Chuck Samuel was named crew chief for the Aeromotive Ford Mustang Pro Mod.

Chuck Samuel Named Crew Chief for the Aeromotive Ford Mustang Pro Mod
Aeromotive named legendary racer and engine builder Chuck Samuel as the new crew chief for the Aeromotive Ford Mustang Pro Mod. “Chuck and I have been friends for a long time,” said Steve Matusek, Aeromotive founder and president. “He’s been a great resource and a wealth of knowledge for us over the years, but we feel that we have a package with this new car that can be extremely competitive and possibly do some things that will get everyone’s attention. Seeing the potential here with this car, we need someone like Chuck to come in here, take the reigns and make this as competitive as we believe it is.”

Plastikote Launches New Facebook Page and Twitter Account
PlastiKote announced that it has entered the world of social media by adding a new Facebook page and a Twitter account in an effort to communicate more directly with its customers. The company's new Facebook page features the latest news and product information, and Plastikote reports that it will soon add helpful tips, how-to videos and special promotional contests for fans. In addition, Twitter followers of PlastiKote will be kept up-to-date on the company's latest news and happenings.

Mota Motors Names Ken Potter Chief Revenue Officer
Mota Motors appointed digital automotive marketing veteran Ken Potter as the company’s chief revenue officer. Potter joins the Mota team as the company prepares to launch a used-vehicle certification program. Potter served for 10 years as vice president and general manager of automotive at  CarsDirect.com and, according to Mota Motors, is a pioneer of using the Internet to create a transparent informative process for consumers.

Continental Tire is working with MLS W.O.R.K.S and Bonneville Environmental Foundation to put a solar installation in a school in the hometown of the LA Galaxy.

Continental Tire Supports Community Initiative to Provide Solar Installation for School
Continental Tire, MLS W.O.R.K.S., Major League Soccer's (MLS) community outreach initiative, and the Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) have joined forces to benefit the environment. Through the BEF Solar 4R Schools program, the partnership will provide a $50,000 solar installation to a school in the community of MLS Cup 2011 winner the LA Galaxy. "We are thrilled to be working with MLS W.O.R.K.S and BEF to put a solar installation in a school in the hometown of the LA Galaxy, MLS Cup champions," commented Travis Roffler, director of marketing, Continental Tire. "This program will deliver an immediate energy-saving impact to the school allowing them to become more sustainable. At the same time, it represents an ongoing educational tool and a continual reminder of the many ways we can positively impact the environment."

Extech Instruments Relocates to New Facility in New Hampshire
Extech Instruments relocated its headquarters to an all-new facility in Nashua, New Hampshire. According to the company, the move was made to accommodate strong growth and to serve customers better in the years ahead. In addition, Extech announced the move, along with the Billerica, Massachusetts, operations of parent company, FLIR Systems’ Commercial Systems division to 9 Townsend West, Nashua, New Hampshire 03063-1233 USA. Extech’s toll free number remains unchanged: 877-2-EXTECH (811-239-8324). The new local number is 603-324-7800.

	The 1st annual Fall Del Mar Nationals produced more than 2,000 toys for the needy children of San Diego County and raised more than $2,500 to support the Camp Pendleton “Wounded Warriors” detachment.

Goodguys Closes Season With 1st Annual Fall Del Mar Nationals
The Goodguys Rod & Custom Association announced that it closed the 2011 season on a high note with the 1st annual Fall Del Mar Nationals at the Del Mar Fairgrounds north of San Diego over Thanksgiving weekend. The first-time event attracted well over a thousand cars and a bustling holiday weekend crowd. According to Goodguys, the Thanksgiving spirit was enhanced by a toy drive, which produced more than 2,000 toys for the needy children of San Diego County. In addition, more than $2,500 was raised in support of the Camp Pendleton “Wounded Warriors” detachment. “I think all of us at Goodguys are planning on spending many more Thanksgiving weekends at the Del Mar Fairgrounds,” said company President Marc Meadors. “You couldn’t ask more from a first-time event. The cars and crowds came out and the weather was spectacular." The 2nd annual Goodguys Fall Del Mar Nationals is scheduled for November 23–25, 2012.

Jeep Wrangler Diesel

Toyota Hilux

Ford Ranger Double Cab

The Jeep Wrangler Diesel, Toyota Hilux and the Thailand-built Ford Ranger Double Cab are among the vehicles SEMA members would most like to have access to in order to create product. Each of these vehicles is popular overseas but is not sold in the United States.

