Royal Purple-sponsored race teams, TRG Aston Martin Racing (TRG-AMR) and Scuderia Corsa, are leading the GT Daytona (GTD) class in the run up to the final races of the 2015 TUDOR United SportsCar Championship (TUSCC).

With the 2015 SEMA Show just two short months away, many exhibitors have firmed up their Show strategies and are finalizing their plans.

The 2015 SEMA Show includes more than 2 million sq. ft. of exhibits, features and attractions throughout the Las Vegas Convention Center complex.

With hundreds of the world’s most esteemed vehicles on display for consumers to see, SEMA Ignited will provide the public with a rare opportunity to get up close and take photos with the cars, trucks and SUVs from the 2015 SEMA Show.

The compact-performance market reached more than $5.18 billion in retails sales in 2014 and continues to offer expanding opportunity for specialty-equipment companies.

Bell/Fiscus Racing (BFR) dominated the Precision Turbo Pro Mod class with both a win and runner-up finish at the Pacific Street Car Association (PSCA) Street Car Super Nationals (SCSN).

For SEMA-member companies putting out great products these days, the challenge of illegal unauthorized copies is almost unavoidable.

Here is a brief look at some of the news and updates from around the specialty-equipment industry.

Protecting the intellectual property rights (IPR) of its members is a top SEMA priority.