SEMA 2011 | Hotrods, Race car drivers, Custom Builders, New Products and Awards for Hottest Cars and Trucks
Las Vegas, NV (Nov 9) – The Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) held its annual trade show last week in Las Vegas with more than 2,000 exhibitors. The aftermarket products presented at the show offer options to accessorize and customize your vehicle. The newest products are showcased, the hottest vehicles are on display, and exhibitors offer buyers an opportunity to see everything automotive in one big show.
Celebrities were present in many booths supporting the show and their sponsors; George Barris, builder of Custom Hotrods, The Batmobile, and The Back to the Future car, signed autographs in the Vertical Doors Inc Booth.
Brad Keselowski, NASCAR driver for Sprint and Nationwide Series, signed autographs for fans at the Hawk Performance Booth and the StanPro Booth. Helio Castroneves, Indy Car driver, three-time Indy 500 winner, and fifth season winner of Dancing with the Stars, signed autographs for fans in the Guidepoint Systems Booth. David Ragan, NASCAR driver of the No. 6 UPS Ford Fusion, signed autographs for fans in the UPS Booth.
Parnelli Jones, 1970 SCCA champion and Indy Car champion, with son PJ Jones, NASCAR driver, signed autographs in the AIRAID Filter Company Booth. Mario Andretti, racing legend, signed autographs in the MagnaFlow Booth, and Chip Foose, designer and builder of innovative custom vehicles, was available for autographs in several sponsor Booths.
Vehicles were displayed with before and after customized paints like “The Royal Purple Maxx2Racing “Bad Bird” LSR Race Car owned by exhibitors Richard L. and Judy C. White of Lovelock, NV.
Each booth was unique, and some innovative, drawing your attention to their product. Rockey Rossi, Sales Representative with FIST Enterprises, a Fingerprint Identification Systems Technology company, displayed a motorcycle with a beautiful model posing for photographs. FIST Enterprises offers a system that’s more than an alarm system for you vehicle. It’s an “Access Control system” using Biometric Fingerprint Security. Only authorized users can power the vehicle to start it. This prevents anyone from driving your vehicle even if the key is in the ignition.
For more information about their product, contact Mr. Rossi toll free 877.219.1402 or rockey@fistenterprises.com.
SEMA awarded the Hottest Car to Camaro, the Hottest Truck to the Ford F-Series, and the hottest 4×4-SUV to the Jeep Wrangler.
SEMA awarded the most cutting-edge automotive products on the market, or about to hit the market. Nearly 2,000 new products were considered for this year’s awards:
• Best Engineered New Product Winner: Baer Brake Systems, Full Floating Rear End Conversion.
• Best New Exterior Accessory Product Winner: Cargo Ease Inc., Cargo Ramp / Brake System.
• Best New Interior Accessory Product Winner: Auto Meter Products, Universal 3 Gauge Mounting Solution.
• Best New Merchandising Display Winner: MacNeil Automotive Products Ltd., TechFloor™ Retail Display.
• Best New Mobile Electronics Product Winner: Escort/Beltronics Radar Detectors, ESCORT Live!
• Best New Off-Road/4-Wheel Drive Product Winner: MSD Ignition, Atomic EFI.
• Best New Packaging Display Winner: MacNeil Automotive Products Ltd., TechCare™.
• Best New Collision Repair & Refinish Product Winner: Eagle Abrasives Inc., Super Assilex.
• Best New Performance-Racing Product Winner: COMP Performance Group, COMP Cams Sprint Car Front Drive Kit for LS Applications.
• Best New Performance-Street Product Winner: SCT Performance, SCT iTSX for iPhone.
• Best New Powersports Product Winner: Auto Meter Products, Universal GPS Speedometer Interface.
• Best New Street Rod/Custom Car Product Winner: Classic Instruments Inc., SkyDrive.
• Best New Tire and Related Product Winner: Continental Tire the Americas LLC, Continental Cross Contact LX20.
• Best New Tools & Equipment Product Winner: PH2 Solutions Inc., PH2 Validator.
• Best New Van/Pickup/Sport-Utility Product Winner: EZ Connector Inc., EZS7-02.
• Best New Wheel and Related Product Winner: Topline Products, Verde Custom Wheels | V39 – Parallax.
SEMA was granted $500,000 from The U.S. Department of Commerce as part of the Market Development Cooperator Program (MDCP) for 2011.
The Grant supports U.S. manufactures that export automotive specialty-equipment products to booming emerging international markets. It’s intended to stimulate U.S. exports and part of the Administration’s National Export Initiative aimed at doubling U.S. exports by 2014 in support of several million U.S. jobs.
SEMA, a nonprofit trade association, was founded in 1963 and represents the Specialty Automotive Industry, consisting of more than six thousand member-companies. It’s a source for research and market information for the specialty auto parts industry. The diversity of this group is like no other. They are located at 1575 S. Valley Vista Drive, Diamond Bar, CA 91765, tel:909/978-6723 or visit www.sema.org.
Brenda Hyatt, Journalist – WorldNewsVine
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