Dick Dixon spoke at the 2012 SEMA Show's SEMA Businesswomen's Network (SBN), Young Executives Network (YEN) and Street Performance Council (SPC) breakfast meeting with 2011 USAC Ford Focus Champ Jessica Clark.

Writer, educator and industry speaker Dick Dixon passed away in his sleep Thursday, November 15, after battling cancer. He lived by the philosophy that life was a sandbox from which to learn, work and play. He thought of himself as an unconventional get-it-done-right guy, who "worked like a 270 Offy."

Dixon grew up in Hawthorne, California, and earned his master's degree in management and marketing at California State University Dominguez Hills. Most recently, he was the director of the International Motorsports Alliance at California State University, San Bernardino and chairman of the Automotive Trades Institute. Dixon was a lifelong automotive and motorsports enthusiast and 30-year member of the aftermarket and motorsports industry.

A three-time SEMA Ambassador of the Year and Motorsports Legends Hall of Fame inductee, Dixon received numerous industry awards and spoke at industry events nationally. He authored the Cal State/SEMA-endorsed aftermarket management and marketing education certificate program and served on the SEMA Scholarship Committee for 13 years. Dixon was a former professor and motorsports administrator at Indiana and Purdue Universities. He was also managing editor and publisher of the Hot Rod Parts Guide and chairman and CEO of the Automotive Education Alliance.

Dixon actively participated in SEMA's Automotive Restoration Market Organization (ARMO), Hot Rod Industry Alliance (HRIA), Young Executives Network (YEN) and SEMA Businesswomen's Network (SBN) councils. He was also a SEMA-endorsed educator of automotive management and was a featured speaker on the topic of eCommerce at the SEMA Show.

Dixon is survived by his wife Judi and daughter Chantel.

	SEMA Hall of Famer and 1996 Person of the Year Amy Faulk (second from left), received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Memphis International Raceway.

Memphis International Raceway Honors Amy Faulk With Lifetime Achievement Award
In recognition of a successful career spent on track and a lifetime commitment to the advancement of motorsports beyond the track, Memphis International Raceway honors Amy Faulk, Hypertech CEO.

As the first woman to win a sportsman World Championship in drag racing, Faulk ascended to the industry's highest platform. She was the first woman to win NHRA national events in three different categories. Each category required driving skills inherent to their classification.

Her list of accomplishments and accolades includes:

• 1979 NHRA Super Stock World Champion
• 1980 Car Craft Magazine Driver of the Year
• 1996 SEMA Person of the Year
• 2002 SEMA Hall of Fame inductee
• 2003 NHRA Division 2 Sportsman Hall of Fame Award (first woman recipient)
• The first recipient and the inspiration of the NHRA Appreciation Award
• 2009 NHRA Hall of Fame Recipient

Faulk has served as a champion of the automotive aftermarket Industry. She was a member of the SEMA Board of Directors and was honored in 2009 at the National Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green, Kentucky, alongside that year’s Grand Marshall Darrell Gwynn.

	Ricky Stenhouse Jr. captured his second championship in the NASCAR Nationwide Series last Saturday night.

Stenhouse Jr. Wins Back-to-Back Nationwide Championships
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. captured his second championship in the NASCAR Nationwide Series last Saturday night at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida.

Stenhouse entered the race 20 points ahead of Elliott Sadler and finished sixth to bring Ford Racing and Roush Fenway Racing their fourth overall Nationwide Championship.

The second consecutive championship served as a final bow for Stenhouse and his Nationwide crew. Stenhouse, who is headed to the Roush Fenway No. 17 Ford in the Sprint Cup series next year, finished the season with six overall wins with his Roush Yates powered FR9 engine.

Jason Johnson brought Roush Yates another championship last weekend in the Lucas Oil ASCS series. Johnson went to Victory Lane on night two of the 45th annual FVP Western World Championships in Peoria, Arizona, to grab his 14th win of the season with his Roush Yates powered Sprint 360 engine.

Jeremy Payne swept the USMTS Winter Nationals in Baytown, Texas, winning last Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, becoming the first driver in 14 years to win all three races. Payne drove his Roush Yates-powered Chevy USMTS engine to his sixth win of the season and the 11th of his USMTS career.

