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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED STATES<br>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Washington,
D.C.&#160; 20549</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM S-8</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Rush Enterprises, Inc.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">74-1733016</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(State or other
  jurisdiction</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(I.R.S Employer
  Identification No.)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">of incorporation
  or organization)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading --><b>555 IH 35 South</b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">New
  Braunfels, Texas</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">78130</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Address of
  Principal Executive Offices)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Rush Enterprises, Inc. 2006
Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Full title of the plan)</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Martin&nbsp;A. Naegelin,&nbsp;Jr.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Rush Enterprises,&nbsp;Inc.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">555 IH 35 South</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">New Braunfels, Texas 78130</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(830)&nbsp;626-5200</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Copies to:</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Daryl L. Lansdale, Jr.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Fulbright &amp; Jaworski L.L.P.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">300 Convent Street, Suite 2200</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">San Antonio, TX 78205</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(210) 270-9367</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Name, address,
and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:36.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></b></p>

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  <p align="left" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><!-- SET mrlHTMLTableFull --><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading -->Title&nbsp;of&nbsp;securities&nbsp;to&nbsp;be<br>
  registered</p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.2%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.74%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Amount&nbsp;to&nbsp;be<br>
  registered&nbsp;(1)</font></b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:18.66%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Proposed&nbsp;maximum<br>
  offering&nbsp;price<br>
  per&nbsp;share&nbsp;(2)</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Proposed&nbsp;maximum<br>
  aggregate&nbsp;offering&nbsp;price&nbsp;(2)</font></b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:18.66%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Amount&nbsp;of<br>
  registration&nbsp;fee&nbsp;(2)</font></b></p>
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  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Class A Common Stock,
  $.01 par value per share</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,000,000 shares</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
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  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:17.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">17.83</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:17.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">17,830,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:17.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,907.81</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This Registration Statement
also covers an additional indeterminable number of shares as may be required
pursuant to the Rush Enterprises, Inc. 2006 Non-Employee Director Stock Option
Plan in the event of a stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, exchange
of shares&#160; or other similar change in
Rush Enterprises, Inc.&#146;s&#160; (the &#147;Company&#148;)
Class A Common Stock (the &#147;Class A Common Stock&#148;).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Estimated solely
for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and is based on the average
of high and low prices of the Class A Common Stock on the NASDAQ National
Market on November 3, 2006, in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;).</font></p>


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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PART I</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
document(s) containing the information required in Part I of Form S-8 will be
sent or given to participants in the Rush Enterprises, Inc. 2006 Non-Employee
Director Stock Option Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities
Act.&#160; In accordance with Rule 428 and the
introductory note to Part I of Form S-8, such documents are not being filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the&nbsp;&#148;Commission&#148;) either as
part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act.&#160; These documents and the documents
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of
Part II of this Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets
the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">PART II</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ITEM 3.&#160;&#160;&#160;
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), and, in accordance therewith,
files reports and other information with the Commission.&#160; The following documents, or portions thereof,
filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act, are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The Company&#146;s Annual Report on
Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, filed on March 13,
2006, File No. 000-20797;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, June 30, and September 30,
2006, filed on May 10, August 9 and November 9, 2006, respectively, File No.
