CAMSHAFT COMPANY FOUNDERS PASSING AWAY

JACK ENGLE
ENGLE RACING CAMS

JACK ENGLE DIED ON THE MORNING OF NOVEMBER 14TH IN 2008.

HE BEGAN RACING IN THE LATE 1930'S AT EL MIRAGE DRY LAKES, CALIFORNIA. HE FORMED HIS OWN CAMSHAFT MANUFACTURING BUSINESS IN 1941.

JACK IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE ONA AND TWO SONS, MARK AND DOUG, WHO CONTINUE TO OPERATE THE CAMSHAFT BUSINESS.

CHET HERBERT
HERBERT CAMS

CHESTER "CHET" HERBERT DIED ON THURSDAY APRIL 23RD OF 2009. HE WAS 81 YEARS OLD. CHET DIED OF PNEUMONIA AT ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL IN ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.

HE WAS STRICKEN WITH POLIO AT AGE 20 AND LIVED THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN A WHEELCHAIR, PARALYZED FROM THE CHEST DOWN.

CHET PIONEERED THE USE OF ROLLER TAPPET CAMSHAFTS FOR AMERICAN V8 ENGINES IN THE EARLY 1950'S.

CHET IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE LEANNE, DAUGHTERS HEATHER AND TRACEY AND SON DOUG HERBERT. DOUG WILL ASSIST HIS MOTHER IN CONTINUING TO OPERATE THE CAMSHAFT BUSINESS.

SIG ERSON RACING CAMS

THE FOUNDER WAS SIGURD (SIG) HARALD ERSON. SIG WAS BORN 1930 IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. HE DIED ON JULY 6, 2009.

HE WORKED FOR ED ISKENDERIAN PRIOR TO LEAVING TO FORM HIS OWN CAMSHAFT MANUFACTURING BUSINESS IN 1963.

SIG SOLD THE BUSINESS IN 1982 TO HARRY EBERLIN, THE OWNER OF "SUPER SHOPS". HARRY WENT BANKRUPT IN 1997. ERSON CAMS (NEVADA), ALONG WITH ITS SISTER COMPANY, MALLORY ELECTRIC WAS PURCHASED BY A SUCCESSION OF OWNERS AND FINALLY MR. GASKET COMPANY.

SIG AND HIS WIFE MARYANN MOVED TO HAWAII AND LATER MOVED TO THE FLORIDA KEYS. FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS THEY LIVED IN OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA WHERE HE PASSED AWAY ON MONDAY THE SIXTH OF JULY 2009.