	SEMA Hall of Famer and 1996 Person of the Year Amy Faulk (second from left), received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Memphis International Raceway.

Memphis International Raceway Honors Amy Faulk With Lifetime Achievement Award
In recognition of a successful career spent on track and a lifetime commitment to the advancement of motorsports beyond the track, Memphis International Raceway honors Amy Faulk, Hypertech CEO.

As the first woman to win a sportsman World Championship in drag racing, Faulk ascended to the industry's highest platform. She was the first woman to win NHRA national events in three different categories. Each category required driving skills inherent to their classification.

Her list of accomplishments and accolades includes:

• 1979 NHRA Super Stock World Champion
• 1980 Car Craft Magazine Driver of the Year
• 1996 SEMA Person of the Year
• 2002 SEMA Hall of Fame inductee
• 2003 NHRA Division 2 Sportsman Hall of Fame Award (first woman recipient)
• The first recipient and the inspiration of the NHRA Appreciation Award
• 2009 NHRA Hall of Fame Recipient

Faulk has served as a champion of the automotive aftermarket Industry. She was a member of the SEMA Board of Directors and was honored in 2009 at the National Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green, Kentucky, alongside that year’s Grand Marshall Darrell Gwynn.

	Ricky Stenhouse Jr. captured his second championship in the NASCAR Nationwide Series last Saturday night.

Stenhouse Jr. Wins Back-to-Back Nationwide Championships
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. captured his second championship in the NASCAR Nationwide Series last Saturday night at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida.

Stenhouse entered the race 20 points ahead of Elliott Sadler and finished sixth to bring Ford Racing and Roush Fenway Racing their fourth overall Nationwide Championship.

The second consecutive championship served as a final bow for Stenhouse and his Nationwide crew. Stenhouse, who is headed to the Roush Fenway No. 17 Ford in the Sprint Cup series next year, finished the season with six overall wins with his Roush Yates powered FR9 engine.

Jason Johnson brought Roush Yates another championship last weekend in the Lucas Oil ASCS series. Johnson went to Victory Lane on night two of the 45th annual FVP Western World Championships in Peoria, Arizona, to grab his 14th win of the season with his Roush Yates powered Sprint 360 engine.

Jeremy Payne swept the USMTS Winter Nationals in Baytown, Texas, winning last Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, becoming the first driver in 14 years to win all three races. Payne drove his Roush Yates-powered Chevy USMTS engine to his sixth win of the season and the 11th of his USMTS career.

	SEMA's acquisition of the International Motorsports Industry Show (IMIS), which will be consolidated with the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Trade Show starting in 2013, unifies the racing industry’s two trade shows into one, creating the opportunity for exhibitors and buyers to do business in a single location.

SEMA has announced it has finalized an agreement to purchase the International Motorsports Industry Show (IMIS)—the racing trade show that has been held annually in Indianapolis since 2009.

The IMIS will be consolidated with the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Trade Show, which returns to Indianapolis for 2013 and beyond. The 2013 PRI Trade Show will occupy the entire Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, with Thursday, Friday and Saturday Show days, December 12–14, 2013.

The acquisition unifies the racing industry’s two trade shows into one, creating the opportunity for exhibitors and buyers to do business in a single location.

“The racing industry needed to have just one motorsports trade show in the United States. I’m proud to say we’ve accomplished that,” said Scooter Brothers, SEMA chairman of the Board of Directors. “We have all worked toward a common goal, and have succeeded on behalf of the industry. To have a single home for the racing trade show is clearly the best thing for the industry, and working together with Chris Paulsen (co-founder of IMIS), we got it done.”

Both the PRI and IMIS trade shows will take place as scheduled for 2012. The PRI Trade Show will be held November 29–December 1, in Orlando. The IMIS will be held December 6–8, in Indianapolis. The IMIS transaction is set to close in December 2012.