000-20797;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form
8-K, filed on February 27, February 28, March 13, April 18, April 28, May 17,
June 19, July 20, and October 19, 2006, File No. 000-20797;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; All other reports filed pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year
covered by the Company&#146;s last Annual Report on Form 10-K referred to in (1)
above; and</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(5)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The description of the Class A Common
Stock contained in the Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-A, filed on July 9, 2002,
including all amendments and reports filed for the purpose of updating such
description, File No. 000-20797.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In
addition to the foregoing, all documents subsequently filed by the Company with
the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange
Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that (i) indicates that
all securities offered under this Registration Statement have been sold, or
(ii) deregisters all securities then remaining unsold under this Registration
Statement, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the
date of filing of such documents.</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Any
statement contained in a document incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for
purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any subsequently filed document that is also
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.&#160; Any statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of
this Registration Statement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ITEM 4.&#160;&#160;&#160;
Description of Securities.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not
applicable.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ITEM 5.&#160;&#160;&#160;
Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not
applicable.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ITEM 6.&#160;&#160;&#160;
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Article VIII of the Company&#146;s Restated Articles of
Incorporation (the &#147;Restated Articles&#148;) limits the liability of its
directors.&#160; Specifically, Article VIII
provides in part that:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A director shall
not be liable to the Company or its shareholders for monetary damages for an
act or omission in such director&#146;s capacity as director, except for liability
for (i) any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Company or its
shareholders, (ii) any act or omission not in good faith that constitutes a
breach of duty of such director to the Company or any act or omission that
involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law, (iii) any
transaction from which such director received an improper benefit, whether or
not the benefit resulted from an action taken within the scope of the director&#146;s
office or (iv) any act or omission for which the liability of such director is
expressly provided by statute.&#160; If either
the Texas Business Corporation Act (the &#147;TBCA&#148;), the Texas Miscellaneous
Corporation Laws Act or any other applicable Texas statute hereafter is amended
to authorize the further elimination or limitation of the liability of the
Company&#146;s directors, then the liability of the Company&#146;s directors, in addition
to the limitation on liability provided in the Restated Articles, shall be
limited to the fullest extent permitted by such amended act.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Article VIII of the Company&#146;s Amended and Restated
Bylaws provides for the indemnification of the Company&#146;s directors and
officers.&#160; Specifically, Article VIII
provides in part that:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 36.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company hereby elects
to and does hereby indemnify the following persons to the fullest extent
permitted or required by the TBCA: (a) any person who is or was a director or
officer of the Company, (b) any person who while a director or officer of the
Company, is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director,
officer, partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent or similar
functionary of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint
venture, sole proprietorship, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise
and (c) any person who is not or was not a director or officer of the Company
but who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer,
partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent or similar functionary
of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, sole
proprietorship, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise.&#160; Such obligation to so indemnify and to so
make such determinations may be specifically enforced by resort to any court of
competent jurisdiction. Further, the Company shall pay or reimburse the</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">reasonable expenses of
such persons covered hereby in advance of the final disposition of any
proceeding to the fullest extent permitted by the TBCA and subject to the
conditions thereof.&#160; If the TBCA or any
other applicable Texas statute is hereafter amended to authorize a corporation
to further indemnify the above described persons, the Company shall, in
addition to the indemnification provided herein, indemnify such persons to the
fullest extent permitted or required under such amended act or statute.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Article
2.02-1 of the TBCA permits the Company, in certain circumstances, to indemnify
any present or former director, officer, employee or agent of the Company
against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses
incurred in connection with a proceeding in which any such person was, is or is
threatened to be, made a party by reason of holding such office or position,
but only to a limited extent for obligations resulting from a proceeding in
which the person is found liable on the basis that a personal benefit was
improperly received or in circumstances in which the person is found liable in
a derivative suit brought on behalf of the Company.</font></p>

<p style="margin-left:0pt;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company maintains Director and Officer Insurance
and has entered into indemnity agreements with certain of its directors.&#160; A form of the indemnity agreement is filed as
Exhibit 10.80 of the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1, filed
on April&nbsp;10, 1996.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ITEM 7.&#160;&#160;&#160; Exemption from Registration Claimed.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not Applicable.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ITEM 8.&#160;&#160;&#160;
Exhibits. </font></b></p>

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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Description</font></b></p>
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  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:84.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Restated
  Articles of Incorporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1
  of the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended
  December&nbsp;31, 2004, filed on March 15, 2005, File No. 000-20797)</font></p>
  </td>
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  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:84.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended and
  Restated Bylaws (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the
  Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, filed on May 17, 2006, File
  No.&nbsp;000-20797)</font></p>
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  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Rush
  Enterprises, Inc. 2006 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan (incorporated
  herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company&#146;s Current Report on
  Form&nbsp;8-K, filed on May 17, 2006, File No. 000-20797)</font></p>
  </td>
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  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:84.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Form of
  Non-Employee Director Stock Option Agreement</font></p>
