NEWS NUGGETS DRIVERS PREPARE FOR TIRE KINGDOM NHRA GATORNATIONALS AND TRADITIONAL EAST COAST OPENER: With two races already in the record books for 2012, the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series heads to Auto-Plus Raceway at Gainesville, Florida, for the Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals presented...

Forrest Lucas, president and CEO of Lucas Oil Products, has been announced as a special guest speaker for the Hotrod & Restoration Trade Show’s Education & Training Day, Thursday, March 22.

The General Motors 2012 SEMA Show strategy will focus on passenger car accessories. The key passenger cars to be considered include the Chevrolet Spark, Sonic, Cruze and Camaro.

The ’13 Mazda CX-5 SEMA Measuring Session will be held March 28, 2012, from 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. at Mazda's North American Operations, Western Region Training Center in Irvine, California.

Yokohama Tire Corp. to Partner with Alex Job Racing and Lotus in 2012 ALMS GT Class Yokohama Tire Corp. is teaming up with Alex Job Racing (AJR) to campaign a Lotus Evora in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) GT series, which kicks-off the 2012 season in Sebring, Florida, March 17. The Lotus-AJR...

A special group of enthusiasts were invited by SEMA to attend the 2011 SEMA Show to participate in a social-media campaign. They were granted access to the Las Vegas Convention Center on Thursday, November 3, to carry out a special mission—identify at least five hot, new products and broadcast their...