“We formed IMIS in 2009 to bring a hardcore racing trade show back to Indianapolis,” Paulsen said. “We grew a lot faster than we ever could have dreamed of, and we couldn’t be happier that a hardcore racing trade show will remain in Indianapolis for years to come. SEMA will be great stewards of the hardcore racing industry, and I couldn’t be more pleased that Indianapolis will remain the center of motorsports both on and off the track.”

“Being from Indiana, having a hardcore racing trade show in Indianapolis was very important to me,” said Tony Stewart, three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion and co-founder of IMIS. “That’s why I got involved with Chris and Jeff [Stoops, co-founder of IMIS] to help form IMIS and bring back a show to Indianapolis. I know SEMA will do a great job to make sure Indy remains the place for hardcore racing. The state of Indiana and city of Indianapolis, especially Governor Mitch Daniels and Mayor Greg Ballard, were huge allies of the show, and I know the city and state will continue to help grow the motorsports industry in Indiana.”

The 2013 PRI Trade Show will be organized and produced by the PRI team based in Laguna Beach, California, with John Kilroy at the helm as vice president/general manager. This year’s PRI Trade Show in Orlando is the 25th edition. PRI also publishes the racing industry’s only business magazine, Performance Racing Industry.

“We are excited to bring the PRI Trade Show back to Indianapolis, where exhibitors and buyers experienced six very successful racing industry trade shows, from 1998 to 2004,” said Kilroy. “Chris Paulsen, Jeff Stoops, Tony Stewart and the entire IMIS team have done an excellent job starting up a new racing trade show, and we promise to build on their mission to keep Indianapolis the annual epicenter of new racing technology.”
 


“This consolidation is all about helping the racing industry to succeed,” said SEMA President and CEO Chris Kersting. “Unifying the racing industry’s trade shows makes it more affordable for all to participate and allows us to focus on providing the greatest value and benefits for the racing segment. Look for the association to be adding resources and services to help participants get maximum value from the PRI Show in Indy.”

	SEMA's acquisition of the International Motorsports Industry Show (IMIS), which will be consolidated with the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Trade Show starting in 2013, unifies the racing industry’s two trade shows into one, creating the opportunity for exhibitors and buyers to do business in a single location.

SEMA has announced it has finalized an agreement to purchase the International Motorsports Industry Show (IMIS)—the racing trade show that has been held annually in Indianapolis since 2009.

The IMIS will be consolidated with the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Trade Show, which returns to Indianapolis for 2013 and beyond. The 2013 PRI Trade Show will occupy the entire Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, with Thursday, Friday and Saturday Show days, December 12–14, 2013.

The acquisition unifies the racing industry’s two trade shows into one, creating the opportunity for exhibitors and buyers to do business in a single location.

“The racing industry needed to have just one motorsports trade show in the United States. I’m proud to say we’ve accomplished that,” said Scooter Brothers, SEMA chairman of the Board of Directors. “We have all worked toward a common goal, and have succeeded on behalf of the industry. To have a single home for the racing trade show is clearly the best thing for the industry, and working together with Chris Paulsen (co-founder of IMIS), we got it done.”

Both the PRI and IMIS trade shows will take place as scheduled for 2012. The PRI Trade Show will be held November 29–December 1, in Orlando. The IMIS will be held December 6–8, in Indianapolis. The IMIS transaction is set to close in December 2012.

“We formed IMIS in 2009 to bring a hardcore racing trade show back to Indianapolis,” Paulsen said. “We grew a lot faster than we ever could have dreamed of, and we couldn’t be happier that a hardcore racing trade show will remain in Indianapolis for years to come. SEMA will be great stewards of the hardcore racing industry, and I couldn’t be more pleased that Indianapolis will remain the center of motorsports both on and off the track.”

“Being from Indiana, having a hardcore racing trade show in Indianapolis was very important to me,” said Tony Stewart, three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion and co-founder of IMIS. “That’s why I got involved with Chris and Jeff [Stoops, co-founder of IMIS] to help form IMIS and bring back a show to Indianapolis. I know SEMA will do a great job to make sure Indy remains the place for hardcore racing. The state of Indiana and city of Indianapolis, especially Governor Mitch Daniels and Mayor Greg Ballard, were huge allies of the show, and I know the city and state will continue to help grow the motorsports industry in Indiana.”