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  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:84.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.1*</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of
  Fulbright &amp; Jaworski L.L.P.</font></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:84.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1*</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of
  Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1)</font></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:84.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.2*</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Ernst
  &amp; Young LLP</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:84.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24.1*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:84.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Power of Attorney
  (included on signature page)</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Filed herewith</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ITEM 9.&#160;&#160;&#160;
Undertakings.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The Company hereby undertakes:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To file, during any period in which
offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:71.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To include any
prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:71.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To reflect in the
prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in this Registration Statement.&#160; Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase
or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may
be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation
of Registration Fee&#148; table in this effective Registration Statement; and</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:71.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in this Registration Statement;</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">provided, however, </font></i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">that paragraphs (a)(1)(i)
and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Company pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; That, for the purpose of determining
any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To remove from registration by means
of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which
remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The Company hereby undertakes that,
for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing
of the Company&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <i>bona fide</i> offering thereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Insofar as indemnification for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors,
officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of
the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.&#160; In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in
the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">with
the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court
of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by the
Company is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">SIGNATURES</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New
Braunfels, State of Texas on November 9, 2006.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Rush Enterprises, Inc.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;/s/ Martin A.
  Naegelin, Jr.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:45.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Martin&nbsp;A. Naegelin,&nbsp;Jr.</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:45.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</font></p>
  </td>
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<p style="line-height:1.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">KNOW
ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints W.M. &#147;RUSTY&#148; RUSH and MARTIN&nbsp;A.
NAEGELIN,&nbsp;JR., and each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in
his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments, exhibits thereto and other
documents in connection therewith) to this Registration Statement, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith
(including any registration statement relating to this Registration Statement
and filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the &#147;Securities Act&#148;)), with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, or their or his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.</font></p>

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  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chairman and
  Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">November 9, 2006</font></p>
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  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ W.M. &#147;Rusty&#148; Rush</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President, Chief
  Executive Officer and Director </font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">W.M. &#147;Rusty&#148; Rush</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Principal
  Executive Officer)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">November 9, 2006</font></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Martin A. Naegelin, Jr</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Senior Vice
  President and Chief Financial</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Martin&nbsp;A. Naegelin,&nbsp;Jr.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Officer
  (Principal Financial and </font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">November 9, 2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Accounting
  Officer)</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Ronald J. Krause</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">November 9, 2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ronald&nbsp;J. Krause</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;/s/ John D.
  Rock </font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">November 9, 2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">John&nbsp;D. Rock</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Harold D. Marshall</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">November 9, 2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Harold&nbsp;D. Marshall</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Thomas A. Akin</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">November 9, 2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Thomas&nbsp;A. Akin</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Form of Non-Employee Director Stock Option Agreement</font></p>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 2006.
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C.  20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Rush Enterprises, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
74-1733016
(State or other
  jurisdiction
(I.R.S Employer
  Identification No.)
of incorporation
  or organization)
555 IH 35 South
New
  Braunfels, Texas
78130
(Address of
  Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Rush Enterprises, Inc. 2006
Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Martin A. Naegelin, Jr.
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Rush Enterprises, Inc.
555 IH 35 South
New Braunfels, Texas 78130
(830) 626-5200
Copies to:
Daryl L. Lansdale, Jr.
Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
300 Convent Street, Suite 2200
San Antonio, TX 78205
(210) 270-9367
(Name, address,
and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities to be
registered
Amount to be
registered (1)
Proposed maximum
offering price
per share (2)
Proposed maximum
aggregate offering price (2)
Amount of
registration fee (2)
Class A Common Stock,
  $.01 par value per share
1,000,000 shares
$
17.83
$
17,830,000
$
1,907.81
(1)
This Registration Statement
also covers an additional indeterminable number of shares as may be required
pursuant to the Rush Enterprises, Inc. 2006 Non-Employee Director Stock Option
Plan in the event of a stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, exchange
of shares  or other similar change in
Rush Enterprises, Inc.'s  (the "Company")
Class A Common Stock (the "Class A Common Stock").