Through a partnership between SEMA and the U.S. Department of Commerce, SEMA members have the unique opportunity to measure “accessory-friendly” international models in order to create product. All the vehicles that will be made available through the new initiative are popular overseas but not available in the U.S. market.

SEMA members are being called upon to help the association prioritize. Members are encouraged to participate in the brief survey to weigh in on the vehicles they most want to see included as part of this program.

Contact Linda Spencer at lindas@sema.org for additional information.

Jeep Wrangler Diesel

Toyota Hilux

Ford Ranger Double Cab

The Jeep Wrangler Diesel, Toyota Hilux and the Thailand-built Ford Ranger Double Cab are among the vehicles SEMA members would most like to have access to in order to create product. Each of these vehicles is popular overseas but is not sold in the United States.

Through a partnership between SEMA and the U.S. Department of Commerce, SEMA members have the unique opportunity to measure “accessory-friendly” international models in order to create product. All the vehicles that will be made available through the new initiative are popular overseas but not available in the U.S. market.

SEMA members are being called upon to help the association prioritize. Members are encouraged to participate in the brief survey to weigh in on the vehicles they most want to see included as part of this program.

Contact Linda Spencer at lindas@sema.org for additional information.

	Register now for the 2012 Media Trade Conference.

Attention media: The registration deadline for the 2012 MPMC Media Trade Conference is this Friday, December 2. Register today to ensure you receive the best possible schedule in advance of the event taking place January 24–26, 2012, in El Segundo, California.

Additional details about the MPMC Media Trade Conference are available online.

During registration, you’ll be able to select the companies you need to meet with. Media Trade Conference facilitators request that you pay close attention to the companies you select, as every effort will be made to secure them onto your schedule and it will be difficult to make changes after your schedule is set.

The 2012 event will feature more than a dozen manufacturers that were not part of the previous event. Media are encouraged to review the list of exhibitors closely to ensure that relevant manufacturers are selected.

To make registration easier, media can simply submit one registration form for their group, regardless of the number of people that will be participating in the group.

Media with freelance writers that they want to send to the event should have them register independently. The MPMC Media Trade Conference is open to all editorial media, whether working on a magazine, website or freelance.

For questions about MPMC Media Trade Conference registration or for more information, contact pr@sema.org.

	Register now for the 2012 Media Trade Conference.

Attention media: The registration deadline for the 2012 MPMC Media Trade Conference is this Friday, December 2. Register today to ensure you receive the best possible schedule in advance of the event taking place January 24–26, 2012, in El Segundo, California.

Additional details about the MPMC Media Trade Conference are available online.

During registration, you’ll be able to select the companies you need to meet with. Media Trade Conference facilitators request that you pay close attention to the companies you select, as every effort will be made to secure them onto your schedule and it will be difficult to make changes after your schedule is set.

The 2012 event will feature more than a dozen manufacturers that were not part of the previous event. Media are encouraged to review the list of exhibitors closely to ensure that relevant manufacturers are selected.

To make registration easier, media can simply submit one registration form for their group, regardless of the number of people that will be participating in the group.

Media with freelance writers that they want to send to the event should have them register independently. The MPMC Media Trade Conference is open to all editorial media, whether working on a magazine, website or freelance.

For questions about MPMC Media Trade Conference registration or for more information, contact pr@sema.org.

	Register now for the 2012 Media Trade Conference.

Attention media: The registration deadline for the 2012 MPMC Media Trade Conference is this Friday, December 2. Register today to ensure you receive the best possible schedule in advance of the event taking place January 24–26, 2012, in El Segundo, California.

Additional details about the MPMC Media Trade Conference are available online.

During registration, you’ll be able to select the companies you need to meet with. Media Trade Conference facilitators request that you pay close attention to the companies you select, as every effort will be made to secure them onto your schedule and it will be difficult to make changes after your schedule is set.

The 2012 event will feature more than a dozen manufacturers that were not part of the previous event. Media are encouraged to review the list of exhibitors closely to ensure that relevant manufacturers are selected.

To make registration easier, media can simply submit one registration form for their group, regardless of the number of people that will be participating in the group.

Media with freelance writers that they want to send to the event should have them register independently. The MPMC Media Trade Conference is open to all editorial media, whether working on a magazine, website or freelance.

For questions about MPMC Media Trade Conference registration or for more information, contact pr@sema.org.