The 2013 PRI Trade Show will be organized and produced by the PRI team based in Laguna Beach, California, with John Kilroy at the helm as vice president/general manager. This year’s PRI Trade Show in Orlando is the 25th edition. PRI also publishes the racing industry’s only business magazine, Performance Racing Industry.

“We are excited to bring the PRI Trade Show back to Indianapolis, where exhibitors and buyers experienced six very successful racing industry trade shows, from 1998 to 2004,” said Kilroy. “Chris Paulsen, Jeff Stoops, Tony Stewart and the entire IMIS team have done an excellent job starting up a new racing trade show, and we promise to build on their mission to keep Indianapolis the annual epicenter of new racing technology.”
 


“This consolidation is all about helping the racing industry to succeed,” said SEMA President and CEO Chris Kersting. “Unifying the racing industry’s trade shows makes it more affordable for all to participate and allows us to focus on providing the greatest value and benefits for the racing segment. Look for the association to be adding resources and services to help participants get maximum value from the PRI Show in Indy.”

	SEMA's acquisition of the International Motorsports Industry Show (IMIS), which will be consolidated with the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Trade Show starting in 2013, unifies the racing industry’s two trade shows into one, creating the opportunity for exhibitors and buyers to do business in a single location.

SEMA has announced it has finalized an agreement to purchase the International Motorsports Industry Show (IMIS)—the racing trade show that has been held annually in Indianapolis since 2009.

The IMIS will be consolidated with the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Trade Show, which returns to Indianapolis for 2013 and beyond. The 2013 PRI Trade Show will occupy the entire Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, with Thursday, Friday and Saturday Show days, December 12–14, 2013.

The acquisition unifies the racing industry’s two trade shows into one, creating the opportunity for exhibitors and buyers to do business in a single location.

“The racing industry needed to have just one motorsports trade show in the United States. I’m proud to say we’ve accomplished that,” said Scooter Brothers, SEMA chairman of the Board of Directors. “We have all worked toward a common goal, and have succeeded on behalf of the industry. To have a single home for the racing trade show is clearly the best thing for the industry, and working together with Chris Paulsen (co-founder of IMIS), we got it done.”

Both the PRI and IMIS trade shows will take place as scheduled for 2012. The PRI Trade Show will be held November 29–December 1, in Orlando. The IMIS will be held December 6–8, in Indianapolis. The IMIS transaction is set to close in December 2012.

“We formed IMIS in 2009 to bring a hardcore racing trade show back to Indianapolis,” Paulsen said. “We grew a lot faster than we ever could have dreamed of, and we couldn’t be happier that a hardcore racing trade show will remain in Indianapolis for years to come. SEMA will be great stewards of the hardcore racing industry, and I couldn’t be more pleased that Indianapolis will remain the center of motorsports both on and off the track.”

“Being from Indiana, having a hardcore racing trade show in Indianapolis was very important to me,” said Tony Stewart, three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion and co-founder of IMIS. “That’s why I got involved with Chris and Jeff [Stoops, co-founder of IMIS] to help form IMIS and bring back a show to Indianapolis. I know SEMA will do a great job to make sure Indy remains the place for hardcore racing. The state of Indiana and city of Indianapolis, especially Governor Mitch Daniels and Mayor Greg Ballard, were huge allies of the show, and I know the city and state will continue to help grow the motorsports industry in Indiana.”

The 2013 PRI Trade Show will be organized and produced by the PRI team based in Laguna Beach, California, with John Kilroy at the helm as vice president/general manager. This year’s PRI Trade Show in Orlando is the 25th edition. PRI also publishes the racing industry’s only business magazine, Performance Racing Industry.

“We are excited to bring the PRI Trade Show back to Indianapolis, where exhibitors and buyers experienced six very successful racing industry trade shows, from 1998 to 2004,” said Kilroy. “Chris Paulsen, Jeff Stoops, Tony Stewart and the entire IMIS team have done an excellent job starting up a new racing trade show, and we promise to build on their mission to keep Indianapolis the annual epicenter of new racing technology.”
 


