By SEMA Editors

Doug Evans has been voted SEMA chair-elect.

Doug Evans of Source Interlink Media has been elected the Chairman-elect of SEMA and joins two newly elected Board members to help lead the association for the 2013–2015 term. Evans fills the position held for the past two years by Nate Shelton of B&M Automotive Group. Shelton will begin serving his term as Chairman in July. The newly elected SEMA Board volunteers are Kyle Fickler of Weld Racing and Tim Watts of Superlift Suspension. Jeff Bates of Bob Cook Sales was re-elected and will serve another term.

2013–2014 SEMA Board of Directors

Chairman of the Board: Nate Shelton, B&M Automotive Group
Chairman-elect: Doug Evans, Source Interlink Media

Immediate-Past Chairman: Scooter Brothers – COMP Performance Group

Board Members

• Jeff Bates – Principal/Partner, Bob Cook Sales
• Jim Bingham – President and CEO, Winner’s Circle Speed & Custom Inc.
• Luanne Brown – President & CEO, eTool Developers
• Nick Gramelspacher – National Sales Manager, Meyer Distributing
• John Hotchkis – President, Hotchkis Performance LLC
• Kyle Fickler - Vice President of Sales, Weld Racing
• JR Moore – Director, Warehouse Operations, Performance Warehouse
• Russell Stephens – President, MSD Performance
• Tim Watts – Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Superlift Suspension
• Steve Wolcott – CEO, ProMedia LLC

John Johnson of The Spartan Group will serve as secretary/treasurer, and Russ Deane of Trainum, Snowdon & Deane continues as general counsel.

The newly elected SEMA Board of Directors will be recognized during the SEMA Installation Banquet & Gala Fundraiser, Friday, July 26, at the Sheraton Fairplex Conference Center, Pomona, California. Also during the banquet, outgoing Board members Greg Adler of Transamerican Auto Parts, Joel Ayres of Bedslide/Takit Inc., Jim Chick of Bestop Inc., Donnie Eatherly of P&E Distributors, Myles Kovacs of DUB Publishing Inc., Tim Martin of K&N Engineering, Mike Spagnola of SEMA (formerly with Street Scene Equipment), Van Woodell of Weathers Auto Supply, and Jeep Worthan of Auto Meter will be recognized and honored for their service and their contributions to the industry. The event will also feature a special tribute to the 2013 SEMA Hall of Fame Inductees—George Barris, Eric Grant, Wade Kawasaki and Joe Schubeck.

By SEMA Editors

The SEMA Pinewood Drag Races, sponsored by eBay Motors, featured hundreds of pinewood cars, sponsored by SEMA-member companies, racing against the clock for bragging rights and to support SEMA Cares' charities.

The fourth annual Council Cup will once again pit council against council in the name of SEMA Cares' charities. Which group will rise up and prove its dominance and ability to rally its members to sponsor the most Pinewood cars? There is no doubt the heat is going to turn up as  members fire up their competitive spirits.

This year’s Council Cup promises to be the most action-packed yet between the SEMA councils. Council Cup defending champion Truck and Off-Road Alliance (TORA) is still hot after serious trash talking took place at last year’s event. They don’t intend to give up the cup without a serious challenge. No spy cams or “smoking tires” have been uncovered, but rumor has it SEMA Businesswomen's Network (SBN) has hired a former champion as a “consultant” for a possible entry this year in an effort to take back the Cup.

Lee McGuire, Young Executives Network (YEN) chairman, fired the first shot when she stated, "The Council Cup has eluded YEN in the past, but we have been in the finals and want a victory, so look out this year. It’s on!"

An Aussie never to be backed into a corner, Vic Wood, the chairman of Motorsports Parts Manufacturers Council (MPMC), immediately came back with, "This really is a no contest. MPMC is on the cutting edge of race-car tech and our vehicle, which is currently undergoing wind-tunnel development at a top-secret location in the Mojave Desert north of Las Vegas (commonly known as Area 51), will have all of the latest attributes to take back the crown! MPMC says bring it on!"

