Following are dates and locations for several upcoming SEMA-sponsored shows, webinars and activities. Click on an item for more details.

Following are dates and locations for several upcoming SEMA-sponsored shows, webinars and activities. Click on an item for more details.

	Brian Deegan finished third at Texas Motor Speedway this past weekend during the second round of Global Rallycross Championship.

Brian Deegan Back on Podium in Global Rallycross Championship Round 2
Metal Mulisha cofounder and 2011 X Games Global Rallycross Gold Medalist “The General” Brian Deegan finished third at Texas Motor Speedway this past weekend during the second round of Global Rallycross Championship.

In his Rockstar Energy/Metal Mulisha Ford Fiesta, Deegan won his qualifying heat and advanced to the final with a key starting position. Deegan pulled the holeshot in the outside lane and was leading with three laps to go until the race was red flagged. On the restart, Deegan again pulled the holeshot from the outside lane and was racing towards the lead when Ken Block suffered a flat, causing Deegan to slow up from hitting him and thus falling back into second place.

A few laps later, the race was red flagged again and the drivers had to face their second restart of the race. With a tired car and tires from pushing it off the start in the previous two races, Deegan had an uphill task to pull a third holeshot. He came out third on the restart and kept it close until the finish where he was only a couple car lengths behind teammate Tanner Foust for second place. This was the first race for the portable 70-ft. jump in which many drivers struggled to handle; however, Deegan had success with it and kept the pressure on the other drivers leading into X Games 18.

The Global Rallycross Championship will return June 30–July 1 in Los Angeles at X Games 18.

Pirelli World Challenge Announces Continuing Partnership With Microsoft for Forza Motorsport 4
WC Vision has announced the continuing partnership with Microsoft and its video racing game Forza Motorsport. The new Porsche Expansion Pack for Forza Motorsport 4 will include a Pirelli World Challenge race car.

The Porsche Expansion Pack includes 30 Porsches that players can add to their garages, race, collect and customize, as well as 20 new Porsche-themed career events. The No. 66 AXA Racing 911 GT3 Cup car that Jon Groom Racing ran in World Challenge in 2005 and 2006 is included in the pack. The No. 66 car was piloted in 2006 by Lawson Aschenbach, who won the GT Drivers’ Championship in the car that year. Aschenbach currently pilots the No. 1 TruSpeed Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 Cup in Pirelli World Challenge and sits third overall in the GT Drivers’ Championship heading into the June 23–24 races at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, formerly Mosport International Raceway.

	Brian Deegan finished third at Texas Motor Speedway this past weekend during the second round of Global Rallycross Championship.

Brian Deegan Back on Podium in Global Rallycross Championship Round 2
Metal Mulisha cofounder and 2011 X Games Global Rallycross Gold Medalist “The General” Brian Deegan finished third at Texas Motor Speedway this past weekend during the second round of Global Rallycross Championship.

In his Rockstar Energy/Metal Mulisha Ford Fiesta, Deegan won his qualifying heat and advanced to the final with a key starting position. Deegan pulled the holeshot in the outside lane and was leading with three laps to go until the race was red flagged. On the restart, Deegan again pulled the holeshot from the outside lane and was racing towards the lead when Ken Block suffered a flat, causing Deegan to slow up from hitting him and thus falling back into second place.

A few laps later, the race was red flagged again and the drivers had to face their second restart of the race. With a tired car and tires from pushing it off the start in the previous two races, Deegan had an uphill task to pull a third holeshot. He came out third on the restart and kept it close until the finish where he was only a couple car lengths behind teammate Tanner Foust for second place. This was the first race for the portable 70-ft. jump in which many drivers struggled to handle; however, Deegan had success with it and kept the pressure on the other drivers leading into X Games 18.

The Global Rallycross Championship will return June 30–July 1 in Los Angeles at X Games 18.

Pirelli World Challenge Announces Continuing Partnership With Microsoft for Forza Motorsport 4
WC Vision has announced the continuing partnership with Microsoft and its video racing game Forza Motorsport. The new Porsche Expansion Pack for Forza Motorsport 4 will include a Pirelli World Challenge race car.

The Porsche Expansion Pack includes 30 Porsches that players can add to their garages, race, collect and customize, as well as 20 new Porsche-themed career events. The No. 66 AXA Racing 911 GT3 Cup car that Jon Groom Racing ran in World Challenge in 2005 and 2006 is included in the pack. The No. 66 car was piloted in 2006 by Lawson Aschenbach, who won the GT Drivers’ Championship in the car that year. Aschenbach currently pilots the No. 1 TruSpeed Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 Cup in Pirelli World Challenge and sits third overall in the GT Drivers’ Championship heading into the June 23–24 races at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, formerly Mosport International Raceway.

	2011–2012 SEMA council leadership.

Congratulations and thank you to the following individuals who won a seat on a council Select Committee in the recent election cycle and to the companies who support their volunteer efforts on behalf of the industry. These new and re-elected incumbent Select Committee members will contribute significant time and effort over the next two years on projects and events to provide a benefit to SEMA and council member companies. Learn more by visiting SEMA Council & Committees.

