TOYOTA TIME: Toyota is scheduled to debut its new 360 c.i. sprint-car engine Thanksgiving night at Irwindale Speedway. Bobby Santos III will pilot a Western Speed Racing entry equipped with the Toyota powerplant during the sprint-car portion of the Turkey Night Grand Prix.

NEWS NUGGETS TESTING, TESTING, TESTING: The drivers of the POWERade Series will get their chances to officially test their cars at the three sessions available beginning in January. The first session will be January 18–20, at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway followed by a session in Phoenix at...

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Dealer Services International (DSI), a division of Transamerican Auto Parts LLC, announced that Anne Johnson joined the company as the sales representative for a Northern California territory. Johnson, former co-owner of California Truck Works Inc., will be responsible for the placement of...

Automotive Restoration Market Organization (ARMO) For the latest council news, read the ARMO column in SEMA Member News by clicking here. ARMO presented six council awards during the ARMO Industry Awards Reception at the 2007 SEMA Show. The awards and winners are:

Registration and lodging reservations are now open for SEMA Spring Expo and SEMA OFFROAD, scheduled for February 8–9 in Indianapolis. Sponsored by the Light-Truck Accessory Alliance (LTAA) and Professional Restylers Organization (PRO), the trade-only SEMA Spring Expo and SEMA OFFROAD events feature...

Dates and locations for several upcoming SEMA-sponsored shows and activities have been announced. Details are:

SEMA-member companies have posted several new listings for job opportunities at www.sema.org/classifieds. Working for a SEMA-member company has many advantages. In addition to working for a company that supports and contributes to the success of the overall industry, being employed by a SEMA-member...

In October, the SEMA Performance Parts and Accessories Demand Index (PADI) lost three points, or 4.6%, going from 94 in August to 72—after dropping to 75 in September—showing that the number of consumers who plan to make specialty-equipment purchases has declined from the previous month. Overall...

Specialty/performance tires often follow the custom wheel market, for when a consumer decides to upgrade the wheels on his or her vehicle, they typically opt to upgrade tires simultaneously. Specialty/performance tires generated an impressive $4.4 billion—12% of the specialty-equipment market's...