Held in conjunction with the annual SEMA Installation Banquet & Gala Fundraiser, the SEMA Cares Pinewood Drag Races, presented by eBay Motors, takes place Friday, July 26, 2013, at 12:00 p.m. at the Sheraton Fairplex Hotel & Convention Center in Pomona, California. There is no better location for the Pinewood Drag Races than Pomona—home of the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum and Auto Club Raceway. 

Proceeds from the races benefit SEMA Cares charities. Purchase your own Pinewood car, participate and help a child in need.

By SEMA Editors

The SEMA Pinewood Drag Races, sponsored by eBay Motors, featured hundreds of pinewood cars, sponsored by SEMA-member companies, racing against the clock for bragging rights and to support SEMA Cares' charities.

The fourth annual Council Cup will once again pit council against council in the name of SEMA Cares' charities. Which group will rise up and prove its dominance and ability to rally its members to sponsor the most Pinewood cars? There is no doubt the heat is going to turn up as  members fire up their competitive spirits.

This year’s Council Cup promises to be the most action-packed yet between the SEMA councils. Council Cup defending champion Truck and Off-Road Alliance (TORA) is still hot after serious trash talking took place at last year’s event. They don’t intend to give up the cup without a serious challenge. No spy cams or “smoking tires” have been uncovered, but rumor has it SEMA Businesswomen's Network (SBN) has hired a former champion as a “consultant” for a possible entry this year in an effort to take back the Cup.

Lee McGuire, Young Executives Network (YEN) chairman, fired the first shot when she stated, "The Council Cup has eluded YEN in the past, but we have been in the finals and want a victory, so look out this year. It’s on!"

An Aussie never to be backed into a corner, Vic Wood, the chairman of Motorsports Parts Manufacturers Council (MPMC), immediately came back with, "This really is a no contest. MPMC is on the cutting edge of race-car tech and our vehicle, which is currently undergoing wind-tunnel development at a top-secret location in the Mojave Desert north of Las Vegas (commonly known as Area 51), will have all of the latest attributes to take back the crown! MPMC says bring it on!"

Held in conjunction with the annual SEMA Installation Banquet & Gala Fundraiser, the SEMA Cares Pinewood Drag Races, presented by eBay Motors, takes place Friday, July 26, 2013, at 12:00 p.m. at the Sheraton Fairplex Hotel & Convention Center in Pomona, California. There is no better location for the Pinewood Drag Races than Pomona—home of the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum and Auto Club Raceway. 

Proceeds from the races benefit SEMA Cares charities. Purchase your own Pinewood car, participate and help a child in need.

By SEMA Editors

The SEMA Pinewood Drag Races, sponsored by eBay Motors, featured hundreds of pinewood cars, sponsored by SEMA-member companies, racing against the clock for bragging rights and to support SEMA Cares' charities.

The fourth annual Council Cup will once again pit council against council in the name of SEMA Cares' charities. Which group will rise up and prove its dominance and ability to rally its members to sponsor the most Pinewood cars? There is no doubt the heat is going to turn up as  members fire up their competitive spirits.

This year’s Council Cup promises to be the most action-packed yet between the SEMA councils. Council Cup defending champion Truck and Off-Road Alliance (TORA) is still hot after serious trash talking took place at last year’s event. They don’t intend to give up the cup without a serious challenge. No spy cams or “smoking tires” have been uncovered, but rumor has it SEMA Businesswomen's Network (SBN) has hired a former champion as a “consultant” for a possible entry this year in an effort to take back the Cup.

Lee McGuire, Young Executives Network (YEN) chairman, fired the first shot when she stated, "The Council Cup has eluded YEN in the past, but we have been in the finals and want a victory, so look out this year. It’s on!"

An Aussie never to be backed into a corner, Vic Wood, the chairman of Motorsports Parts Manufacturers Council (MPMC), immediately came back with, "This really is a no contest. MPMC is on the cutting edge of race-car tech and our vehicle, which is currently undergoing wind-tunnel development at a top-secret location in the Mojave Desert north of Las Vegas (commonly known as Area 51), will have all of the latest attributes to take back the crown! MPMC says bring it on!"

