Doug
Herbert had been appointed an endorser for Rudy Beverage,named after Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger, inspiration for the movie Rudy. (Roger Richards)

Rudy Nutrition, Inc. (RUNU.PK) is pleased to announce that Doug
Herbert, owner and driver of the SnaponFranchise.com NHRA Top Fuel
dragster has joined on as a member of the Rudy Nutrition team.  As a
celebrity endorser for Rudy Beverage, Doug will make personal
appearances and be featured in advertising and promotional campaigns.

Doug Herbert has nine NHRA (National Hot Rod Association) career wins,
320 NHRA races and a racing-based business that bears his name. He is
also a four-time IHRA Top Fuel Champion in history by winning the
coveted title in 1992, 1994, 1995 and 1996.  Doug recently piloted his
8,000 horsepower machine in his 500th career NHRA elimination round and
currently ranks as one of the top 10 drivers for the 2008 NHRA Powerade
Championship Series

Recent International Motorsports Hall of Fame inductee Bill "Grumpy"
Jenkins will return to the 7th Annual Musclecar Madness at the York
Reunion on July 11th and 12th sponsored by York Traditions Bank and GGS
Technical Publication Services.
 
Jenkins joins a list of Legends of Drag Racing that includes Herb
McCandless, Wally Booth, Gordy Foust, Sam Auxier, Jr., Bud Faubel, Joe
Jacono, Bruce Larson, Wally Bell, "Miss Hurst Golden Shifter" Linda
Vaughn, "The Voice of Drag Racing" Jon Lundberg, Arnie "Farmer"
Beswick, and the list goes on.
 
A special "Tribute to Oldsmobile" will be presented with entries from
across the United States appearing to  participate in the recognition
being paid to the marque.

RELATED STORY - NOPI CANCELS EVENTS

The
NHRA issued the following statement upon learning NOPI cancelled two
western events on their schedule. Last season, the NHRA turned over
their sport compact program to NOPI.

Don Schumacher has had his fill of the nitromethane controversy and as far as he’s concerned, he’s moving on with life.

He’s seen the comments by VP Race Fuels that alleges he’s holding the
sport hostage and most recently in an interview with Graham Light
published in CompetitionPlus.com where the NHRA’s Vice President stated
Schumacher's decision to sell to those drivers testing at facilites
outside the NHRA schedule might result in problems down the road.

“None of that is my fault, nor is it my responsibility,” Schumacher
said. “It has always been NHRA and VP Race Fuels’ responsibility to
maintain enough supply in the country for the sport. I think it’s a
shame to eliminate testing which the teams need. Those are decisions
the NHRA makes and I have no power over their decisions. I’m a large
team owner and I’m concerned, but they are not my problems.”

Effective immediately, NOPI Motorsports is forced to cancel two
upcoming NOPI Events located in Colorado (Drag Race and Car Show)
previously set for June 21st and 22nd as well as the Utah event (Drag
Race, Drift and Car Show) previously set for July 18th and 19th of
2008. NOPI Motorsports has faced extreme weather at their past 8
events, which has affected NOPI events in a great way. Each event the
NOPI staff has pushed through these adversities to accommodate all of
its sponsors, racers and fans in the best way possible given the
circumstances. Many times events have been postponed and made up at a
future event due to weather shutting down tracks and making it unsafe
to run on.

Funny Car points leader, Tim Wilkerson will appear on SPEED TV’s popular, “Wind
Tunnel with Dave Despain” this Sunday, June 15 at 9:00 pm ET. 

Wilkerson, backed by long time sponsor, Levi, Ray & Shoup (LRS) is one of
the few remaining independent teams on the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing circuit and
is enjoying his career-best season, having earned two wins and four No. 1
qualifying positions.  He currently holds the top spot in POWERade Championship
points, U.S. Smokeless Showdown points and Full Throttle Pit Crew Championship
points. 

CompetitionPlus.com talked to Jessie Harris yesterday for an update on her nitro aspirations.

The
former jet car racer turned Top Fuel licensee Harris wanted to convey
to the readers of CompetitionPlus.com that she's still working forward,
but unfortunately nothing has come together as of today.

CompetitionPlus.com has learned through multiple sources that Torco
Race Fuel's Chief Financial Officer Latrell Preston left the company on
Wednesday, June 12.

Carl
Spiering and his Eaton Cutler-Hammer Pro Modified Corvette were
featured this week at the Global Petroleum Show (GPS) 2008 at Stampede
Park in Calgary, Alberta , the world's largest oil and gas event.
 
Spiering, one of Canada’s top drag racing personalities, spent the week
in the Eaton booth meeting customers, distributors, employees and
guests of the show that saw over 60,000 visitors from 53 countries.
 

The Flowmaster American Drag Racing League (ADRL) presented by the
National Guard announced that its 2nd annual Shelor.com Spring Drags
have been postponed from June 20-21 to Oct. 3-4 at Tulsa Raceway Park
in Oklahoma. Although new tickets reflecting the October dates will be
printed and distributed, all previously distributed tickets will be
honored.

“Unfortunately, this is the second time I’ve had to make this
announcement,” ADRL President Kenny Nowling said, referring to the
previous postponement of the event’s originally scheduled April dates
to June due to severe flooding at the facility. “But short- and
long-term weather forecasts are calling for even more rain and we know
from experience that would ruin any attempt to put on the type of event
the ADRL is known for. As disappointing as it may be, it’s only fair to
our race teams and fans to make this decision now and save them the
time, trouble and expense of traveling for nothing.”