(2)
Estimated solely
for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and is based on the average
of high and low prices of the Class A Common Stock on the NASDAQ National
Market on November 3, 2006, in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
PART I
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
The
document(s) containing the information required in Part I of Form S-8 will be
sent or given to participants in the Rush Enterprises, Inc. 2006 Non-Employee
Director Stock Option Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities
Act.  In accordance with Rule 428 and the
introductory note to Part I of Form S-8, such documents are not being filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either as
part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act.  These documents and the documents
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of
Part II of this Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets
the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3.   
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The
Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and, in accordance therewith,
files reports and other information with the Commission.  The following documents, or portions thereof,
filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act, are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(1)           The Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, filed on March 13,
2006, File No. 000-20797;
(2)           The Company's Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, June 30, and September 30,
2006, filed on May 10, August 9 and November 9, 2006, respectively, File No.
000-20797;
(3)           The Company's Current Reports on Form
8-K, filed on February 27, February 28, March 13, April 18, April 28, May 17,
June 19, July 20, and October 19, 2006, File No. 000-20797;
(4)           All other reports filed pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year
covered by the Company's last Annual Report on Form 10-K referred to in (1)
above; and
(5)           The description of the Class A Common
Stock contained in the Company's Form 8-A, filed on July 9, 2002,
including all amendments and reports filed for the purpose of updating such
description, File No. 000-20797.
In
addition to the foregoing, all documents subsequently filed by the Company with
the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange
Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that (i) indicates that
all securities offered under this Registration Statement have been sold, or
(ii) deregisters all securities then remaining unsold under this Registration
Statement, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the
date of filing of such documents.
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Any
statement contained in a document incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for
purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any subsequently filed document that is also
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of
this Registration Statement.
ITEM 4.   
Description of Securities.
Not
applicable.
ITEM 5.   
Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not
applicable.
ITEM 6.   
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Article VIII of the Company's Restated Articles of
Incorporation (the "Restated Articles") limits the liability of its
directors.  Specifically, Article VIII
provides in part that:
A director shall
not be liable to the Company or its shareholders for monetary damages for an
act or omission in such director's capacity as director, except for liability
for (i) any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Company or its
shareholders, (ii) any act or omission not in good faith that constitutes a
breach of duty of such director to the Company or any act or omission that
involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law, (iii) any
transaction from which such director received an improper benefit, whether or
not the benefit resulted from an action taken within the scope of the director's
office or (iv) any act or omission for which the liability of such director is
expressly provided by statute.  If either
the Texas Business Corporation Act (the "TBCA"), the Texas Miscellaneous
Corporation Laws Act or any other applicable Texas statute hereafter is amended
to authorize the further elimination or limitation of the liability of the
Company's directors, then the liability of the Company's directors, in addition
to the limitation on liability provided in the Restated Articles, shall be
limited to the fullest extent permitted by such amended act.
Article VIII of the Company's Amended and Restated
Bylaws provides for the indemnification of the Company's directors and
officers.  Specifically, Article VIII
provides in part that:
The Company hereby elects
to and does hereby indemnify the following persons to the fullest extent
permitted or required by the TBCA: (a) any person who is or was a director or
officer of the Company, (b) any person who while a director or officer of the
Company, is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director,
officer, partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent or similar
functionary of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint
venture, sole proprietorship, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise
and (c) any person who is not or was not a director or officer of the Company
but who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer,
partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent or similar functionary
of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, sole
proprietorship, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise.  Such obligation to so indemnify and to so
make such determinations may be specifically enforced by resort to any court of
competent jurisdiction. Further, the Company shall pay or reimburse the
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reasonable expenses of
such persons covered hereby in advance of the final disposition of any
proceeding to the fullest extent permitted by the TBCA and subject to the
conditions thereof.  If the TBCA or any
other applicable Texas statute is hereafter amended to authorize a corporation
to further indemnify the above described persons, the Company shall, in
addition to the indemnification provided herein, indemnify such persons to the
fullest extent permitted or required under such amended act or statute.
