The designated SEMA primary contact for your company should have received an e-mail on September 13 from the association's immediate-past chairman Rick Rollins and current chairman Scooter Brothers about a revision to the SEMA Bylaws.

The SEMA Board of Directors recently approved a motion to decrease the size of the Board. The bylaw revision initiative reflects their consensus that a smaller Board would improve the quality of discussion and reduce cost.

The current SEMA Board meetings total 26 individuals. A smaller group would be able to have more productive discussions, see each other eye-to-eye, be prepared and held accountable. Board members in a smaller group setting are often more comfortable stating what they believe or know, voicing an “unpopular” point of view and asking questions. The result is higher quality input, analysis and better Board decisions and guidance.

We are sending this communication now to be certain that our message reached the right person in every SEMA-member company. Only the designated SEMA “primary contact” may register a vote.

If you are the SEMA primary contact for your company and did receive our e-mail, please give us two minutes and record your vote now using your member number and password to vote online.

If voting instructions have not been received by your company’s primary contact, please advise that person to e-mail support@directvote.net in order to receive materials necessary to log your company’s vote.

If you do not know who the SEMA primary contact is for your company, e-mail Arlene Wood or call 909/978-6689.

For a more complete review of the arguments for and against the proposal, SEMA members are invited and encouraged to visit www.sema.org/voteNOW/faq.

Your company’s vote is important. The Board-approved changes are needed to make the Board more productive for the SEMA membership. We thank you for supplying your company’s input on this important matter.

	The Ford F-Series won the SEMA Award for Hottest Truck in 2010.

Entries for the SEMA Award Contender Contest are due by this Sunday, October 2. SEMA members, Show exhibitors and enthusiasts are invited and encouraged to video tape their rides and modifications (at least three) for the contest and a chance to showcase their vehicle at the 2011 SEMA Show. All qualifying submissions will be posted on SEMA’s Video Channel on YouTube.

The contest is a great way for specialty-equipment companies to highlight their products while their customers show off their rides at the same time. For the vehicle owners, they may be selected to have their vehicle featured at the 2011 SEMA Show, along with credentials and amenities to attend the annual trade-only event.

While the contest is called the SEMA Award Contender Contest, video submissions DO NOT have to be one of the SEMA Award contender vehicles. The focus of the contest is to highlight the products, services and innovative companies involved in the specialty-equipment industry. However, only SEMA Award contending vehicles in the current model year are eligible for the chance to win a trip to the Show.

While the actual SEMA Award winners will be selected by exhibitors based on the vehicles they choose to display in their booths at the SEMA Show, the contenders are vehicle models that are most likely to have a significant presence at the 2011 SEMA Show. The video contest seeks to find some great examples of these contender vehicles.

If you are the owner of one of the contender vehicles or if you have customers with one of these vehicles, we invite you to enter the contest. Get your video cameras out, and start filming. Note that the quality of the video will in no way impact your chances of winning, so feel free to use your flip cams or even your cell phones.

Full details on the program can be found here.

	The Ford F-Series won the SEMA Award for Hottest Truck in 2010.

Entries for the SEMA Award Contender Contest are due by this Sunday, October 2. SEMA members, Show exhibitors and enthusiasts are invited and encouraged to video tape their rides and modifications (at least three) for the contest and a chance to showcase their vehicle at the 2011 SEMA Show. All qualifying submissions will be posted on SEMA’s Video Channel on YouTube.

The contest is a great way for specialty-equipment companies to highlight their products while their customers show off their rides at the same time. For the vehicle owners, they may be selected to have their vehicle featured at the 2011 SEMA Show, along with credentials and amenities to attend the annual trade-only event.

While the contest is called the SEMA Award Contender Contest, video submissions DO NOT have to be one of the SEMA Award contender vehicles. The focus of the contest is to highlight the products, services and innovative companies involved in the specialty-equipment industry. However, only SEMA Award contending vehicles in the current model year are eligible for the chance to win a trip to the Show.