Held in conjunction with the annual SEMA Installation Banquet & Gala Fundraiser, the SEMA Cares Pinewood Drag Races, presented by eBay Motors, takes place Friday, July 26, 2013, at 12:00 p.m. at the Sheraton Fairplex Hotel & Convention Center in Pomona, California. There is no better location for the Pinewood Drag Races than Pomona—home of the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum and Auto Club Raceway. 

Proceeds from the races benefit SEMA Cares charities. Purchase your own Pinewood car, participate and help a child in need.

By SEMA Editors

The SEMA Pinewood Drag Races, sponsored by eBay Motors, featured hundreds of pinewood cars, sponsored by SEMA-member companies, racing against the clock for bragging rights and to support SEMA Cares' charities.

The fourth annual Council Cup will once again pit council against council in the name of SEMA Cares' charities. Which group will rise up and prove its dominance and ability to rally its members to sponsor the most Pinewood cars? There is no doubt the heat is going to turn up as  members fire up their competitive spirits.

This year’s Council Cup promises to be the most action-packed yet between the SEMA councils. Council Cup defending champion Truck and Off-Road Alliance (TORA) is still hot after serious trash talking took place at last year’s event. They don’t intend to give up the cup without a serious challenge. No spy cams or “smoking tires” have been uncovered, but rumor has it SEMA Businesswomen's Network (SBN) has hired a former champion as a “consultant” for a possible entry this year in an effort to take back the Cup.

Lee McGuire, Young Executives Network (YEN) chairman, fired the first shot when she stated, "The Council Cup has eluded YEN in the past, but we have been in the finals and want a victory, so look out this year. It’s on!"

An Aussie never to be backed into a corner, Vic Wood, the chairman of Motorsports Parts Manufacturers Council (MPMC), immediately came back with, "This really is a no contest. MPMC is on the cutting edge of race-car tech and our vehicle, which is currently undergoing wind-tunnel development at a top-secret location in the Mojave Desert north of Las Vegas (commonly known as Area 51), will have all of the latest attributes to take back the crown! MPMC says bring it on!"

Held in conjunction with the annual SEMA Installation Banquet & Gala Fundraiser, the SEMA Cares Pinewood Drag Races, presented by eBay Motors, takes place Friday, July 26, 2013, at 12:00 p.m. at the Sheraton Fairplex Hotel & Convention Center in Pomona, California. There is no better location for the Pinewood Drag Races than Pomona—home of the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum and Auto Club Raceway. 

Proceeds from the races benefit SEMA Cares charities. Purchase your own Pinewood car, participate and help a child in need.

By SEMA Editors

The SEMA Pinewood Drag Races, sponsored by eBay Motors, featured hundreds of pinewood cars, sponsored by SEMA-member companies, racing against the clock for bragging rights and to support SEMA Cares' charities.

The fourth annual Council Cup will once again pit council against council in the name of SEMA Cares' charities. Which group will rise up and prove its dominance and ability to rally its members to sponsor the most Pinewood cars? There is no doubt the heat is going to turn up as  members fire up their competitive spirits.

This year’s Council Cup promises to be the most action-packed yet between the SEMA councils. Council Cup defending champion Truck and Off-Road Alliance (TORA) is still hot after serious trash talking took place at last year’s event. They don’t intend to give up the cup without a serious challenge. No spy cams or “smoking tires” have been uncovered, but rumor has it SEMA Businesswomen's Network (SBN) has hired a former champion as a “consultant” for a possible entry this year in an effort to take back the Cup.

Lee McGuire, Young Executives Network (YEN) chairman, fired the first shot when she stated, "The Council Cup has eluded YEN in the past, but we have been in the finals and want a victory, so look out this year. It’s on!"

