The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) amended several unrelated rules to address technical issues in response to industry requests.
In its daily efforts to promote and protect the auto hobby, SEMA continues to partner with state lawmakers from across the country through the State Automotive Enthusiast Leadership Caucus. Celebrating its six-year anniversary, the caucus is a bipartisan group of state lawmakers whose common thread...
It's hard to believe that it’s been 14 years since SEMA hosted the first SEMA Council Leadership Summit. Held this year at the Renaissance Hotel in Long Beach, California, from July 27–29, this event continues to be the one program that brings together the best and brightest rising stars in the...
Influential Brazilian consumer magazine Fullpower is looking for a few last partners for a replica ’33 Chevy project build to be featured in an upcoming edition of its magazine. The vehicle will also be displayed at the 2011 SEMA Show and will tour Brazil.
The August 19 deadline to sign up for the 2011 SEMA China International Auto Parts Expo (CIAPE) China Business Development Conference, September 7–10, 2011, in Beijing, is just one week away. Devote three days to learning about the growing specialty-equipment market in the world’s most populous...
Vehicle Equipment Standards and Inspections: State policy makers continue to revise and update equipment and inspection standards—often with a bias toward the vehicle manufacturer’s original equipment, such as lighting, tires and wheels, suspension components and bumper/frame height. SEMA opposes...
For the true automotive pioneer, trailblazing is its own reward. You don’t race, tinker, invent and innovate with an eye toward peer accolades. You push the envelope for the sheer thrill of it—it’s who you are, what drives you, it’s the challenge that fires your soul.
Brian Reese, 36 Years Old V.P. of Engineering, COMP Performance Group (COMP Cams); YEN Member Few individuals in the performance industry reach the Vice President level by the tender age of 36. However, even fewer work for a marquee manufacturer like COMP Cams, as Brian Reese does. With the flair of...
“Scooter” Brothers has been working with cars since he could walk. He is the son of a mechanic, and even though his dad wasn’t interested in racing, Brothers got hooked on it while he was still in high school in the late ’60s. He got involved with some of the men who started a company called Racing...