
Sad, sad news indeed. I never knew Mark, but I understand he was a sigificant contributor to the VW-scene first of all in the US, but his name is widely known, and always spoken with great respect here in Europe too. My deepest condolances to his friends and family.
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« Reply #11 on: June 14, 2006, 00:27:41 am »
i got the news at Mantorp this weekend and the hairs stood up on my arms.. the road back home was long and Mark was on my mind allot... California will not be the same withhout his driving force and helping hand to all, he was such a great guy, happy haven known you Mark, Sad to loose you! hope you;re Dragracing upther in the sky! my deepest condolences to Mike and his buddies...
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« Reply #12 on: June 14, 2006, 23:50:07 pm »
Thats sad news.

RIP Mark!

My deepest condolances to his friends and family.
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« Reply #13 on: June 15, 2006, 08:47:37 am »
R.I.P mark
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« Reply #14 on: June 15, 2006, 08:49:28 am »
RIP Mark - My condolances to all his friends and family - A massive loss to the world of Hot VW's
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« Reply #15 on: June 21, 2006, 19:33:36 pm »
It might have been easier to hear about Mark passing away while staying in Europe. We just met for a few hours when I stayed in the US in 2000 and 2004. We had some e-mail contact, especially in the early days of the Cal Look-Forum. Now everything was different. Thursday afternoon at Express Burger in HB we talked about the latest May Cruise Madness T-shirt and that he really wanted to have one, later in the evening at Irwindale I asked him about a Turbo buggy, which was really fast on the 1/8 mile. And then, just 26 hours later at the DKP Cruise Night my friend Stephan Szantai walked towards me, with a very sad face and brought the news, news beyond belief.

Mark, even if I knew not much of you, I just want to thank you for the time we spend together, thanks for the tips and thanks for the funny stories you could tell! RIP! California will never be the same again!
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« Reply #16 on: June 27, 2006, 21:11:50 pm »
check out www.myspace.com/markherbert
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