Owner/Crew Chief/Engine Builder
Owner/Crew Chief/Engine Builder 2024 Sugar Cane Shootout at SCR 1/13/2024
Driver - Jeremy Herbert
Oliver "Mr. Skip" Holbert, Jr. - Owner of "Masterpiece" Camaro
Originally from Daytona Beach, FL, "Mr. Skip"has lived in Baton Rouge< LA for the past 43 years
and is married to the lovely Mrs. Barbara Smith Holbert.
Mr. Skipe served as a member of a pit crew for a shipmate who owned a Ford Fairlane with a
289 engine back in 1964 for his first experience on track.
Skip did not hit the track on his own until 1967, in Pocatello, Idaho, at Pocatello Dragway in a
1961 Studebaker Lark V8, when he won 1st place in F/S in his first time out in competition! That
was the start of a long love for driving a drag car. His racing career has carried him from Idaho to
California, Maryland, Florida and most of the Southeast.
Mr. Skip served 24 years in the U. S. Navy, Submarine Service, and retired as a E9,
Master Chief Electricians Mate. He served on 2 of the old WW2 Submarines and
5 Nuclear Powered subs, Engineering Watch Supervisor, before retiring in 1980.
Mr. Skip has also worked for, Stone & Webster Engineering Corp., Gulf States Utilities,
and retired from Entergy Corproation in 2001.
After our last trip to SCR on August 9, 2024, to let my daughter Cynthia see the car make a pass,
we pulled the motor and transmission out and sent the trans. to be freshen-up at TCI and we sent the
Torque Converter to COAN for a refresh
Mr. Skip & Jeremy