By SEMA Editors

Donnie Eatherly	Dan Kahn	Brian Lounsberry
Dr. Jamie Meyer	Steve Whipple

Results of the 2018 SEMA Board of Directors election are in, with Donnie Eatherly from P&E Distributors Inc., Dan Kahn from Kahn Media Inc., Brian Lounsberry from Motovicity Distribution, Dr. Jamie Meyer from General Motors and Steve Whipple from Edelbrock LLC elected to serve on the Board.

While Kahn is a current SEMA Board member who was re-elected onto the group, Eatherly has served as a past Board member, and Lounsberry, Meyer and Whipple will join as new SEMA Board members.

The following is the complete list of the 2018–2019 SEMA Board of Directors, effective at the close of the board meeting, July 20:

• Chairman of the Board: Wade Kawasaki, Coker Group
• Chairman-Elect: Tim Martin, K&N Engineering Inc.
• Immediate-Past Chairman and Secretary: Doug Evans, Crower Cams & Equipment Co. Inc.
• Treasurer: Peter Lehman, Granite Creek Capital Partners LLC

Board Members

• Greg Adler, Transamerican Auto Parts
• Chris Douglas, COMP Performance Group
• Donnie Eatherly, P&E Distributors Inc.
• Kyle Fickler, Aeromotive Inc.
• Dan Kahn, Kahn Media Inc.
• James Lawrence, Power Automedia
• Brian Lounsberry, Motovicity Distribution
• Dr. Jamie Meyer, General Motors
• Les Rudd, Bob Cook Sales
• Steve Whipple, Edelbrock LLC

David Goch of Webster, Chamberlain & Bean LLP, and Russ Deane, of Trainum, Snowdon & Deane, continue as general counsels.

SEMA Board members are industry representatives who volunteer their time to lead and guide the association. They are elected by all SEMA-member companies and represent the key membership categories: manufacturers, distributors/retailers, manufacturers’ rep and services.

The entire 2018–2019 SEMA Board of Directors will be honored and recognized during the SEMA Installation & Gala in July. At the same time, outgoing SEMA Board members Jim Bingham of Winner’s Circle Speed & Custom Inc., Susan Carpenter of CPG, Laurel Dasher of MagnaFlow and Nick Gramelspacher of Meyer Distributing will be concluding their volunteer terms and honored for their service and contributions. The event will also feature a special tribute to the 2018 SEMA Hall of Fame inductees: Donnie Eatherly, Ed Pink and Chris Thomson.

Details and tickets to the SEMA Installation & Gala are available at www.sema.org/gala.

By SEMA Editors

Donnie Eatherly	Dan Kahn	Brian Lounsberry
Dr. Jamie Meyer	Steve Whipple

Results of the 2018 SEMA Board of Directors election are in, with Donnie Eatherly from P&E Distributors Inc., Dan Kahn from Kahn Media Inc., Brian Lounsberry from Motovicity Distribution, Dr. Jamie Meyer from General Motors and Steve Whipple from Edelbrock LLC elected to serve on the Board.

While Kahn is a current SEMA Board member who was re-elected onto the group, Eatherly has served as a past Board member, and Lounsberry, Meyer and Whipple will join as new SEMA Board members.

The following is the complete list of the 2018–2019 SEMA Board of Directors, effective at the close of the board meeting, July 20:

• Chairman of the Board: Wade Kawasaki, Coker Group
• Chairman-Elect: Tim Martin, K&N Engineering Inc.
• Immediate-Past Chairman and Secretary: Doug Evans, Crower Cams & Equipment Co. Inc.
• Treasurer: Peter Lehman, Granite Creek Capital Partners LLC

Board Members

• Greg Adler, Transamerican Auto Parts
• Chris Douglas, COMP Performance Group
• Donnie Eatherly, P&E Distributors Inc.
• Kyle Fickler, Aeromotive Inc.
• Dan Kahn, Kahn Media Inc.
• James Lawrence, Power Automedia
• Brian Lounsberry, Motovicity Distribution
• Dr. Jamie Meyer, General Motors
• Les Rudd, Bob Cook Sales
• Steve Whipple, Edelbrock LLC

David Goch of Webster, Chamberlain & Bean LLP, and Russ Deane, of Trainum, Snowdon & Deane, continue as general counsels.