	Kent Kroeker and Alan Roach covered a distance of nearly 700 miles through the rugged desert of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula in just over 20 hours to record the Class 8 victory in the Baja 1000 with the new Mopar V-10 Competition Off-Road Race Engine in their Ram 1500.

Mopar V-10 Competition Off-Road Race Engine Wins Baja 1000 Class 8 Debut
Mopar introduced the new 800hp V-10 Competition Race Engine for drag racing at the 2011 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, November 1, and less than three weeks later, the off-road racing derivative of the crate engine made its debut in the 44th Tecate SCORE Baja 1000, powering Kent Kroeker and Alan Roach to the Class 8 win in the famed event.

Kroeker, owner of Kroeker Off-Road Engineering (KORE), shared the driving duties of the Ram 1500 with the Mopar V-10 Competition Off-Road Race Engine under the hood, with Roach, who hails from Escondido, California. The pair covered the distance of nearly 700 miles through the rugged desert of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula in just over 20 hours to record the Class 8 victory. Kroeker began the race and drove through the San Felipe loop, with Roach then taking the wheel for the remainder of the distance.

The 2011 Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 drew a total of 278 starters from 34 states and 16 different countries in more than 30 different classes. The Class 8 division that Kroeker and Roach competed in with the Mopar V-10 Competition Off-Road Race Engine is comprised of fullsize, two-wheel-drive trucks.

Kroeker and his team put the Ram 1500 for Baja together in six weeks, as both the truck and the Mopar V-10 Competition Off-Road Race Engine made their competitive debut at what is considered the most grueling event in off-road racing.

Kroeker and KORE were instrumental in the development and creation of the Mopar Ram Runner, which was introduced at the 2010 Moab Jeep Safari. The Mopar Ram Runner served as the Official Pace Truck of the Traxxas TORC (The Off-Road Championship) Series this season, where Mopar-powered Ram Truck drivers won 27 total races and claimed the championship in all three PRO classes.

	Wade Moody hopes to break his own record at the tracks in 2012.

Flo-Pro Exhaust Sponsors Record Breaker S-10 Pro-Diesel Truck in 2012
Wade Moody’s Pro-Diesel S-10 world record breaker of this past fall with National Association of Diesel Motorsports (NADM) in the Pro Diesel Class will have a new look along with new sponsors for the 2012 season. FLO~PRO Performance Exhaust was a sponsor in 2011 when Moody with his record of 171 mph, 7.94 backed with a 7.87, broke a long-standing record held by Gale Banks of 8.062 at 162.66 in a quarter-mile.

Moody’s changes for 2012 include a billet engine block, lighter-weight materials in the front end, suspension and fuel system. The truck base is an ’02 Gephardt Pro Stick truck, 125-in. wheelbase, 2,800 lbs., Duramax diesel engine, twin-turbo and nitrous running on Mickey Thompson tires.

Moody hopes to break his own record with plenty of RPMs left for improved times along with any grudge matches at the tracks in 2012. Appearances for 2012 include Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey and possibly Texas.

Sponsors for 2012 include FLO~PRO Performance Exhaust as the title sponsor, along with associate sponsors from Industrial Injection, AirWerks, Mickey Thompson, K&N, Lucas Oil, XS Power, Stroud Safety, REV, Fuelab, Nitrous Express and DIESEL Motorsports.

	The Koenigsegg Agera R has received official Guinness approval for its 0–300–0 km/h record time.

Koenigsegg Agera R Receives Guinness World Record
Koenigsegg has received official Guinness approval for its 0–300–0 km/h record time. In September, a standard Koenigsegg Agera R, driven by Robert Serwanski, took several new-production car world records at the Koenigsegg proving ground in Ängelholm, Sweden. The 0-300-0 km/h time of 21.19 seconds displayed the Agera R's stability, acceleration and braking performance.

