Herb McCandless

{{short description|American Pro Stock drag racer}}

Herb McCandless is an American Pro Stock drag racer.

With a long career in racing, McCandless won NHRA's Modified Eliminator title at the 1970 Gatornats in a Plymouth Barracuda.[https://books.google.com/books?id=dtgDAAAAMBAJ&dq=NHRA+fuel+altered+1969&pg=PP27 Popular Mechanics], January 1971, p.S26. (No author credited) (retrieved 19 June 2017)

McCandless also won the 1970 NHRA US Nationals in Pro Stock driving a 1970 Plymouth Duster for Sox and Martin.

From 1970 through 1974, McCandless drove a {{convert|426|cid|L|abbr=on}} hemi-powered Plymouth Duster for Sox and Martin[https://books.google.com/books?id=dtgDAAAAMBAJ&dq=NHRA+fuel+altered+1969&pg=PP27 Popular Mechanics], January 1971, p.S26. (No author credited) (retrieved 19 June 2017)

After retiring from driving, McCandless became a respected engine builder.