“This consolidation is all about helping the racing industry to succeed,” said SEMA President and CEO Chris Kersting. “Unifying the racing industry’s trade shows makes it more affordable for all to participate and allows us to focus on providing the greatest value and benefits for the racing segment. Look for the association to be adding resources and services to help participants get maximum value from the PRI Show in Indy.”

	SEMA's acquisition of the International Motorsports Industry Show (IMIS), which will be consolidated with the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Trade Show starting in 2013, unifies the racing industry’s two trade shows into one, creating the opportunity for exhibitors and buyers to do business in a single location.

SEMA has announced it has finalized an agreement to purchase the International Motorsports Industry Show (IMIS)—the racing trade show that has been held annually in Indianapolis since 2009.

The IMIS will be consolidated with the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Trade Show, which returns to Indianapolis for 2013 and beyond. The 2013 PRI Trade Show will occupy the entire Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, with Thursday, Friday and Saturday Show days, December 12–14, 2013.

The acquisition unifies the racing industry’s two trade shows into one, creating the opportunity for exhibitors and buyers to do business in a single location.

“The racing industry needed to have just one motorsports trade show in the United States. I’m proud to say we’ve accomplished that,” said Scooter Brothers, SEMA chairman of the Board of Directors. “We have all worked toward a common goal, and have succeeded on behalf of the industry. To have a single home for the racing trade show is clearly the best thing for the industry, and working together with Chris Paulsen (co-founder of IMIS), we got it done.”

Both the PRI and IMIS trade shows will take place as scheduled for 2012. The PRI Trade Show will be held November 29–December 1, in Orlando. The IMIS will be held December 6–8, in Indianapolis. The IMIS transaction is set to close in December 2012.

“We formed IMIS in 2009 to bring a hardcore racing trade show back to Indianapolis,” Paulsen said. “We grew a lot faster than we ever could have dreamed of, and we couldn’t be happier that a hardcore racing trade show will remain in Indianapolis for years to come. SEMA will be great stewards of the hardcore racing industry, and I couldn’t be more pleased that Indianapolis will remain the center of motorsports both on and off the track.”

“Being from Indiana, having a hardcore racing trade show in Indianapolis was very important to me,” said Tony Stewart, three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion and co-founder of IMIS. “That’s why I got involved with Chris and Jeff [Stoops, co-founder of IMIS] to help form IMIS and bring back a show to Indianapolis. I know SEMA will do a great job to make sure Indy remains the place for hardcore racing. The state of Indiana and city of Indianapolis, especially Governor Mitch Daniels and Mayor Greg Ballard, were huge allies of the show, and I know the city and state will continue to help grow the motorsports industry in Indiana.”

The 2013 PRI Trade Show will be organized and produced by the PRI team based in Laguna Beach, California, with John Kilroy at the helm as vice president/general manager. This year’s PRI Trade Show in Orlando is the 25th edition. PRI also publishes the racing industry’s only business magazine, Performance Racing Industry.

“We are excited to bring the PRI Trade Show back to Indianapolis, where exhibitors and buyers experienced six very successful racing industry trade shows, from 1998 to 2004,” said Kilroy. “Chris Paulsen, Jeff Stoops, Tony Stewart and the entire IMIS team have done an excellent job starting up a new racing trade show, and we promise to build on their mission to keep Indianapolis the annual epicenter of new racing technology.”
 


“This consolidation is all about helping the racing industry to succeed,” said SEMA President and CEO Chris Kersting. “Unifying the racing industry’s trade shows makes it more affordable for all to participate and allows us to focus on providing the greatest value and benefits for the racing segment. Look for the association to be adding resources and services to help participants get maximum value from the PRI Show in Indy.”

New products featured in the 2012 SEMA Show's Ideas Alive: Featuring the New Products Showcase are now viewable online at www.semaphotos.com.

New products featured in the 2012 SEMA Show's Ideas Alive: Featuring the New Products Showcase are now viewable online at www.semaphotos.com.

New products featured in the 2012 SEMA Show's Ideas Alive: Featuring the New Products Showcase are now viewable online at www.semaphotos.com.