While the actual SEMA Award winners will be selected by exhibitors based on the vehicles they choose to display in their booths at the SEMA Show, the contenders are vehicle models that are most likely to have a significant presence at the 2011 SEMA Show. The video contest seeks to find some great examples of these contender vehicles.

If you are the owner of one of the contender vehicles or if you have customers with one of these vehicles, we invite you to enter the contest. Get your video cameras out, and start filming. Note that the quality of the video will in no way impact your chances of winning, so feel free to use your flip cams or even your cell phones.

Full details on the program can be found here.

	This year's NHRA Breakfast panelists include a true cross-section of NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series motorsports, with three of the four professional classes represented.

NHRA's "Nitro Generation"—Bob Tasca and Bob Tasca III; LE, GT and Gary Tonglet; Jeg Coughlin Sr. and Jeg Coughlin Jr.; John and Courtney Force—are the featured panelists for the annual NHRA Breakfast at the SEMA Show. The annual NHRA event, which includes a continental breakfast, is open to all registered SEMA Show attendees. Get your tickets now.

Emceed by the voice of NHRA, Bob Frey, the breakfast's panelists represent a true cross-section of the sport of NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series with three of the four professional classes represented:

• The Tasca Family has been a part of drag racing since the beginning, when family patriarch Bob Tasca Sr. coined the phrase “Win on Sunday, sell on Monday.” That passion and desire to win has been passed to his son Bob Tasca II and on to his grandson Bob Tasca III who is currently competing in the Funny Car ranks in his Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Shelby Mustang.
• A truly family affair, the Tonglet family has all shared a passion for NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle racing. Tuned by father Gary Tonglet and his brother GT Tonglet, LE Tonglet won the 2011 NHRA Full Throttle world championship along with that year’s Auto Club Road to the Future Award as the season’s top rookie performer. GT, who won the rookie of the year award in 2001, has been involved in the sport since he was 14 years old when he became crew chief on his father’s NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle team.
• When you think of drag racing, you can’t help but think of JEGS Mail Order, founded by Jeg Coughlin Sr., an accomplished top fuel racer in the late ’60s and ’70s. It would be an understatement to say he passed down the passion of NHRA drag racing. Jeg Jr. is the youngest of four Coughlin drag racing brothers who works during the week in the family business and races on the weekends.
• John Force never had any sons, but that didn’t stop the 15-time NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series world champion from passing along his love of the sport to his daughters, Ashley, Brittany and the newest rising star, Courtney Force.

About NHRA
Headquartered in Glendora, California, the NHRA is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2011. As the primary sanctioning body for the sport of drag racing in the United States, NHRA presents 22 national events, featuring the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series and the NHRA Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series. NHRA provides competition opportunities for drivers of all levels in the NHRA Summit Racing Series and the NHRA Drags: Street Legal Style presented by AAA. The NHRA also offers the Jr. Drag Racing League for youth ages 8 to 17. In addition, NHRA owns and operates five racing facilities: Gainesville Raceway in Florida; Atlanta Dragway in Georgia; National Trail Raceway in Ohio; Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis; and Auto Club Raceway at Pomona in Southern California. For more information, log on to NHRA.com, or visit the official NHRA pages on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.

	This year's NHRA Breakfast panelists include a true cross-section of NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series motorsports, with three of the four professional classes represented.

NHRA's "Nitro Generation"—Bob Tasca and Bob Tasca III; LE, GT and Gary Tonglet; Jeg Coughlin Sr. and Jeg Coughlin Jr.; John and Courtney Force—are the featured panelists for the annual NHRA Breakfast at the SEMA Show. The annual NHRA event, which includes a continental breakfast, is open to all registered SEMA Show attendees. Get your tickets now.

