Some of the nation’s best custom-car and hot-rod builders recently took part in the third-annual Hot Rod Industry Alliance (HRIA) Pinewood Builders Challenge. Fifteen well-known builders created one-of-a-kind miniature hot rods in the style of Pinewood derby cars. The cars were raced at the annual...

Tire Group International appointed Bill Hirst as the company's new vice president of program sales for its domestic division. According to the company, Hirst, a 33-year industry veteran, and brings a vast amount of experience in the passenger, light truck, truck, industrial, agricultural and OTR...

For the ninth consecutive year, Barry Meguiar, president and host of "Car Crazy Television," will talk with some of the biggest names and personalities in the automotive industry during the week of the 2012 SEMA Show.

The Canadian Tire Combustion Chamber is offering automotive specialty-parts industry professionals a chance to pitch their latest, most innovative products and programs geared towards automotive enthusiasts to Canada’s automotive authority.

WD-40 Co. and Chip Foose will partner again—this time with Source Interlink Media—to build two trucks—a ’53 Ford F-100 pickup and ’12 Ford F-350 Super Duty—that will benefit a good cause. The companies also will create new, limited-edition WD-40 Smart Straw cans that feature some of Chip Foose’s...

NEWS NUGGETS WILKERSON RALLIES AT INDY TO EARN COUNTDOWN PLAYOFF BERTH; VANDERGRIFF, COUGHLIN ALSO TAKE SPOTS: Veteran Funny Car driver Tim Wilkerson added to the drama and excitement of the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Auto-Plus by making a tremendous move in Indy to earn the 10th and...

Mobile marketing has become a significant tool to engage customers. According to information delivered in a recent SEMA webinar conducted by John McPhee of Formic Media, by 2014, the mobile Internet is projected to take over desktop Internet usage.

If there's one word that captures the essence of what is occurring in the world today, it's “change.” Downsizing, reorganizing and cutting costs are now the norm when it comes to surviving during an unstable economy.

The Tire Industry Association (TIA) has announced the group of speakers for its educational seminar, “TPMS Best Practices: A Town Hall Meeting” at the 2012 Global Tire Expo – Powered by TIA at the SEMA Show. This seminar will be on Tuesday, October 30, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. in the Las Vegas Convention...

Classic Instruments Receives Manufacturer of the Year Award at NSRA Street Rod Nationals Classic Instruments received the Manufacturer of the Year Award at the National Street Rod Association's (NSRA) Street Rod Nationals show in Louisville, Kentucky. The award is given to a company that has made...