President Bush intends to sign into law legislation to increase the authority of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to protect the public from unsafe or substandard products. The CPSC has jurisdiction over more than 15,000 consumer products, from toys to refrigerators. The agency has been...

Greg Weld, the creative pioneer behind racing and custom wheels, has died from undisclosed complications. He was 64. "Greg Weld was a visionary in the motorsports industry," said Bob Baker, president of the Sprint Car Hall of Fame. "He raced his way into the record books and into the hearts of many...

NEW SCHEDULE: The IRL IndyCar Series set an 18-race schedule for 2009, adding road courses at Exhibition Place in Toronto, the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach and Edmonton (Alberta) to the slate. The oval race at Nashville (Tennessee) Superspeedway was dropped and races at New Hampshire Motor...

Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire (BFNT) promoted Robert W. Handlos, currently the vice president of materials development, to vice president of product development, a newly created position for the company. Each of the product development groups located at BFNT’s Akron-based technical...

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The SEMA Store is running a series of promotions through the end of August on merchandise from the 2007 SEMA Show.

Dates and locations for several upcoming SEMA-sponsored shows and activities have been announced. Details are:>> SEMA Webinar, "Inventory Management: Mark It Down, Move It Out and Make More Money," August 14, 2008 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. (PDT)

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...