Emceed by the voice of NHRA, Bob Frey, the breakfast's panelists represent a true cross-section of the sport of NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series with three of the four professional classes represented:

• The Tasca Family has been a part of drag racing since the beginning, when family patriarch Bob Tasca Sr. coined the phrase “Win on Sunday, sell on Monday.” That passion and desire to win has been passed to his son Bob Tasca II and on to his grandson Bob Tasca III who is currently competing in the Funny Car ranks in his Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Shelby Mustang.
• A truly family affair, the Tonglet family has all shared a passion for NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle racing. Tuned by father Gary Tonglet and his brother GT Tonglet, LE Tonglet won the 2011 NHRA Full Throttle world championship along with that year’s Auto Club Road to the Future Award as the season’s top rookie performer. GT, who won the rookie of the year award in 2001, has been involved in the sport since he was 14 years old when he became crew chief on his father’s NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle team.
• When you think of drag racing, you can’t help but think of JEGS Mail Order, founded by Jeg Coughlin Sr., an accomplished top fuel racer in the late ’60s and ’70s. It would be an understatement to say he passed down the passion of NHRA drag racing. Jeg Jr. is the youngest of four Coughlin drag racing brothers who works during the week in the family business and races on the weekends.
• John Force never had any sons, but that didn’t stop the 15-time NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series world champion from passing along his love of the sport to his daughters, Ashley, Brittany and the newest rising star, Courtney Force.

About NHRA
Headquartered in Glendora, California, the NHRA is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2011. As the primary sanctioning body for the sport of drag racing in the United States, NHRA presents 22 national events, featuring the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series and the NHRA Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series. NHRA provides competition opportunities for drivers of all levels in the NHRA Summit Racing Series and the NHRA Drags: Street Legal Style presented by AAA. The NHRA also offers the Jr. Drag Racing League for youth ages 8 to 17. In addition, NHRA owns and operates five racing facilities: Gainesville Raceway in Florida; Atlanta Dragway in Georgia; National Trail Raceway in Ohio; Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis; and Auto Club Raceway at Pomona in Southern California. For more information, log on to NHRA.com, or visit the official NHRA pages on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.

	This year's NHRA Breakfast panelists include a true cross-section of NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series motorsports, with three of the four professional classes represented.

NHRA's "Nitro Generation"—Bob Tasca and Bob Tasca III; LE, GT and Gary Tonglet; Jeg Coughlin Sr. and Jeg Coughlin Jr.; John and Courtney Force—are the featured panelists for the annual NHRA Breakfast at the SEMA Show. The annual NHRA event, which includes a continental breakfast, is open to all registered SEMA Show attendees. Get your tickets now.

Emceed by the voice of NHRA, Bob Frey, the breakfast's panelists represent a true cross-section of the sport of NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series with three of the four professional classes represented:

• The Tasca Family has been a part of drag racing since the beginning, when family patriarch Bob Tasca Sr. coined the phrase “Win on Sunday, sell on Monday.” That passion and desire to win has been passed to his son Bob Tasca II and on to his grandson Bob Tasca III who is currently competing in the Funny Car ranks in his Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Shelby Mustang.
• A truly family affair, the Tonglet family has all shared a passion for NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle racing. Tuned by father Gary Tonglet and his brother GT Tonglet, LE Tonglet won the 2011 NHRA Full Throttle world championship along with that year’s Auto Club Road to the Future Award as the season’s top rookie performer. GT, who won the rookie of the year award in 2001, has been involved in the sport since he was 14 years old when he became crew chief on his father’s NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle team.
• When you think of drag racing, you can’t help but think of JEGS Mail Order, founded by Jeg Coughlin Sr., an accomplished top fuel racer in the late ’60s and ’70s. It would be an understatement to say he passed down the passion of NHRA drag racing. Jeg Jr. is the youngest of four Coughlin drag racing brothers who works during the week in the family business and races on the weekends.
• John Force never had any sons, but that didn’t stop the 15-time NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series world champion from passing along his love of the sport to his daughters, Ashley, Brittany and the newest rising star, Courtney Force.

About NHRA
Headquartered in Glendora, California, the NHRA is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2011. As the primary sanctioning body for the sport of drag racing in the United States, NHRA presents 22 national events, featuring the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series and the NHRA Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series. NHRA provides competition opportunities for drivers of all levels in the NHRA Summit Racing Series and the NHRA Drags: Street Legal Style presented by AAA. The NHRA also offers the Jr. Drag Racing League for youth ages 8 to 17. In addition, NHRA owns and operates five racing facilities: Gainesville Raceway in Florida; Atlanta Dragway in Georgia; National Trail Raceway in Ohio; Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis; and Auto Club Raceway at Pomona in Southern California. For more information, log on to NHRA.com, or visit the official NHRA pages on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.

