Brandon Boeckmann, Galpin Auto Sports manager, visits SEMA Central to highlight the Ford feature vehicles Galpin has at the 2014 SEMA Show. Boeckmann also talks about several other crazy builds the Galpin shop has tackled for its wide variety of customers.

SEMA annually recognizes four vehicle models that specialty-equipment manufacturers believe are the best platforms for accessorization and that showcase the year’s coolest products.

SEMA will conduct a tour of four accessory-friendly international vehicles—the 2014 UAZ Hunter, 2014 Mitsubishi L200, 2012 Toyota Hilux and 2013 Ford Ranger T6—from now through May 2015.

The first-ever SEMA Battle of the Builders competition will be featured on the Velocity network in a one-hour television special set to air Sunday, March 8, at 8:00 p.m. (EDT).

The shooters at KGP Photography got their first look at some prototypes for the overhauled ’16 Kia Sportage caught cold-weather testing.

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

SEMA members have the opportunity to submit their nominations for the 2015 SEMA Hall of Fame.

MAVTV will air highlights from the 2014 SEMA Show, starting Thursday, February 5, 2015, at 8:00 p.m. (EST), and repeating at 11:00 p.m. (EST) and Thursday, February 12, at 8:00 p.m. (EST).

NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Top Fuel standout J.R. Todd finished his 2014 season by racing in Pomona. He will start the 2015 season back at the historic drag-racing venue in Southern California with the Circle K NHRA Winternationals, February 5–8, at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona.

Champion Blue Flame Motor Oil, a major product sponsor of DIESEL Motorsports and the National Association of Diesel Motorsports (NADM), announced last week its 2015 national event schedule for diesel drag racing and sled-pulling competition.