The SEMA Pinewood Drag Races, presented by eBay Motors—held at the Sheraton Fairplex Hotel & Conference Center in Pomona, California, Friday, July 27—brought new challengers and former champions together to race against the clock for a good cause.

Exhibiting at the SEMA Show is an important investment. Is your company prepared for the Show? Join the SEMA Education Institute (SEI) and Executive Show Manager Chuck Schwartz for a webinar, Thursday, August, 16, at 10:00 a.m. (PDT). This session is specifically designed for SEMA Show exhibitors.

The SEMA Scholarship Committee has announced that it will once again be auctioning an engine on eBay in conjunction with the 2012 SEMA Show to benefit the SEMA Memorial Scholarship Fund (SMSF).

The ’13 Ford Focus ST and ’13 Ford Fusion will be featured in the next SEMA Measuring Session at TechShop in Allen Park, Michigan, Thursday, August 23, 2012. Registration deadline is Friday August 17.

Ernie Silvers, CEO/president of SEMA member Egge Machine Co. Inc., has joined the board of the California Small Business Association (CSBA). As a new board member, Silvers will play a vital role in representing the needs of CSBA members and the millions of small businesses throughout California.

A U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee held a hearing on a bill that would allow companies to market collision-repair parts without infringing a design patent once a vehicle has been marketed for two-and-a-half years. Under current law, a design patent covers the ornamental design for an object having...

A bill to ban the “use and sale of any exhaust pipe that increases the sound emissions of any vehicle including motorcycles” has been assigned for study.

SEMA-supported legislation to extend the emissions inspection exemption to vehicles three years old and newer was signed into law by Governor Bev Perdue.