ARMO
Jim Pennekamp – Trim Parts Inc.
Erika Woody – Hydro-E-Lectric
Tray Smith – H&H Classic Parts
Matt Agosta – Steele Rubber Products (incumbent)
Lenny Schaeffer – Chop Shop Customs (incumbent)

HRIA
Joe Pettlick – Motor State Distributing
Bob Millard – Championship Auto Shows
Todd Ryden – MSD Performance
Brian Downard – LOKAR (incumbent)
Kerry Hopperstad – Hopperstad Customs (incumbent)
Janeen Webb – Source Interlink Media (incumbent)

TORA
Todd Hoffman – A.R.E. Accessories
Kathryn Reinhardt – Go Rhino!
David Crockett – Rolling Big Power (incumbent)
Bill Cole – Yankee Custom Caps (incumbent)
Trace Walls – Jim Wrobleski & Associates (incumbent)

MPMC
Chris Fairless – MagnaFlow
Chris Douglas – COMP Performance Group
Mike Crutchfield – Phoenix Race Tires/A Coker Tire Company
Scott Hall – Moroso Performance (incumbent)
John Spar – RePlay XD (incumbent)

MRC
Vic Bennett – Gantt-Thomas & Associates (incumbent)
Derrick Johnstone – Alliance Sales Ltd. (incumbent)
Jerry Nuñez – Innovative Marketing Services, LLC (incumbent)
Les Rudd – Bob Cook Sales (incumbent)

PRO
Wayne Casimir – Eagle Enterprises Inc.
Dave Edmondson – Roadwire Leather Interiors
Ginger Glover – Trucker’s Toy Store
Donna Green – Retro USA
Jerry Redding – Echomaster
Bob Carnahan – Restyling magazine (incumbent)
Ellen McKoy – EMK Marketing (incumbent)
Brian Champa – Check Corp. (incumbent)
Stefan Majlinger – Katzkin Leather Interiors (incumbent)

SBN
Julie Johnson – Skyline College
Kristy Neukam – Meyer Distributing
Sherry Price-McCall – Masters Entertainment (incumbent)
Camee Edelbrock – Schiefer Media (incumbent)
JoAnn Bortles – Crazy Horse Custom Paint (incumbent)
Erin Gilhuly – Toyota Motor Sales (incumbent)
Gigi Ho – Digital Performance (incumbent)

SPC
Gigi Ho – Digital Performance (incumbent)
Chris Vopat – ProMedia LLC (incumbent)

WTC
George Finch – Carlisle Transportation Products (incumbent)
Greg Senser – Nitto Tire USA Inc. (incumbent)
Chris Webster – Design I.N.F.I.N.I. Inc. (incumbent)
Shelly Urwiler – Vision Wheel (incumbent)

YEN
Jenna Jefferies – K&N Engineering
Matt Cartwright – Meyer Distributing
Jim Liaw – Formula Drift
Gonzalo Manotas – Omix-ADA Inc.

	2011–2012 SEMA council leadership.

Congratulations and thank you to the following individuals who won a seat on a council Select Committee in the recent election cycle and to the companies who support their volunteer efforts on behalf of the industry. These new and re-elected incumbent Select Committee members will contribute significant time and effort over the next two years on projects and events to provide a benefit to SEMA and council member companies. Learn more by visiting SEMA Council & Committees.

ARMO
Jim Pennekamp – Trim Parts Inc.
Erika Woody – Hydro-E-Lectric
Tray Smith – H&H Classic Parts
Matt Agosta – Steele Rubber Products (incumbent)
Lenny Schaeffer – Chop Shop Customs (incumbent)

HRIA
Joe Pettlick – Motor State Distributing
Bob Millard – Championship Auto Shows
Todd Ryden – MSD Performance
Brian Downard – LOKAR (incumbent)
Kerry Hopperstad – Hopperstad Customs (incumbent)
Janeen Webb – Source Interlink Media (incumbent)

TORA
Todd Hoffman – A.R.E. Accessories
Kathryn Reinhardt – Go Rhino!
David Crockett – Rolling Big Power (incumbent)
Bill Cole – Yankee Custom Caps (incumbent)
Trace Walls – Jim Wrobleski & Associates (incumbent)

MPMC
Chris Fairless – MagnaFlow
Chris Douglas – COMP Performance Group
Mike Crutchfield – Phoenix Race Tires/A Coker Tire Company
Scott Hall – Moroso Performance (incumbent)
John Spar – RePlay XD (incumbent)

MRC
Vic Bennett – Gantt-Thomas & Associates (incumbent)
Derrick Johnstone – Alliance Sales Ltd. (incumbent)
Jerry Nuñez – Innovative Marketing Services, LLC (incumbent)
Les Rudd – Bob Cook Sales (incumbent)

