Robert Hight earns third-consecutive win of the season and Tony Schumacher takes the 100th drag racing win for the U.S. Army team; tickets for the highly anticipated NHRA Unleashed event in Indianapolis will go on sale to the general public on Saturday, May 29; upcoming race dates and locations; and more news from the NHRA.
More than 20 well-known rodders are designing and building their own pinewood cars for the annual SEMA Pinewood Drag Races in Pasadena, California.
PENSKE POWER: It was a good day Saturday for Roger Penske. Helio
Castroneves earned Penske’s 16th pole as an owner for the Indianapolis
500 early in the day and Kurt Busch captured Penske’s second NASCAR
Sprint All-Star Race that night at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
The SEMA International Buyer's Guide is an easy way to expand your
business to buyers around the world. An exclusive directory of
exhibitors interested in growing their sales outside of the United
States, the SEMA International Buyers' Guide is distributed to every
international buyer attending the 2010 SEMA Show and throughout the
year at international trade shows.
Hacking, once the province of teenage boys spreading graffiti for kicks
and notoriety, is done today by organized, financially motivated gangs,
said researchers of "Security Threat Report: 2010," an extremely
in-depth look at the evolution of the web's criminal element. The
report was recently published by cyber security firm Sophos. [Read more]
The cool dude in the hat and shades driving Jamie Musselman's '33
roadster is Boyd Coddington. Rolling alongside is Lee Kelley, then
editor of Hot Rod magazine, in a Contemporary Classics Cobra
replica. The photo was taken for the magazine's July 1982 cover, the
first of many to feature Boyd and his custom creations.
For more, read "Smooth" in the May issue of SEMA News.
For more, read "Smooth" in the May issue of SEMA News.
SEMA Show organizers are working with Las Vegas hotels to ensure the best lodging deals for Show attendees, and several hotels have now agreed to waive or have chosen not to institute resort fees during Show week.
The days of having to compete solely against the brick-and-mortar shop
across the street are long gone. As Internet-only businesses sprout up
in bedrooms and storage units across the country, anyone with a
computer and a dream can now become a competitor in a matter of a few
search clicks. With the price of entry to start a parts business
becoming lower each day, the importance of differentiating yourself
from the competition becomes a necessity.
SEMA has scheduled a Measuring Session for the 2011 Scion tC compact.
The registration deadline is Friday, June 4. Sessions are limited to 60
minutes—no more than three companies at one time—two persons per
company. Follow this link for additional information, or contact Bill Wolf.
Effective June 15, 2010, employers are required to notify their workers
when there is any hexavalent chromium present in the workplace, even
when it is below the permissible exposure limit (PEL).