Here is a brief look at some of news and updates from around the specialty-equipment industry. Companies featured this week: Timbren Industries, CargoGlide, Holley and more.

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Mike Spagnola, SEMA’s vice president of OEM and Product Development programs, will share tools for improving the product-development process from concept to prototype at the March 13 webinar entitled, “10 Ways to Better Product Development—The SEMA Garage Industry Innovations Center.”

Alexis DeJoria raced to her first career Funny Car victory Sunday at the CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park. “When we won the finals, I couldn’t believe it," said DeJoria, daughter of famed entrepreneur John Paul DeJoria and wife of noted television personality...

TORC: The Off-Road Championship has announced that VP Racing Fuels will be its Official Fuel for the 2014 season. All TORC competitors will be powered by the company's high-performance racing fuels beginning with the April 5–6 "Duel in the Desert" race in Primm, Nevada.

KGP Photography's man in Germany has caught a new prototype for the next Porsche 911 GT3 RS on public roads in Europe.

Custom Audis from the 2013 SEMA Show.

Applications for booth space at the 2014 SEMA Show are now available online.

SEMA is now accepting nominations for its Hall of Fame. Created in 1969, the SEMA Hall of Fame is the most prestigious award presented to an individual by the association.

The White House announced progress on a series of initiatives intended to strengthen the patent system, make it easier for small businesses to file applications and combat patent trolls. Among other actions, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is drafting regulations to make recorded patent...