2012 NMRA Ford Nationals, Muscle Car Nationals Series Schedules Announced
The NMRA Ford Nationals has announced its 2012 series event schedule, which includes a new Maryland event that will bring all-Ford racing to the mid-Atlantic region:

• March 1–4: 18th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout Presented by Steeda, Bradenton Motorsports Park – Bradenton, Florida
• April 12–15: 4th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals, Atlanta Dragway – Commerce, Georgia
• May 4–6: 11th Annual NMRA Ford Nationals, Maryland International Raceway – Mechanicsville, Maryland
• June 15–16: 9th Annual NMRA Ford Nationals, Milan Dragway – Milan, Michigan
• July 12–15: 7th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing Presented by Miller Welders, Route 66 Raceway – Joliet, Illinois
• August 31–September 2: 34th Annual NMRA Ford Expo, National Trail Raceway – Columbus, Ohio
• October 4–7: 14th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA All-Ford World Finals Featuring 5.0 Mustang’s King of the Street, Beech Bend Raceway – Bowling Green, Kentucky
• November 9–11, 2012: 3rd Annual Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Lone Star Shootout, Royal Purple Raceway – Houston

The 2012 Muscle Car Nationals series event schedule includes:

• March 15–18: 10th Annual Ross Racing Pistons NMCA Muscle Car Nationals Featuring the GM Performance Parts LSX Challenge, Bradenton Motorsports Park – Bradenton, Florida
• April 12–15: 4th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals, Atlanta Dragway – Commerce, Georgia
• June 8–10: 10th Annual NMCA Muscle Car Nationals Featuring the 4th Annual shopHEMI.com Late-Model HEMI Shootout, Maryland International Raceway – Mechanicsville, Maryland
• July 12–15: 7th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing Presented by Miller Welders, Route 66 Raceway – Joliet, Illinois
• August 3–5: 11th Annual Quick Fuel Technology NMCA Muscle Car Nationals Featuring the Dave Duell Nostalgia Super Stock Classic, Beech Bend Raceway – Bowling Green, Kentucky
• August 24–26: 6th Annual JE Pistons NMCA Muscle Car Nationals Featuring the Ford Racing Cobra Jet Showdown, Milan Dragway – Milan, Michigan
• October 11–14: 11th Annual FueLab NMCA World Street Finals Featuring the 6th Annual GM Performance Parts LSX Shootout, Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis – Indianapolis
• November 9–11: 4th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Lone Star Shootout, Royal Purple Raceway – Houston

For more information on the NMRA Ford Nationals or Muscle Car Nationals, log on to www.nmradigital.com or call 714-444-2426.

	United Autosports plans to campaign an Audi R8 LMS sportscar in the 2012 Avon Tyres British GT Championship.

United Autosports Bids for British GT Crown
The United Autosports team—co-owned by American, Zak Brown and Briton, Richard Dean—plans to campaign an Audi R8 LMS sportscar in the 2012 Avon Tyres British GT Championship in a bid to take the title it so narrowly missed out on this year. The team was one of the front-running outfits in 2011, having taken several pole positions and led the championship for majority of the season with drivers Matt Bell (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom) and Mike Guasch (Palo Alto, California).

The Audi R8 LMS has taken more than 100 race wins to date and already the Anglo-American team has confirmed one Audi R8 LMS entry with the series organizers for next year’s British GT series with the intention of adding a second for the right driver combination. The United Autosports car will be the latest 2012 specification; the Audi R8 having conquered the opposition with recent dominant performances and victories in the 2011 Spa 24 hours, Blancpain Endurance Series and Macau GT race.

Organizer, SRO Motorsports Group, has a seven-meeting calendar scheduled for 2012 featuring the United Kingdom’s best circuits, including Oulton Park, Rockingham, Snetterton and the Grand Prix circuits of Brands Hatch, Silverstone and Donington Park. The 2012 overseas round, meanwhile, will take place on the German Grand Prix circuit at the Nürburgring.

Flowmaster to Sponsor All-New NMCA WEST Street Car Series Through 2013
Flowmaster Inc. and ProMedia Events have announced that Flowmaster will be the series sponsor of the all-new NMCA WEST Street Car Series through the 2013 season. NMCA West will debut in 2012 as a four-event championship series catering to the growing West Coast drag-racing scene:

• Auto Club Dragway – Fontana, California – April 20–22
• Famoso Dragway – Bakersfield, California – June 22–24
• Speed World Dragway – Phoenix, Arizona – September 28–30
• Auto Club Dragway – Fontana, California – October 19–21

	Kent Kroeker and Alan Roach covered a distance of nearly 700 miles through the rugged desert of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula in just over 20 hours to record the Class 8 victory in the Baja 1000 with the new Mopar V-10 Competition Off-Road Race Engine in their Ram 1500.