	This year's NHRA Breakfast panelists include a true cross-section of NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series motorsports, with three of the four professional classes represented.

NHRA's "Nitro Generation"—Bob Tasca and Bob Tasca III; LE, GT and Gary Tonglet; Jeg Coughlin Sr. and Jeg Coughlin Jr.; John and Courtney Force—are the featured panelists for the annual NHRA Breakfast at the SEMA Show. The annual NHRA event, which includes a continental breakfast, is open to all registered SEMA Show attendees. Get your tickets now.

Emceed by the voice of NHRA, Bob Frey, the breakfast's panelists represent a true cross-section of the sport of NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series with three of the four professional classes represented:

• The Tasca Family has been a part of drag racing since the beginning, when family patriarch Bob Tasca Sr. coined the phrase “Win on Sunday, sell on Monday.” That passion and desire to win has been passed to his son Bob Tasca II and on to his grandson Bob Tasca III who is currently competing in the Funny Car ranks in his Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Shelby Mustang.
• A truly family affair, the Tonglet family has all shared a passion for NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle racing. Tuned by father Gary Tonglet and his brother GT Tonglet, LE Tonglet won the 2011 NHRA Full Throttle world championship along with that year’s Auto Club Road to the Future Award as the season’s top rookie performer. GT, who won the rookie of the year award in 2001, has been involved in the sport since he was 14 years old when he became crew chief on his father’s NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle team.
• When you think of drag racing, you can’t help but think of JEGS Mail Order, founded by Jeg Coughlin Sr., an accomplished top fuel racer in the late ’60s and ’70s. It would be an understatement to say he passed down the passion of NHRA drag racing. Jeg Jr. is the youngest of four Coughlin drag racing brothers who works during the week in the family business and races on the weekends.
• John Force never had any sons, but that didn’t stop the 15-time NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series world champion from passing along his love of the sport to his daughters, Ashley, Brittany and the newest rising star, Courtney Force.

About NHRA
Headquartered in Glendora, California, the NHRA is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2011. As the primary sanctioning body for the sport of drag racing in the United States, NHRA presents 22 national events, featuring the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series and the NHRA Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series. NHRA provides competition opportunities for drivers of all levels in the NHRA Summit Racing Series and the NHRA Drags: Street Legal Style presented by AAA. The NHRA also offers the Jr. Drag Racing League for youth ages 8 to 17. In addition, NHRA owns and operates five racing facilities: Gainesville Raceway in Florida; Atlanta Dragway in Georgia; National Trail Raceway in Ohio; Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis; and Auto Club Raceway at Pomona in Southern California. For more information, log on to NHRA.com, or visit the official NHRA pages on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.

	This year's NHRA Breakfast panelists include a true cross-section of NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series motorsports, with three of the four professional classes represented.

NHRA's "Nitro Generation"—Bob Tasca and Bob Tasca III; LE, GT and Gary Tonglet; Jeg Coughlin Sr. and Jeg Coughlin Jr.; John and Courtney Force—are the featured panelists for the annual NHRA Breakfast at the SEMA Show. The annual NHRA event, which includes a continental breakfast, is open to all registered SEMA Show attendees. Get your tickets now.

Emceed by the voice of NHRA, Bob Frey, the breakfast's panelists represent a true cross-section of the sport of NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series with three of the four professional classes represented:

