Dave Caracci, retired VP from Robert Bosch, has returned to his first love – racing. In part three of this multi-part series, Caracci takes us behind the scenes on the road with Prime Time Racing, where he serves as Logistics Engineer. Having accomplished a Top 5 finish in the international 12-hour race...

By NEIL WHITE, The State Tony Nguyen doesn’t need a business analyst to tell him why major automakers are considering cutbacks in the face of sluggish sales. He sees it every day in his Seven Oaks Auto Repair on Piney Grove Road. Nguyen used to have customers facing expensive repairs tell him they were...

A new survey conducted by DuPont and the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) shows that environmental issues top the list of challenges facing the automotive industry, outranking cost reduction for the first time in 14 years. A total of 53 percent of the respondents said that a basket of environmental...

With the threat of $4 a gallon fuel prices casting its shadow on the racing season during the summer months, many in the racing industry are worried that rising costs will keep racers off the track, and engines and parts on the truck. A recent edition of SEMA eNews detailed how escalating prices may...

Depending on how you looked at it, the 2008 Hot Rod & Restoration Trade Show was a success and maybe somewhat of a dud. First the good: as it was our first time exhibiting at the hot rod show, we weren't sure what to expect. But in the first two hours of the show on Friday, we handed out approximately...