PRO
Wayne Casimir – Eagle Enterprises Inc.
Dave Edmondson – Roadwire Leather Interiors
Ginger Glover – Trucker’s Toy Store
Donna Green – Retro USA
Jerry Redding – Echomaster
Bob Carnahan – Restyling magazine (incumbent)
Ellen McKoy – EMK Marketing (incumbent)
Brian Champa – Check Corp. (incumbent)
Stefan Majlinger – Katzkin Leather Interiors (incumbent)

SBN
Julie Johnson – Skyline College
Kristy Neukam – Meyer Distributing
Sherry Price-McCall – Masters Entertainment (incumbent)
Camee Edelbrock – Schiefer Media (incumbent)
JoAnn Bortles – Crazy Horse Custom Paint (incumbent)
Erin Gilhuly – Toyota Motor Sales (incumbent)
Gigi Ho – Digital Performance (incumbent)

SPC
Gigi Ho – Digital Performance (incumbent)
Chris Vopat – ProMedia LLC (incumbent)

WTC
George Finch – Carlisle Transportation Products (incumbent)
Greg Senser – Nitto Tire USA Inc. (incumbent)
Chris Webster – Design I.N.F.I.N.I. Inc. (incumbent)
Shelly Urwiler – Vision Wheel (incumbent)

YEN
Jenna Jefferies – K&N Engineering
Matt Cartwright – Meyer Distributing
Jim Liaw – Formula Drift
Gonzalo Manotas – Omix-ADA Inc.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to tighten the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for fine particle pollution (PM2.5), while retaining the existing standard for coarse particle pollution (PM10). The small particles of soot come from a variety of man-made and natural sources, including vehicles, smokestacks and fires. The agency is under a court order to update the PM standards. The agency has proposed lowering the PM2.5 standard from 15 micrograms per cubic meter averaged over a year to a range of 12.0 to 13.0 micrograms (approximately one-thirtieth the width of a human hair). 

The EPA based its decision on concern that once in the bloodstream or lungs, the particles can cause aggravated asthma and other respiratory and heart ailments. The agency contends 99% of the country will meet the new standard without taking any additional actions as long as other air pollution rules the EPA is pursuing are implemented as scheduled. Those actions would require oil refiners, power plants and some large-scale manufacturers to install pollution-abatement upgrades. 

For more information, contact Stuart Gosswein at stuartg@sema.org.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to tighten the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for fine particle pollution (PM2.5), while retaining the existing standard for coarse particle pollution (PM10). The small particles of soot come from a variety of man-made and natural sources, including vehicles, smokestacks and fires. The agency is under a court order to update the PM standards. The agency has proposed lowering the PM2.5 standard from 15 micrograms per cubic meter averaged over a year to a range of 12.0 to 13.0 micrograms (approximately one-thirtieth the width of a human hair). 

The EPA based its decision on concern that once in the bloodstream or lungs, the particles can cause aggravated asthma and other respiratory and heart ailments. The agency contends 99% of the country will meet the new standard without taking any additional actions as long as other air pollution rules the EPA is pursuing are implemented as scheduled. Those actions would require oil refiners, power plants and some large-scale manufacturers to install pollution-abatement upgrades. 

For more information, contact Stuart Gosswein at stuartg@sema.org.

An effort in Iowa to change labeling requirements on gas pumps across the state to only require labeling for unblended gasoline and E85 officially died when the legislature adjourned for the year. SEMA actively opposed the bill. Current law in Iowa requires labeling when gasoline is blended with any amount of ethanol. If the bill had been enacted into law, it would have removed labeling requirements for ethanol-blended gasoline containing 15% or less ethanol, thereby increasing the risk of misfueling and potential engine damage.

Unblended gas is required to be labeled, but no guarantee was made that unblended gas would be available. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has been urged to create national labeling requirements for ethanol-blended gasoline that are placed as close as possible to the pump’s product selection mechanism, but since such requirements are not currently in place, vehicle owners must rely on state labeling requirements for information about the gasoline they use in their vehicles. Many products in the marketplace, including older cars, use materials that are incompatible with ethanol. 

For details, contact Steve McDonald at stevem@sema.org.

An effort in Iowa to change labeling requirements on gas pumps across the state to only require labeling for unblended gasoline and E85 officially died when the legislature adjourned for the year. SEMA actively opposed the bill. Current law in Iowa requires labeling when gasoline is blended with any amount of ethanol. If the bill had been enacted into law, it would have removed labeling requirements for ethanol-blended gasoline containing 15% or less ethanol, thereby increasing the risk of misfueling and potential engine damage.

Unblended gas is required to be labeled, but no guarantee was made that unblended gas would be available. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has been urged to create national labeling requirements for ethanol-blended gasoline that are placed as close as possible to the pump’s product selection mechanism, but since such requirements are not currently in place, vehicle owners must rely on state labeling requirements for information about the gasoline they use in their vehicles. Many products in the marketplace, including older cars, use materials that are incompatible with ethanol. 

For details, contact Steve McDonald at stevem@sema.org.