SEMA Board members are industry representatives who volunteer their time to lead and guide the association. They are elected by all SEMA-member companies and represent the key membership categories: manufacturers, distributors/retailers, manufacturers’ rep and services.

The entire 2018–2019 SEMA Board of Directors will be honored and recognized during the SEMA Installation & Gala in July. At the same time, outgoing SEMA Board members Jim Bingham of Winner’s Circle Speed & Custom Inc., Susan Carpenter of CPG, Laurel Dasher of MagnaFlow and Nick Gramelspacher of Meyer Distributing will be concluding their volunteer terms and honored for their service and contributions. The event will also feature a special tribute to the 2018 SEMA Hall of Fame inductees: Donnie Eatherly, Ed Pink and Chris Thomson.

Details and tickets to the SEMA Installation & Gala are available at www.sema.org/gala.

This is the ’19 GMC Sierra 1500 SLE Double Cab, caught while testing undisguised in Arizona.

GM recently debuted the ’19 Sierra 1500 at a special event in Detroit, but only included two trims, and only showed the vehicle in Crew Cab guise at their introduction—the Denali and SLT. Later, GM debuted the Sierra AT4 (Crew Cab) at the 2018 New York International Auto Show, but still failed to reveal the rest of the Sierra 1500 lineup. The SLE seen here has a unique grille, fog lights 86’ed, a revised rear bumper and is fitted with a traditional exhaust setup.

This particular SLE is equipped with the 5.3L V8, which will use an eight-speed automatic, while the 6.2L makes use of the new 10-speed automatic.

Expect additional trims to be shown in the following months.

Photo credit: Brian Williams, SpiedBilde

This is the ’19 GMC Sierra 1500 SLE Double Cab, caught while testing undisguised in Arizona.

GM recently debuted the ’19 Sierra 1500 at a special event in Detroit, but only included two trims, and only showed the vehicle in Crew Cab guise at their introduction—the Denali and SLT. Later, GM debuted the Sierra AT4 (Crew Cab) at the 2018 New York International Auto Show, but still failed to reveal the rest of the Sierra 1500 lineup. The SLE seen here has a unique grille, fog lights 86’ed, a revised rear bumper and is fitted with a traditional exhaust setup.

This particular SLE is equipped with the 5.3L V8, which will use an eight-speed automatic, while the 6.2L makes use of the new 10-speed automatic.

Expect additional trims to be shown in the following months.

Photo credit: Brian Williams, SpiedBilde

This is the ’19 GMC Sierra 1500 SLE Double Cab, caught while testing undisguised in Arizona.

GM recently debuted the ’19 Sierra 1500 at a special event in Detroit, but only included two trims, and only showed the vehicle in Crew Cab guise at their introduction—the Denali and SLT. Later, GM debuted the Sierra AT4 (Crew Cab) at the 2018 New York International Auto Show, but still failed to reveal the rest of the Sierra 1500 lineup. The SLE seen here has a unique grille, fog lights 86’ed, a revised rear bumper and is fitted with a traditional exhaust setup.

This particular SLE is equipped with the 5.3L V8, which will use an eight-speed automatic, while the 6.2L makes use of the new 10-speed automatic.

Expect additional trims to be shown in the following months.

Photo credit: Brian Williams, SpiedBilde

This is the ’19 GMC Sierra 1500 SLE Double Cab, caught while testing undisguised in Arizona.

GM recently debuted the ’19 Sierra 1500 at a special event in Detroit, but only included two trims, and only showed the vehicle in Crew Cab guise at their introduction—the Denali and SLT. Later, GM debuted the Sierra AT4 (Crew Cab) at the 2018 New York International Auto Show, but still failed to reveal the rest of the Sierra 1500 lineup. The SLE seen here has a unique grille, fog lights 86’ed, a revised rear bumper and is fitted with a traditional exhaust setup.

This particular SLE is equipped with the 5.3L V8, which will use an eight-speed automatic, while the 6.2L makes use of the new 10-speed automatic.

Expect additional trims to be shown in the following months.

Photo credit: Brian Williams, SpiedBilde

This is the ’19 GMC Sierra 1500 SLE Double Cab, caught while testing undisguised in Arizona.

