{"id":81609,"date":"2021-10-07T13:09:54","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T20:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=81609"},"modified":"2021-10-07T13:09:54","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T20:09:54","slug":"2021-sema-award-finalists-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/2021-sema-award-finalists-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 SEMA Award Finalists Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45363\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/sema-2017-is-nearly-here\/sema-show-logo-no-box-jpg-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sema-show-logo-no-box-jpg-1-e1633637340131.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,192\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sema-show-logo-no-box-jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sema-show-logo-no-box-jpg-1-300x90.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sema-show-logo-no-box-jpg-1-1024x308.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-45363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sema-show-logo-no-box-jpg-1-1024x308.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"180\" \/><\/p>\n<p>SEMA has announced the finalists for the 2021 SEMA Award, a recognition presented to new vehicle models that provide the aftermarket with the best platforms for customization. Voted on by SEMA Show exhibitors, winners will be announced at the annual trade-only event on November 2-5, in Las Vegas, Nev.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s award program includes a brand new category for mid-size trucks, a market that has been booming lately in response to gas prices. Other categories include car, full-size truck, 4&#215;4\/SUV, and sport compact. Exhibitors identified the top three finalists in each category that best showcase their products and accessories.<\/p>\n<p>The top three finalists in each category are (in alphabetical order):<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEMA Car of the Year<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Chevrolet Corvette<br \/>\n\u2022 Ford Mustang<br \/>\n\u2022 Nissan GT-R<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEMA Mid-Size Truck of the Year<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Ford Ranger<br \/>\n\u2022 Stellantis Jeep Gladiator<br \/>\n\u2022 Toyota Tacoma<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEMA Full-Size Truck of the Year<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Chevrolet Silverado<br \/>\n\u2022 Ford F Series<br \/>\n\u2022 Stellantis Ram<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEMA 4&#215;4\/SUV of the Year<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Chevrolet Tahoe<br \/>\n\u2022 Ford Bronco<br \/>\n\u2022 Stellantis Jeep Wrangler<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEMA Sport Compact of the Year<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Honda Civic<br \/>\n\u2022 Nissan Sentra<br \/>\n\u2022 Toyota Supra<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>SEMA has announced the finalists for the 2021 SEMA Award, a recognition presented to new vehicle models that provide the aftermarket with the best platforms for customization.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":45363,"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":[1082,8427,8393],"tags":[8646,8647,156],"class_list":["post-81609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release","category-partner-news","category-press-releases","tag-2021-sema-show","tag-finalists","tag-sema"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sema-show-logo-no-box-jpg-1-e1633637340131.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42YSK-leh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81609","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=81609"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81611,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81609\/revisions\/81611"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}