Article
2.02-1 of the TBCA permits the Company, in certain circumstances, to indemnify
any present or former director, officer, employee or agent of the Company
against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses
incurred in connection with a proceeding in which any such person was, is or is
threatened to be, made a party by reason of holding such office or position,
but only to a limited extent for obligations resulting from a proceeding in
which the person is found liable on the basis that a personal benefit was
improperly received or in circumstances in which the person is found liable in
a derivative suit brought on behalf of the Company.
The Company maintains Director and Officer Insurance
and has entered into indemnity agreements with certain of its directors.  A form of the indemnity agreement is filed as
Exhibit 10.80 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed
on April 10, 1996.
ITEM 7.    Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
ITEM 8.   
Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Restated
  Articles of Incorporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1
  of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
  December 31, 2004, filed on March 15, 2005, File No. 000-20797)
4.2
Amended and
  Restated Bylaws (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the
  Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on May 17, 2006, File
  No. 000-20797)
4.3
Rush
  Enterprises, Inc. 2006 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan (incorporated
  herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company's Current Report on
  Form 8-K, filed on May 17, 2006, File No. 000-20797)
4.4*
Form of
  Non-Employee Director Stock Option Agreement
5.1*
Opinion of
  Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
23.1*
Consent of
  Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2*
Consent of Ernst
  & Young LLP
24.1*
Power of Attorney
  (included on signature page)
*              Filed herewith
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ITEM 9.   
Undertakings.
(a)           The Company hereby undertakes:
(1)           To file, during any period in which
offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement:
(i)             To include any
prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)            To reflect in the
prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in this Registration Statement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase
or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may
be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation
of Registration Fee" table in this effective Registration Statement; and
(iii)           To include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i)
and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Company pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement.
(2)           That, for the purpose of determining
any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and
(3)           To remove from registration by means
of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which
remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)           The Company hereby undertakes that,
for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing
of the Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c)           Insofar as indemnification for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors,
officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of
the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in
the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection
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with
the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court
of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by the
Company is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New
Braunfels, State of Texas on November 9, 2006.
Rush Enterprises, Inc.
By:
/s/ Martin A.
  Naegelin, Jr.
Martin A. Naegelin, Jr.
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW
ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints W.M. "RUSTY" RUSH and MARTIN A.
NAEGELIN, JR., and each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in
his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments, exhibits thereto and other
documents in connection therewith) to this Registration Statement, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith
(including any registration statement relating to this Registration Statement
and filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act")), with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, or their or his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
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Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
/s/ W. Marvin Rush
Chairman and
  Director
November 9, 2006
W. Marvin Rush
/s/ W.M. "Rusty" Rush
President, Chief
  Executive Officer and Director
W.M. "Rusty" Rush
(Principal
  Executive Officer)
November 9, 2006
/s/ Martin A. Naegelin, Jr
Senior Vice
  President and Chief Financial
Martin A. Naegelin, Jr.
Officer
  (Principal Financial and
November 9, 2006
Accounting
  Officer)
/s/ Ronald J. Krause
Director
November 9, 2006
Ronald J. Krause
/s/ John D.
  Rock
Director
November 9, 2006
John D. Rock
/s/ Harold D. Marshall
Director
November 9, 2006
Harold D. Marshall
/s/ Thomas A. Akin
Director
November 9, 2006
Thomas A. Akin
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
4.4*
Form of Non-Employee Director Stock Option Agreement
5.1*
Opinion of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
23.1*
Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2*
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
*              Filed herewith