• The Tasca Family has been a part of drag racing since the beginning, when family patriarch Bob Tasca Sr. coined the phrase “Win on Sunday, sell on Monday.” That passion and desire to win has been passed to his son Bob Tasca II and on to his grandson Bob Tasca III who is currently competing in the Funny Car ranks in his Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Shelby Mustang.
• A truly family affair, the Tonglet family has all shared a passion for NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle racing. Tuned by father Gary Tonglet and his brother GT Tonglet, LE Tonglet won the 2011 NHRA Full Throttle world championship along with that year’s Auto Club Road to the Future Award as the season’s top rookie performer. GT, who won the rookie of the year award in 2001, has been involved in the sport since he was 14 years old when he became crew chief on his father’s NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle team.
• When you think of drag racing, you can’t help but think of JEGS Mail Order, founded by Jeg Coughlin Sr., an accomplished top fuel racer in the late ’60s and ’70s. It would be an understatement to say he passed down the passion of NHRA drag racing. Jeg Jr. is the youngest of four Coughlin drag racing brothers who works during the week in the family business and races on the weekends.
• John Force never had any sons, but that didn’t stop the 15-time NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series world champion from passing along his love of the sport to his daughters, Ashley, Brittany and the newest rising star, Courtney Force.

About NHRA
Headquartered in Glendora, California, the NHRA is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2011. As the primary sanctioning body for the sport of drag racing in the United States, NHRA presents 22 national events, featuring the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series and the NHRA Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series. NHRA provides competition opportunities for drivers of all levels in the NHRA Summit Racing Series and the NHRA Drags: Street Legal Style presented by AAA. The NHRA also offers the Jr. Drag Racing League for youth ages 8 to 17. In addition, NHRA owns and operates five racing facilities: Gainesville Raceway in Florida; Atlanta Dragway in Georgia; National Trail Raceway in Ohio; Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis; and Auto Club Raceway at Pomona in Southern California. For more information, log on to NHRA.com, or visit the official NHRA pages on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.

	Dave McClelland will once again emcee the HRIA Industry Awards Reception.

As the 2011 SEMA Show nears, the councils and committees are making the final touches on their Industry Awards Receptions. For most of the groups, these events serve as the year's premier networking opportunity and provide the venue to honor those individuals and companies who have made a significant impact on their respective industry segment.

For attendees, it is a fantastic opportunity to catch up with old friends, discuss business opportunities and expand their network of industry contacts. From the Professional Restylers Organization (PRO)-themed NovemberFest Reception, to the Street Performance Council (SPC) and Young Executives Network’s (YEN) joint gathering and the Truck and Off-Road Alliance’s (TORA) Fall Nationals Pinewood Drags, there is something for everyone. The sense of industry comradery and goodwill generated through these various receptions creates an unparalleled membership benefit that must be experienced by all.

So whether a longtime or new council member or just interested in getting more involved, be sure to attend one or more of these industry receptions.

SEMA's councils and committees cordially invite SEMA Showgoers to attend the events that honor the industry.

RSVP today by following the links below:

• ARMO Industry Awards Reception
• PRO NovemberFest Reception
• SPC/YEN Industry Awards Reception
• WTC Industry Awards Reception
• HRIA Industry Awards Reception
• TORA Industry Awards Reception

For more information, contact Gina Ledesma at GinaL@sema.org.

	Dave McClelland will once again emcee the HRIA Industry Awards Reception.

As the 2011 SEMA Show nears, the councils and committees are making the final touches on their Industry Awards Receptions. For most of the groups, these events serve as the year's premier networking opportunity and provide the venue to honor those individuals and companies who have made a significant impact on their respective industry segment.

For attendees, it is a fantastic opportunity to catch up with old friends, discuss business opportunities and expand their network of industry contacts. From the Professional Restylers Organization (PRO)-themed NovemberFest Reception, to the Street Performance Council (SPC) and Young Executives Network’s (YEN) joint gathering and the Truck and Off-Road Alliance’s (TORA) Fall Nationals Pinewood Drags, there is something for everyone. The sense of industry comradery and goodwill generated through these various receptions creates an unparalleled membership benefit that must be experienced by all.

So whether a longtime or new council member or just interested in getting more involved, be sure to attend one or more of these industry receptions.

SEMA's councils and committees cordially invite SEMA Showgoers to attend the events that honor the industry.

RSVP today by following the links below:

• ARMO Industry Awards Reception
• PRO NovemberFest Reception
• SPC/YEN Industry Awards Reception
• WTC Industry Awards Reception
• HRIA Industry Awards Reception
• TORA Industry Awards Reception

For more information, contact Gina Ledesma at GinaL@sema.org.