Legendary drag racers Tom "The Mongoose" McEwen and Don "The Snake" Prudhomme
will host a night of bench racing and tall tales at the Wally Parks NHRA
Motorsports Museum , presented by the Automobile Club of Southern
California  on Thursday, Feb 7 at 6:30 pm—right before the CARQUEST Auto
Parts Winternationals.

The two will show highlights from Once Upon
A Wheel: Match Race , their new DVD.  Tom and Don will also be joined by
some special guests who raced alongside them over the years.  All the proceeds
from the event, which will include a full dinner and memorabilia auction, will
go directly to support the Museum.

Company Creates Marketing Alliance with NHRA Legend

Wyndham Vacation Ownership, the world’s largest vacation ownership
company and a member of the Wyndham Worldwide family of companies
(NYSE: WYN), announced today it has revved up its presence in the motor
sports industry by creating a partnership with Don Prudhomme Snake
Racing, owned by legendary National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) driver
Don Prudhomme. The company, through its Wyndham Vacation Resorts brand,
will partner with Snake Racing on a series of marketing promotions
leveraging Prudhomme’s popularity with NHRA fans across the country.

“Don Prudhomme and his Snake Racing team have built a tremendous
following with NHRA fans due to their storied history of victories and
championships,” said Franz Hanning, president and CEO, Wyndham Vacation
Ownership. “This is an outstanding opportunity to align with an
indisputable racing legend to raise awareness of our brand and showcase
the myriad benefits of vacation ownership to motor sports fans
everywhere.”

The partnership between Wyndham Vacation Ownership and Don Prudhomme
Snake Racing will be visible at several NHRA events in early 2008. Fans
at NHRA events can enter for a chance to win The Experience &
Vacation of a Lifetime Sweepstakes where the grand prize is a trip to
the 10th Annual SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals in Las Vegas. The prize
includes a chance to meet Don Prudhomme, two race weekend VIP passes,
two 30-lap Experiences of a Lifetime at Richard Petty Driving
Experience at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, accommodations at the
Wyndham Grand Desert resort and airfare for two adults to Las Vegas.

Summit Racing Equipment, the world's largest direct mail and Internet supplier
of high performance automotive parts, and Kenny Bernstein Racing have reached a
new sponsorship agreement for 2008. Under this agreement, Summit Racing
Equipment will become an associate sponsor of Budweiser/Lucas Oil Top Fuel
driver Brandon Bernstein and Monster Energy Drink Funny Car driver Tommy Johnson
Jr. during the upcoming season.

"Obviously, Kenny Bernstein is a drag
racing legend and his race team, Kenny Bernstein Racing, is a first-class
operation," Kirk Heinbuch, Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports and Events
Manager, said. "Kenny, Brandon, and Tommy have all won Summit Racing
Equipment-sponsored NHRA events, and we look forward to sharing the winners
circle with them again as members of Team Summit."

Brandon Bernstein has
earned 17 career victories, 23 final round appearances, and 11 number one
qualifying positions. In 2007, he notched five wins and finished third in the
NHRA's "Countdown to the Championship. "Brandon has been successful both as a
driver and as a spokesperson for NHRA drag racing," Heinbuch said. "We know he
will be an excellent representative of Summit Racing Equipment,"

Rockingham Dragway owner Steve Earwood has announced the most ambitious
schedule in his track’s 36-year history with competition on 123 days
encompassing 78 different events.

The track unofficially opened on Jan. 5 for a test-and-tune session and
will play host to its fourth such event this Saturday.  First major
spectator race at the Carolinas’ fastest track will be the third annual
nitrojam.com Spring Blast featuring Pro Modifieds, Pro Stocks, Top Fuel
Dragsters and Funny Cars in pre-season testing, Feb. 21-24.

“I think the 2008 schedule has more variety than ever,” Earwood said. 
“We’ve got feature events like the the ADRL’s Dragstock V Pro Mod race,
the AHDRA’s Screamin’ Eagle Nationals for the Harley-Davidson
motorcycle fans and the two IHRA events (the Spring Nationals and the
Knoll Gas World Finals), but we’ve also got races for the weekend racer.