Mopar V-10 Competition Off-Road Race Engine Wins Baja 1000 Class 8 Debut
Mopar introduced the new 800hp V-10 Competition Race Engine for drag racing at the 2011 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, November 1, and less than three weeks later, the off-road racing derivative of the crate engine made its debut in the 44th Tecate SCORE Baja 1000, powering Kent Kroeker and Alan Roach to the Class 8 win in the famed event.

Kroeker, owner of Kroeker Off-Road Engineering (KORE), shared the driving duties of the Ram 1500 with the Mopar V-10 Competition Off-Road Race Engine under the hood, with Roach, who hails from Escondido, California. The pair covered the distance of nearly 700 miles through the rugged desert of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula in just over 20 hours to record the Class 8 victory. Kroeker began the race and drove through the San Felipe loop, with Roach then taking the wheel for the remainder of the distance.

The 2011 Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 drew a total of 278 starters from 34 states and 16 different countries in more than 30 different classes. The Class 8 division that Kroeker and Roach competed in with the Mopar V-10 Competition Off-Road Race Engine is comprised of fullsize, two-wheel-drive trucks.

Kroeker and his team put the Ram 1500 for Baja together in six weeks, as both the truck and the Mopar V-10 Competition Off-Road Race Engine made their competitive debut at what is considered the most grueling event in off-road racing.

Kroeker and KORE were instrumental in the development and creation of the Mopar Ram Runner, which was introduced at the 2010 Moab Jeep Safari. The Mopar Ram Runner served as the Official Pace Truck of the Traxxas TORC (The Off-Road Championship) Series this season, where Mopar-powered Ram Truck drivers won 27 total races and claimed the championship in all three PRO classes.

	Wade Moody hopes to break his own record at the tracks in 2012.

Flo-Pro Exhaust Sponsors Record Breaker S-10 Pro-Diesel Truck in 2012
Wade Moody’s Pro-Diesel S-10 world record breaker of this past fall with National Association of Diesel Motorsports (NADM) in the Pro Diesel Class will have a new look along with new sponsors for the 2012 season. FLO~PRO Performance Exhaust was a sponsor in 2011 when Moody with his record of 171 mph, 7.94 backed with a 7.87, broke a long-standing record held by Gale Banks of 8.062 at 162.66 in a quarter-mile.

Moody’s changes for 2012 include a billet engine block, lighter-weight materials in the front end, suspension and fuel system. The truck base is an ’02 Gephardt Pro Stick truck, 125-in. wheelbase, 2,800 lbs., Duramax diesel engine, twin-turbo and nitrous running on Mickey Thompson tires.

Moody hopes to break his own record with plenty of RPMs left for improved times along with any grudge matches at the tracks in 2012. Appearances for 2012 include Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey and possibly Texas.

Sponsors for 2012 include FLO~PRO Performance Exhaust as the title sponsor, along with associate sponsors from Industrial Injection, AirWerks, Mickey Thompson, K&N, Lucas Oil, XS Power, Stroud Safety, REV, Fuelab, Nitrous Express and DIESEL Motorsports.

	The Koenigsegg Agera R has received official Guinness approval for its 0–300–0 km/h record time.

Koenigsegg Agera R Receives Guinness World Record
Koenigsegg has received official Guinness approval for its 0–300–0 km/h record time. In September, a standard Koenigsegg Agera R, driven by Robert Serwanski, took several new-production car world records at the Koenigsegg proving ground in Ängelholm, Sweden. The 0-300-0 km/h time of 21.19 seconds displayed the Agera R's stability, acceleration and braking performance.

2012 NMRA Ford Nationals, Muscle Car Nationals Series Schedules Announced
The NMRA Ford Nationals has announced its 2012 series event schedule, which includes a new Maryland event that will bring all-Ford racing to the mid-Atlantic region:

• March 1–4: 18th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout Presented by Steeda, Bradenton Motorsports Park – Bradenton, Florida
• April 12–15: 4th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals, Atlanta Dragway – Commerce, Georgia
• May 4–6: 11th Annual NMRA Ford Nationals, Maryland International Raceway – Mechanicsville, Maryland
• June 15–16: 9th Annual NMRA Ford Nationals, Milan Dragway – Milan, Michigan
• July 12–15: 7th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing Presented by Miller Welders, Route 66 Raceway – Joliet, Illinois
• August 31–September 2: 34th Annual NMRA Ford Expo, National Trail Raceway – Columbus, Ohio
• October 4–7: 14th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA All-Ford World Finals Featuring 5.0 Mustang’s King of the Street, Beech Bend Raceway – Bowling Green, Kentucky
• November 9–11, 2012: 3rd Annual Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Lone Star Shootout, Royal Purple Raceway – Houston