An Aussie never to be backed into a corner, Vic Wood, the chairman of Motorsports Parts Manufacturers Council (MPMC), immediately came back with, "This really is a no contest. MPMC is on the cutting edge of race-car tech and our vehicle, which is currently undergoing wind-tunnel development at a top-secret location in the Mojave Desert north of Las Vegas (commonly known as Area 51), will have all of the latest attributes to take back the crown! MPMC says bring it on!"

Held in conjunction with the annual SEMA Installation Banquet & Gala Fundraiser, the SEMA Cares Pinewood Drag Races, presented by eBay Motors, takes place Friday, July 26, 2013, at 12:00 p.m. at the Sheraton Fairplex Hotel & Convention Center in Pomona, California. There is no better location for the Pinewood Drag Races than Pomona—home of the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum and Auto Club Raceway. 

Proceeds from the races benefit SEMA Cares charities. Purchase your own Pinewood car, participate and help a child in need.

The shooters at KGP Photography have just gotten their first shots of a final, production-spec prototype for the ’15 Ford F-150, caught running on public roads.

The F-150 is expected to follow the design lead foreshadowed by Ford's Atlas Concept, which bowed during January's North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Elements of the Atlas concept can be seen peeking through bits of the camouflage.

As important as the next F-150's styling is what it will be made of. There are rumors of extensive use of aluminum, which could result in massive weight reduction. Questions remain as to just how far Ford is willing to go in its use of the expensive and tricky metal. There are some interesting things around the rear wheelwells of this F-150 prototype—unpainted metal with the look of untreated aluminum around the rear bed—which may provide the first clue to the metallurgical makeup of this massively important product within the Ford empire.

Sources say that this next F-150 will utilize Ford's new range of V6 engines (being developed under the codename "Nano"), likely displacing 2.9L in the F-150 range. Direct injection and dual-stage turbocharging are rumored to be part of the Nano's defining technologies. A diesel engine is also a near certainty for the next F-150 range.

Photo credit: KGP Photography

The shooters at KGP Photography have just gotten their first shots of a final, production-spec prototype for the ’15 Ford F-150, caught running on public roads.

The F-150 is expected to follow the design lead foreshadowed by Ford's Atlas Concept, which bowed during January's North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Elements of the Atlas concept can be seen peeking through bits of the camouflage.

As important as the next F-150's styling is what it will be made of. There are rumors of extensive use of aluminum, which could result in massive weight reduction. Questions remain as to just how far Ford is willing to go in its use of the expensive and tricky metal. There are some interesting things around the rear wheelwells of this F-150 prototype—unpainted metal with the look of untreated aluminum around the rear bed—which may provide the first clue to the metallurgical makeup of this massively important product within the Ford empire.

Sources say that this next F-150 will utilize Ford's new range of V6 engines (being developed under the codename "Nano"), likely displacing 2.9L in the F-150 range. Direct injection and dual-stage turbocharging are rumored to be part of the Nano's defining technologies. A diesel engine is also a near certainty for the next F-150 range.

Photo credit: KGP Photography

The shooters at KGP Photography have just gotten their first shots of a final, production-spec prototype for the ’15 Ford F-150, caught running on public roads.

The F-150 is expected to follow the design lead foreshadowed by Ford's Atlas Concept, which bowed during January's North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Elements of the Atlas concept can be seen peeking through bits of the camouflage.

As important as the next F-150's styling is what it will be made of. There are rumors of extensive use of aluminum, which could result in massive weight reduction. Questions remain as to just how far Ford is willing to go in its use of the expensive and tricky metal. There are some interesting things around the rear wheelwells of this F-150 prototype—unpainted metal with the look of untreated aluminum around the rear bed—which may provide the first clue to the metallurgical makeup of this massively important product within the Ford empire.

Sources say that this next F-150 will utilize Ford's new range of V6 engines (being developed under the codename "Nano"), likely displacing 2.9L in the F-150 range. Direct injection and dual-stage turbocharging are rumored to be part of the Nano's defining technologies. A diesel engine is also a near certainty for the next F-150 range.

Photo credit: KGP Photography