Pro stock drivers get far less attention than funny car drivers (like John Force) or top fuel drivers (like Tony Schumacher), but Nobile is drawing big crowds at events.
Fuel drivers are threatening to strike over safety and working conditions.
Ministers have clarified advice to motorists ahead of a possible fuel drivers' strike - telling them to refill tanks when half empty.
Kevin Clinton, of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, said fuel drivers and their employers should "monitor the situation very closely" following the government's relaxation of tanker driver hours "and not just use the extra hours without careful consideration".
Ration transport and storage together represented just under 1% of total costs (including fuel, drivers and guards).
Top-fuel driver Steve Torrence couldn't help but give Tony Schumacher a good-natured stare down and smirk after zooming past him in Saturday's final qualifying session at the Circle K National Hot Rod Assn.
A day after declaring himself "a hillbilly country kid" living out his dream, top-fuel driver Steve Torrence captured his first victory at the Circle K National Hot Rod Assn.
The early rounds of competition featured the demise of some big names, including top-fuel drivers Tony Schumacher and Shawn Langdon (who won twice at Pomona in 2015), along with two-time pro-stock champion Erica Ericas-StErica.
