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

Every restyling, auto trim and accessory business needs tools to get the job done right. Not just tools of the trade, but resources to sharpen installation and business skills, too. That’s why the Professional Restylers Organization (PRO), a SEMA council, teamed up with WyoTech Blairsville to deliver:

• Installation Workshops
• Hands-on Training
• Product Knowledge
• Sales-Training Workshop
• Networking

Every restyling, auto trim and accessory business needs tools to get the job done right. Not just tools of the trade, but resources to sharpen installation and business skills, too. That’s why the Professional Restylers Organization (PRO), a SEMA council, teamed up with WyoTech Blairsville to deliver:

• Installation Workshops
• Hands-on Training
• Product Knowledge
• Sales-Training Workshop
• Networking

SO LONG: National Speed Sport News, in business for 76 years, has ceased publication following its March 23 issue. 

PEUGEOT POWER: Loic Duval, Nicolas Lapierre and Oliver Panis drove the Team Oreca Matmut Peugeot 908 to victory at Saturday’s American Le Mans Series Mobil 1, 12 Hours of Sebring at Sebring (Florida) International Raceway.

FINALLY: Tony Kanaan will drive the No. 82 Geico-sponsored Dallara Honda for KV Racing Technology this year in the IZOD IndyCar Series.

INDY BOUND: Townsend Bell (Sam Schmidt Motorsports) and Paul Tracy (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing) have each landed rides for the 2011 Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

SWEEP AGAIN: Kyle Busch completed a weekend sweep of the NASCAR events at Bristol (Tennessee) Motor Speedway Sunday by winning the Jeff Byrd 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup event. He also won Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race.

BACKING: Pirelli has signed on as the title sponsor of the SCCA World Challenge Championships road-racing series.

THE OTHER SON: Stefan Wilson, brother of IZOD IndyCar Series driver Justin Wilson, has signed a deal with Andretti Autosport to drive in the Firestone Indy Lights Series this year.

EXTENSION: Mars Inc., parent company of M&Ms, has extended its sponsorship agreement with Joe Gibbs Racing and Kyle Busch in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

CASH COW: Darrell Lanigan pocketed more than $20,000 for winning the World of Outlaws Late Model Series Cash Cow 100 at Columbus (Mississippi) Speedway Saturday.

SO LONG: National Speed Sport News, in business for 76 years, has ceased publication following its March 23 issue. 

PEUGEOT POWER: Loic Duval, Nicolas Lapierre and Oliver Panis drove the Team Oreca Matmut Peugeot 908 to victory at Saturday’s American Le Mans Series Mobil 1, 12 Hours of Sebring at Sebring (Florida) International Raceway.

FINALLY: Tony Kanaan will drive the No. 82 Geico-sponsored Dallara Honda for KV Racing Technology this year in the IZOD IndyCar Series.

INDY BOUND: Townsend Bell (Sam Schmidt Motorsports) and Paul Tracy (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing) have each landed rides for the 2011 Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

SWEEP AGAIN: Kyle Busch completed a weekend sweep of the NASCAR events at Bristol (Tennessee) Motor Speedway Sunday by winning the Jeff Byrd 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup event. He also won Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race.

BACKING: Pirelli has signed on as the title sponsor of the SCCA World Challenge Championships road-racing series.

THE OTHER SON: Stefan Wilson, brother of IZOD IndyCar Series driver Justin Wilson, has signed a deal with Andretti Autosport to drive in the Firestone Indy Lights Series this year.

EXTENSION: Mars Inc., parent company of M&Ms, has extended its sponsorship agreement with Joe Gibbs Racing and Kyle Busch in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

CASH COW: Darrell Lanigan pocketed more than $20,000 for winning the World of Outlaws Late Model Series Cash Cow 100 at Columbus (Mississippi) Speedway Saturday.

SO LONG: National Speed Sport News, in business for 76 years, has ceased publication following its March 23 issue. 

PEUGEOT POWER: Loic Duval, Nicolas Lapierre and Oliver Panis drove the Team Oreca Matmut Peugeot 908 to victory at Saturday’s American Le Mans Series Mobil 1, 12 Hours of Sebring at Sebring (Florida) International Raceway.

FINALLY: Tony Kanaan will drive the No. 82 Geico-sponsored Dallara Honda for KV Racing Technology this year in the IZOD IndyCar Series.

INDY BOUND: Townsend Bell (Sam Schmidt Motorsports) and Paul Tracy (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing) have each landed rides for the 2011 Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

SWEEP AGAIN: Kyle Busch completed a weekend sweep of the NASCAR events at Bristol (Tennessee) Motor Speedway Sunday by winning the Jeff Byrd 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup event. He also won Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race.

BACKING: Pirelli has signed on as the title sponsor of the SCCA World Challenge Championships road-racing series.

THE OTHER SON: Stefan Wilson, brother of IZOD IndyCar Series driver Justin Wilson, has signed a deal with Andretti Autosport to drive in the Firestone Indy Lights Series this year.

EXTENSION: Mars Inc., parent company of M&Ms, has extended its sponsorship agreement with Joe Gibbs Racing and Kyle Busch in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

CASH COW: Darrell Lanigan pocketed more than $20,000 for winning the World of Outlaws Late Model Series Cash Cow 100 at Columbus (Mississippi) Speedway Saturday.

