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News and updates from the automotive aftermarket: performance, restyling, hot rods, and customization.

MAHLE Motorsport to Sponsor NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals

MAHLE Motorsport will serve as the presenting event sponsor for this year’s Scoggin Dickey Parts Center NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals, the company announced. The All-Star Nationals is being held April 21 – 24 at the Rockingham Dragway in North Carolina. This four-day event, the second for the year, is one of only two events where both… Continue reading MAHLE Motorsport to Sponsor NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals

VP Racing Fuels Partners with Danish Hypercar Builder

VP Racing Fuels has reached an agreement with Zenvo Automotive to be the company’s Official Fuels and Technical Fluids Partner, the company announced. “VP Racing Fuels is excited to partner with Zenvo Automotive, one of the world’s premier hypercar designers and manufacturers. Our technologically advanced fuels, motor oils, Madditive additives and Stay Frosty coolants will… Continue reading VP Racing Fuels Partners with Danish Hypercar Builder

Slamology Returns to Indianapolis

The Slamology automotive and music festival is returning to Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis this summer, event organizers announced. Scheduled for June 11-12, the annual automotive event will highlight the latest in customizing vehicles and car audio, organizers said. Slamology will offer automotive contests throughout the weekend, live music, a vendor midway and more. “We’re… Continue reading Slamology Returns to Indianapolis

Meyer Distributing Opens New Pennsylvania Cross-Dock

Meyer Distributing has opened a new cross-dock in Reading, Pennsylvania, the parts distributor announced. The new location will have a direct, next-day feed from Meyer’s East Hanover, New Jersey and Scranton, Pennsylvania distribution hubs, which house inventories of automotive, RV and marine accessories and replacement parts as well as outdoor lifestyle, janitorial/sanitation and industrial products.… Continue reading Meyer Distributing Opens New Pennsylvania Cross-Dock

Mustang Completes Installation of Heavy-Duty Dynamometers at GM Canada

Mustang Advanced Engineering (MAE), an American manufacturer of testing equipment, dynamometers and related products, recently delivered and installed two new chassis dynamometers for GM Canada, who recently began a $2 billion transformational investment in their manufacturing and R&D facilities in Ingersoll and Oshawa, Ontario. Mustang delivered two chassis dynamometers with the capabilities to handle 2-wheel… Continue reading Mustang Completes Installation of Heavy-Duty Dynamometers at GM Canada

Rancho to Appear at Easter Jeep Safari

Rancho on the Trail

Representatives from Rancho performance suspension and shocks will be attending the 56th annual Easter Jeep Safari (EJS) in Moab, Utah, April 9-17, the company announced. In addition to sponsoring select trail runs, the Rancho team will showcase its latest suspension products at the Red Rock 4-Wheeler EJS Vendor Show and Expo on April 14-15. “Drivers… Continue reading Rancho to Appear at Easter Jeep Safari

Bell Helmets, OMP Racing Expand Support for F4, FR Americas

Formula Regional Americas Championship (FR Americas) and Formula 4 United States Championship (F4 U.S.) announced that Racing Force USA, Bell Helmets and OMP Racing will provide expanded support for the top finishers in each series’ championship with end-of-year awards. The partnership will grant the top three finishers in each championship with varying levels of support… Continue reading Bell Helmets, OMP Racing Expand Support for F4, FR Americas

AirSept Announces Passing of Co-Founder Myron Stein

AirSept has announced that company co-founder and entrepreneur Myron Stein has passed. The company provided the following obituary: AirSept, a recognized leader in the automotive aftermarket for developing cost-effective, award-winning solutions for automotive repair, regretfully announces the passing of the company’s co-founder, Myron Stein. Stein is credited with 23 U.S. patents and multiple awards for… Continue reading AirSept Announces Passing of Co-Founder Myron Stein

Race Sport Lighting Recognizes 2021 Award Winners

Race Sport Lighting recently recognized distributors, dealers and sales reps with its ‘Best of 2021’ Awards, the company announced. Race Sport Lighting’s Best of 2021: Dealer of the Year – Auto Tint City Outfitters, Dearborn Heights, Michigan WD Distributor of the Year – Sound Distributions, Tukwila, Washington Tint World Franchise of the Year – Tint… Continue reading Race Sport Lighting Recognizes 2021 Award Winners

Chuck Kinkade Joins Redline Detection to Oversee Global Business Development

Redline Detection, a provider of diagnostic leak detection equipment, announced today that Chuck Kinkade has joined the company to oversee Global Business Development. Kinkade comes to Redline from Mahle, where he was head of Workshop Engineering and Product Management. He also previously worked for Bosch North America as a sales manager of New Business Development,… Continue reading Chuck Kinkade Joins Redline Detection to Oversee Global Business Development

Goodyear to Source Rubber from Dandelions

Goodyear Tire announced a pilot program with a European delivery fleet to test its intelligent tires.

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has formed a multi-year, multi-million-dollar program supported by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) and BioMADE to work with Ohio-based Farmed Materials to develop a domestic source of natural rubber from a specific species of dandelion, the company announced. Natural rubber has been… Continue reading Goodyear to Source Rubber from Dandelions