During the 2011 SEMA Show, the Young Executives Network (YEN) initiated a new program. The SEMA Show YEN Scholarship Program brought three young professionals to the annual trade show through a program aimed to help fund individuals’ travel expenses. The “scholarship” was made available to only SEMA...
SEMA eNews highlights the websites of SEMA-member companies through the Hot Links to Cool Sites section each week. SEMA members: To be included in Hot Links to Cool Sites, e-mail your company name and website to enews@sema.org. Note: Make sure to include “Hot Links” in the subject line of the e-mail...
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...
Nominations for the SEMA Hall of Fame—the most prestigious honor presented to an individual by the association—are now being accepted. The deadline to submit nominations is March 16, 2012. Created in 1969, the SEMA Hall of Fame is designed to honor outstanding persons in the industry who have...
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.
Julia Johnson is a woman after my own heart and one of many trailblazers and difference makers in our industry. She always loved cars but was kind of intimidated by them, so she put her interest aside until she received a class schedule from Skyline College of San Bruno, California. Intrigued, she...
Once a year, automotive performance and restoration enthusiasts descend on the Detroit, Michigan, area to celebrate the Woodward Dream Cruise, the largest one-day collector-car event in the world. Many vehicles at the Dream Cruise are equipped with specialty equipment manufactured in the greater...
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.