Go Fast Sports and Beverage Company, the producer of Go Fast Energy Drink, Go
Fast Sports Apparel and Go Fast Energy Gum, has
been named an associate partner of David Powers Motorsports, team owner David
Powers announced today. The Go Fast Sports colors will fly on the Antron
Brown-driven Matco Tools dragster during the 2008 NHRA
season.

The partnership between David
Powers Motorsports and Go Fast Sports delivers a retail distribution program
with Matco Tools. Go Fast Sports has experienced a sudden rise in the energy
drink market on a regional level and will now be sold on Matco Tools trucks
providing national reach for the cutting-edge beverage company. The 1,500 Matco
Tools distributors in North America and Puerto
Rico will now feature Go Fast Sports products on their tool trucks.
The partnership was put together by Forward Sports Marketing, the marketing
agency of record for DPM.

When Gary Scelzi announced his intentions to take a sabbatical
following the 2007 season, up and coming driver Leah Pruett quickly
submitted her resume to team owner Don Schumacher. Her actions netted a
test session behind the wheel of the Funny Car normally driven by Jack
Beckman.

Pruett never took the experience with visions of grandeur. She used the
opportunity to her advantage for nothing more than to give Schumacher
an opportunity to evaluate her talent.

Jerry Toliver will drive the Rockstar Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car for Don
Schumacher Racing in the 2008 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, beginning at the
Winternationals in Pomona, Calif., Feb. 7-10, 2008, it was confirmed today by
team owner Don Schumacher.

A native of California, Toliver returns to his
first full year of NHRA Funny Car competition since 2004. The popular,
articulate and outgoing racer skipped the 2005 and 2006 seasons and ran all but
four national events in 2007 under his own banner with Rockstar
backing.

Rockstar, Inc., maker of Rockstar Energy Drink, returns as
Toliver's primary sponsor on the Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car, a major associate
sponsor on the NAPA AUTO PARTS Dodge driven by Ron Capps, and as an associate
sponsor on the rest of the Don Schumacher Racing teams.

Phil Shuler, who,
along with Todd Okuhara in 2007, tuned the Mail Terminal Services Dodge for Jack
Beckman and the Mopar/Oakley Dodge for Gary Scelzi, was named crew
chief.

Randy Beck, the son of former two time NHRA Top Fuel World Champion Gary Beck,
has been signed to drive John Rodeck’s Nostalgia Top Fuel car. Randy will pilot
the Paso Posse car as it contests the new 2008 NHRA Heritage Series.

The
Tacoma, Washington resident has served as a crew member in the past on Rodeck’s
car, but will now assume the driving chores with the departure of former driver
Jack Harris who leaves to field his own Nostalgia Funny Car. Beck’s long
standing desire to follow his father’s footsteps became a reality after
completing his driver’s training under the tutelage of funny car driver Jack
Beckman. Testing in the car will commence immediately, with a competition debut
scheduled for the 50th Annual March Meet at Auto Club Raceway in Bakersfield,
California on March 7-9.

The following are the pre-entries received for the 8th annual CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com hosted by South Georgia Motorsports Park in Valdosta, Ga. 

In recent days Torco’s CompetitionPlus.com has received a spate of
e-mail messages via one or more e-mail forwarders who promise anonymity
to their users.  Yes, such services actually exist, enabling the sender
to write anything he or she so chooses without fear of revealing the
sender’s name and/or e-mail address.

Please be advised all messages received via forwarding services
promising the senders anonymity are, and will continue to be
immediately discarded via the “Delete” button, and will not be
published or responded to.

In days gone by various message boards and chat rooms devoted to drag
racing permitted their members anonymity, which resulted in an ever
declining quality of “discussion” that quickly devolved into personal
attacks, totally unfounded rumors and a level of animosity that was
frankly surprising in its viciousness.

Torco's CompetitionPlus.com continues to demand “real” names and e-mail
addresses on submitted comments, as without confirmation that the
sender is “real” no such comments will be published or responded to.