On May 14, 2010, Dorian Comeau, a co-owner of House of Boost in Lenexa,
Kansas, was severely injured while testing a vehicle the company had
built. The injury left him paralyzed from the neck down. Earlier
fundraising efforts among friends and industry colleagues helped the
Comeau family toward covering staggering health care and related costs
of his injuries.
Although primarily a motorsports museum that displays everything from
early dry-lake race cars to modern top-fuel dragsters, the Wally Parks
NHRA Motorsports Museum in Pomona, California, had long desired to host
a stars' cars and guitars exhibit. The necessary impetus came with the
60th anniversary of the Fender Telecaster guitar. According to Cris
Mirabella of Mirabella Guitars, "The Telecaster laid the groundwork for
many of the modern custom designs of today. And even with all of these
modern concepts, the original design still remains a very valid and
needed instrument." [Read more]
Nominations for the 2011 SEMA Chairman-Elect and Board of Directors are due Thursday, January 6, 2011. To submit your nomination, please complete and submit the nomination form.
News and updates from SEMA's councils and committees.
Nominations for the 2011 SEMA Chairman-Elect and Board of Directors are due Thursday, January 6, 2011. Take a moment to tell us about whom you would recommend as a potential nominee for the Chairman-Elect position and/or for a Board member position. Be sure to include qualification information. Please complete and submit the nomination form.
While groups of any kind naturally lend themselves to job
opportunities, social networks can give your next career move a real
bounce if used expertly. Not surprisingly, the best places to start are
on the networks with millions of users: LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
[Read more]
No one can predict the future, of course, but experience is a type of barometer. As we move into the new year, SEMA News called on the wisdom of SEMA's council leaders to provide their
opinions about what's just down the road. [Read more]
December 7, 2010
News and updates from SEMA's councils and committees.
Every year there are a handful of vehicles that become the stars of the SEMA Show. To celebrate these standouts, SEMA officials will announce three SEMA Awards, Hottest Car, Hottest Truck and Hottest 4x4-SUV for the very first time ever.