SO LONG: National Speed Sport News, in business for 76 years, has ceased publication following its March 23 issue. 

PEUGEOT POWER: Loic Duval, Nicolas Lapierre and Oliver Panis drove the Team Oreca Matmut Peugeot 908 to victory at Saturday’s American Le Mans Series Mobil 1, 12 Hours of Sebring at Sebring (Florida) International Raceway.

FINALLY: Tony Kanaan will drive the No. 82 Geico-sponsored Dallara Honda for KV Racing Technology this year in the IZOD IndyCar Series.

INDY BOUND: Townsend Bell (Sam Schmidt Motorsports) and Paul Tracy (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing) have each landed rides for the 2011 Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

SWEEP AGAIN: Kyle Busch completed a weekend sweep of the NASCAR events at Bristol (Tennessee) Motor Speedway Sunday by winning the Jeff Byrd 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup event. He also won Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race.

BACKING: Pirelli has signed on as the title sponsor of the SCCA World Challenge Championships road-racing series.

THE OTHER SON: Stefan Wilson, brother of IZOD IndyCar Series driver Justin Wilson, has signed a deal with Andretti Autosport to drive in the Firestone Indy Lights Series this year.

EXTENSION: Mars Inc., parent company of M&Ms, has extended its sponsorship agreement with Joe Gibbs Racing and Kyle Busch in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

CASH COW: Darrell Lanigan pocketed more than $20,000 for winning the World of Outlaws Late Model Series Cash Cow 100 at Columbus (Mississippi) Speedway Saturday.

SO LONG: National Speed Sport News, in business for 76 years, has ceased publication following its March 23 issue. 

PEUGEOT POWER: Loic Duval, Nicolas Lapierre and Oliver Panis drove the Team Oreca Matmut Peugeot 908 to victory at Saturday’s American Le Mans Series Mobil 1, 12 Hours of Sebring at Sebring (Florida) International Raceway.

FINALLY: Tony Kanaan will drive the No. 82 Geico-sponsored Dallara Honda for KV Racing Technology this year in the IZOD IndyCar Series.

INDY BOUND: Townsend Bell (Sam Schmidt Motorsports) and Paul Tracy (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing) have each landed rides for the 2011 Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

SWEEP AGAIN: Kyle Busch completed a weekend sweep of the NASCAR events at Bristol (Tennessee) Motor Speedway Sunday by winning the Jeff Byrd 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup event. He also won Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race.

BACKING: Pirelli has signed on as the title sponsor of the SCCA World Challenge Championships road-racing series.

THE OTHER SON: Stefan Wilson, brother of IZOD IndyCar Series driver Justin Wilson, has signed a deal with Andretti Autosport to drive in the Firestone Indy Lights Series this year.

EXTENSION: Mars Inc., parent company of M&Ms, has extended its sponsorship agreement with Joe Gibbs Racing and Kyle Busch in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

CASH COW: Darrell Lanigan pocketed more than $20,000 for winning the World of Outlaws Late Model Series Cash Cow 100 at Columbus (Mississippi) Speedway Saturday.

The photo gallery on www.enjoythedrive.com contains more than 2,000 photos of the vehicles that helped the SEMA Show shine in 2010. The database of images can be search through various key words, including vehicle make, vehicle model, model year and more.

Highlighted for this week are Mercedes-Benz vehicles with custom touches that made the trip to Las Vegas.  

Distinctive Industries Names Dennis Roberts Regional Sales Manager
Distinctive Industries named Dennis Roberts as eastern North American regional sales manager. A long-time enthusiast and classic-car collector and restorer, Roberts has been professionally involved in the industry for 24 years. Beginning in 1987, as a resource expert for Atlanta-based Year One, he assembled a four-man team to travel the southeast attending swap meets and scouring salvage yards to satisfy requests from Year One customers. During his tenure, Roberts played a key role in product-line expansion, implementation of corporate processes and procedures, and catalog improvements, which contributed to the company’s growth. In recognition of his accomplishments, Roberts received the 2003 Industry Recognition Award from SEMA's Automotive Restoration Market Organization (ARMO) council.

CORSA Performance Exhausts Wins About.com 2011 Reader's Choice Award
CORSA Performance Exhausts was selected as the winner of the About.com 2011 Reader's Choice Award for best Mustang Aftermarket Product. 
Now in its fourth year, the About.com Reader's Choice Awards honor the best products, features and services across more than a dozen categories, ranging from technology to hobbies to parenting and more, as selected by its readers. "This year's Reader's Choice Awards program had a record number of nominations submitted across more than a dozen categories and featured hundreds of finalists," said Margot Weiss, managing editor, About.com. "We are thankful to all our readers for their participation and congratulate CORSA on their success."
 View the CORSA Performance Exhausts award and all award winners here.

MAHLE Clevite Inc. Expands Inventory at California Customer Care Center
MAHLE Clevite Inc. expanded the inventory at its Customer Care Center in Bell, California. The California Customer Care Center now stocks more than 9,000 SKUs of filters, gaskets and engine parts for both light-vehicle and heavy-duty applications. 

The company reported that with the inventory expansion in this region, MAHLE Clevite can now provide next-day ground service on a much broader line of products to most of California along with same-day pick-up service in Southern California. The nearly 22,000-sq.-ft. facility is fully staffed and open five days a week from 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (PDT).