I
n the world of desert
racing, records are broken
and legends are born, and
most agree that few teams
have left their imprint in the
sport like Terrible Herbst
Motorsports, led by Off-
Road Hall of Fame inductee
Jerry Herbst and family.
For more than 40 years, team
Herbst has exhibited a steely-
eyed passion for competition
with a desire to win that runs
deep in all aspects of the Herbst
enterprises. With one competi-
tive truck in SCORE's Unlimited
Trophy Truck class, the Herbst
family is getting ready to enter
another class within SCORE.
SCORE Journal tracked
down fabricator Herbst-Smith's
co-owner, Mike Smith to find
some answers after we learned
that Terrible Herbst team
is gunning for TT Spec, the
relatively affordable forerunner
to the more powerful Unlimited
Trophy Truck class. And since
Terrible Herbst Motorsports, or
Smith, hasn't recently set a tire
tread in SCORE's TT Spec prior
to making their announcement
to compete, all eyes will be on
this one fabricator and red-
shirted teammates to see if they
got it right.
On a recent visit to the
Herbst-Smith secured
headquarters in Huntington
Beach, California, Smith is well
UNLEASHING THE
HERBST-SMITH TOYOTA
Mike Smith At
Herbst-Smith
Motorsports,
Prepares The
Team's First TT
Spec. Toyota
Tacoma Race
Truck.
STORY AND PHOTOS BY
STEVEN ROMERO
prepared to take on TT Spec
like he has taken on many
challenges before. In fact, by
all accounts, Smith already has
devoted considerable time and
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