GM recently debuted the ’19 Sierra 1500 at a special event in Detroit, but only included two trims, and only showed the vehicle in Crew Cab guise at their introduction—the Denali and SLT. Later, GM debuted the Sierra AT4 (Crew Cab) at the 2018 New York International Auto Show, but still failed to reveal the rest of the Sierra 1500 lineup. The SLE seen here has a unique grille, fog lights 86’ed, a revised rear bumper and is fitted with a traditional exhaust setup.

This particular SLE is equipped with the 5.3L V8, which will use an eight-speed automatic, while the 6.2L makes use of the new 10-speed automatic.

Expect additional trims to be shown in the following months.

Photo credit: Brian Williams, SpiedBilde

This is the ’19 GMC Sierra 1500 SLE Double Cab, caught while testing undisguised in Arizona.

GM recently debuted the ’19 Sierra 1500 at a special event in Detroit, but only included two trims, and only showed the vehicle in Crew Cab guise at their introduction—the Denali and SLT. Later, GM debuted the Sierra AT4 (Crew Cab) at the 2018 New York International Auto Show, but still failed to reveal the rest of the Sierra 1500 lineup. The SLE seen here has a unique grille, fog lights 86’ed, a revised rear bumper and is fitted with a traditional exhaust setup.

This particular SLE is equipped with the 5.3L V8, which will use an eight-speed automatic, while the 6.2L makes use of the new 10-speed automatic.

Expect additional trims to be shown in the following months.

Photo credit: Brian Williams, SpiedBilde

Compiled by SEMA Editors

Royal Purple and Lingenfelter Join 2018 Hot Rod Power Tour

Royal Purple Synthetic Oil will be on display as part of the Lingenfelter Performance Engineering show truck during the 2018 Hot Rod Power Tour. Royal Purple products will be available for purchase at the display throughout each stop along the route. Additionally, Tim Strange of Strange Motion will display his custom ’61 Chevrolet Panel Truck featuring Royal Purple livery and a Lingenfelter-tuned LS motor. In its 24th year, the 2018 Hot Rod Power Tour will begin June 9 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and end June 15 in Concord, North Carolina, with several stops in between. Royal Purple will attend each stop of the tour alongside Lingenfelter Performance Engineering.

Scooter Vester

Veteran Stock/Super Stock Racer, Carb Technician Scooter Vester Joins GET’M Garage

Veteran racer and carburetor technician Scooter Vester has joined the GET’M Garage team in a sales role. He will work directly with racers and provide product technical support to the company’s growing customer base. Prior to joining GET’M Garage, Vester served in the technical service department for Holley Performance Products. He spent more than six years with Quick Fuel Technologies, first as production manager and later in sales and technical support. While with Quick Fuel, Vester developed the company’s stock/super stock carburetor and attended numerous races and events. Prior to that, he owned and operated Jett’s Automotive in Carlisle, Indiana, along with his father. A successful racer in his own right, Vester has numerous class wins in both the stock and super stock categories and earned runner-up honors at the inaugural NHRA Sports Nationals at National Trail Raceway in Columbus, Ohio.

Summit Racing Equipment and Power Automedia Partner in New Automotive Show “Horsepower Wars”

Power Automedia has announced a partnership with Summit Racing Equipment, which was tapped to be the official parts supplier of its new automotive show, “Horsepower Wars.” The new head-to-head web-based series features competition between rivals in one of four venues: the dragstrip, road course, engine dyno or chassis dyno. In the first episodes, “Pony Wars – Mustang vs. Camaro,” two teams are given either a ’17 Mustang GT or ’17 Camaro SS. The teams then receive an initial $5,000 budget for bolt-on mods, followed by $15,000 for a boost build off. The cars will compete in drag racing, road racing, chassis dyno and 60–0 braking. Summit will not only help supply products, but Summit’s pricing will be used as a guide for each team’s budget. Summit will also provide $7,000 of credit for each participant in the upcoming $10k Drag Shootout, in which teams are given 10 days to buy, build and then race a drag car. 

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By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

A bill to allow for high-mobility multipurpose vehicles to be titled passed the House but died in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

A bill to allow for high-mobility multipurpose vehicles to be titled passed the House but died in the Senate Appropriations Committee. Frequently called “Humvees,” the four-wheel-drive tactical military vehicles can carry a wide variety of military hardware as originally constructed. The vehicles are ineligible for titling as a highway vehicle under current Oklahoma law. 

For more information, visit the SEMA Action Network (SAN) website. For details, contact Daniel Ingber at stateleg@sema.org.