The 2012 Muscle Car Nationals series event schedule includes:

• March 15–18: 10th Annual Ross Racing Pistons NMCA Muscle Car Nationals Featuring the GM Performance Parts LSX Challenge, Bradenton Motorsports Park – Bradenton, Florida
• April 12–15: 4th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals, Atlanta Dragway – Commerce, Georgia
• June 8–10: 10th Annual NMCA Muscle Car Nationals Featuring the 4th Annual shopHEMI.com Late-Model HEMI Shootout, Maryland International Raceway – Mechanicsville, Maryland
• July 12–15: 7th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing Presented by Miller Welders, Route 66 Raceway – Joliet, Illinois
• August 3–5: 11th Annual Quick Fuel Technology NMCA Muscle Car Nationals Featuring the Dave Duell Nostalgia Super Stock Classic, Beech Bend Raceway – Bowling Green, Kentucky
• August 24–26: 6th Annual JE Pistons NMCA Muscle Car Nationals Featuring the Ford Racing Cobra Jet Showdown, Milan Dragway – Milan, Michigan
• October 11–14: 11th Annual FueLab NMCA World Street Finals Featuring the 6th Annual GM Performance Parts LSX Shootout, Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis – Indianapolis
• November 9–11: 4th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Lone Star Shootout, Royal Purple Raceway – Houston

For more information on the NMRA Ford Nationals or Muscle Car Nationals, log on to www.nmradigital.com or call 714-444-2426.

	United Autosports plans to campaign an Audi R8 LMS sportscar in the 2012 Avon Tyres British GT Championship.

United Autosports Bids for British GT Crown
The United Autosports team—co-owned by American, Zak Brown and Briton, Richard Dean—plans to campaign an Audi R8 LMS sportscar in the 2012 Avon Tyres British GT Championship in a bid to take the title it so narrowly missed out on this year. The team was one of the front-running outfits in 2011, having taken several pole positions and led the championship for majority of the season with drivers Matt Bell (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom) and Mike Guasch (Palo Alto, California).

The Audi R8 LMS has taken more than 100 race wins to date and already the Anglo-American team has confirmed one Audi R8 LMS entry with the series organizers for next year’s British GT series with the intention of adding a second for the right driver combination. The United Autosports car will be the latest 2012 specification; the Audi R8 having conquered the opposition with recent dominant performances and victories in the 2011 Spa 24 hours, Blancpain Endurance Series and Macau GT race.

Organizer, SRO Motorsports Group, has a seven-meeting calendar scheduled for 2012 featuring the United Kingdom’s best circuits, including Oulton Park, Rockingham, Snetterton and the Grand Prix circuits of Brands Hatch, Silverstone and Donington Park. The 2012 overseas round, meanwhile, will take place on the German Grand Prix circuit at the Nürburgring.

Flowmaster to Sponsor All-New NMCA WEST Street Car Series Through 2013
Flowmaster Inc. and ProMedia Events have announced that Flowmaster will be the series sponsor of the all-new NMCA WEST Street Car Series through the 2013 season. NMCA West will debut in 2012 as a four-event championship series catering to the growing West Coast drag-racing scene:

• Auto Club Dragway – Fontana, California – April 20–22
• Famoso Dragway – Bakersfield, California – June 22–24
• Speed World Dragway – Phoenix, Arizona – September 28–30
• Auto Club Dragway – Fontana, California – October 19–21

The second annual SEMA Award was presented to the Fiat 500 for the Hottest Sport Compact Car, Chevrolet Camaro for Hottest Car, Ford F-Series for the Hottest Truck and Jeep Wrangler for the Hottest 4x4-SUV. The winners were announced on the opening day of the 2011 SEMA Show. View the the Fiat 500s on display at the 2011 SEMA Show.

The SEMA Award winners represent the models that industry experts—the SEMA Show exhibitors—most often feature in their booths as the hottest rides for the enthusiast market.

The SEMA Award honors those vehicles that specialty-equipment manufacturers believe are the best platforms for accessorization and that showcase this year’s coolest products. The award recognizes four outstanding vehicle models in four categories—“Hottest Sport Compact Car,” “Hottest Car,” “Hottest Truck” and “Hottest 4x4-SUV.” It also underscores the cooperative relationship between the automakers and SEMA-member companies.