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SEMA has partnered with\u00a0the NHRA\u2019s Youth & Education Services (YES) Program to expand its youth outreach efforts.<\/p>\n
The program helps middle and high school students attend NHRA races, often for the first time. As a sponsor, SEMA will support efforts to introduce youths to race tracks, helping to grow the automotive aftermarket performance industry.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe all remember our first time at a race track,\u201d said Chris Kersting, SEMA president and CEO. \u201cWe never forget the adrenaline and rush watching Top Fuelers top 300 mph in a matter of seconds. It\u2019s inspiring to see that same excitement in kids\u2019 faces, and to watch as fascination takes hold of them.\u201d<\/p>\n
The NHRA YES Program, which began over 30 years ago, lets SEMA reach thousands of students in a unique environment.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to have SEMA join us at the 2019 NHRA YES events,\u201d said Glen Cromwell, NHRA president. \u201cSEMA\u2019s support helps us to continue inspiring youth, both to participate in the automotive lifestyle and to pursue careers professionally. For many kids, the spark begins through the NHRA YES Program.\u201d<\/p>\n
SEMA\u2019s Youth Initiatives include numerous other programs, including student vehicle builds, scholarships and internships. Programs targeted to younger kids have been added in recent years, including an automotive book giveaway for grade schools, field trips for middle schools and a mobile app that helps young people locate and connect with thousands of automotive-related activities near them.<\/p>\n
To learn more about the SEMA Youth Initiatives, visit www.sema.org\/education<\/a> or contact Nathan Ridnouer at nathanr@sema.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SEMA has partnered with the NHRA\u2019s Youth & Education Services (YES) Program to expand its youth outreach efforts.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":61905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3465,3470,5029,3399],"tags":[2,41,7,3735,1632,156,671],"class_list":["post-61904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drag-racing","category-news","category-racing","category-nhra","tag-drag-racing","tag-news","tag-nhra","tag-press-releases","tag-racing","tag-sema","tag-youth-racing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Untitled-min.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42YSK-g6s","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61904"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61906,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61904\/revisions\/61906"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}