{"id":81793,"date":"2021-10-21T13:44:50","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T20:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=81793"},"modified":"2021-10-21T13:55:05","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T20:55:05","slug":"sema-launch-pad-competition-down-to-five-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/sema-launch-pad-competition-down-to-five-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"SEMA Launch Pad Competition Down to Five Finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"80402\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/sema-announces-launchpad-semi-finalists\/sema-launch-pad-logo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/SEMA-Launch-Pad-Logo.png\" data-orig-size=\"700,360\" 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-Launch-Pad-Logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/SEMA-Launch-Pad-Logo-300x154.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/SEMA-Launch-Pad-Logo.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-80402 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/SEMA-Launch-Pad-Logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/SEMA-Launch-Pad-Logo.png 700w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/SEMA-Launch-Pad-Logo-300x154.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The list of contenders for the SEMA Launch Pad competition is down to five finalists. The finalists were selected by a team of industry legends and will now duke it out for the grand prize during the 2021 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, Nev., in November. The SEMA Launch Pad is the automotive aftermarket\u2019s premiere product-pitching competition designed to encourage automotive entrepreneurship and help inventors launch new products into the marketplace.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B3fFeDj39c8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Now in its ninth year, the 2021 SEMA Launch Pad has grown and expanded to offer more prize packages and the largest grand prize to date, valued at up to $100,000. The competition also included a record-high number of applications, reaching nearly 200.<\/p>\n<p>The 2021 SEMA Launch Pad was chronicled for the first time through a five-episode streaming series that debuted on the SEMA YouTube Channel. Through the series, viewers witnessed 15 semifinalists, who\u2019s products will all be on display at the 2021 SEMA Show, present their products to a panel of judges made up of industry veterans Chip Foose (Foose Design), Jared Hare (Addictive Desert Designs), Myles Kovacs (DUB), and Alex Parker (Redline Detection). The five selected to advance to the next round taking place at the 2021 SEMA Show are:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Hurley, Owner, ToolBox Widget<\/strong><br \/>\nProduct: ToolBox Widget \u2013 Modular tool organizers that allow a mechanic to connect as many tool organizers together as needed, making them customizable to the mechanic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brendan McGrath, CEO, Dyme Performance Systems Inc.<\/strong><br \/>\nProduct: Rattlesnake Toolkit \u2013 Toolkit that can measure the exact length and angle of a hose assembly down to the millimeter, significantly reducing time and cost.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kevin Robinson, President, TRAC LLC<\/strong><br \/>\nProduct: TRAC Tire Rotation Assistance Cart \u2013 Tool designed to simply lift and remove a wheel from a vehicle during service. The tool is designed to reduce workplace injuries while increasing productivity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tom Sawarynski, Owner, Off-Road Research<\/strong><br \/>\nProduct: Smart Cap Module (SCM) \u2013 Allows any aftermarket shock absorber with a bridge or remote mounted reservoir to broadcast damper position to an external module or modules.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dustin Woolf, Owner, Woolfpack Racing<\/strong><br \/>\nProduct: Natural Nitrous \u2013 Stand-alone refrigerated system for the air induction of the motor. It lowers the air charge and dehumidifies the moisture, which increases horsepower because there are dense oxygen atoms in the cylinder. It also lowers emissions because of the complete burn of the fuel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot only did we receive more applications than ever before, but the quality of the applications is impressive,\u201d said Ted Wentz, SEMA Board Member and Chair of the SEMA Launch Pad Task Force. \u201cThe products represent such a variety and spectrum of items that support vehicle customization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As one of the judges, Parker \u2013 whose company, Redline Detection, won the Manufacturer of the Year award in 2020 \u2013 said, \u201cThese entrepreneurs are absolute rock stars. It\u2019s been an honor to learn about their businesses and heartbreaking to have to send so many of them home. The top five finalists reflect the best innovators in our industry: They are smart, hardworking, and passionate about their products.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The list of contenders for the SEMA Launch Pad competition is down to five finalists.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":80402,"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":[3470,8427],"tags":[8647,41,156,8661],"class_list":["post-81793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-partner-news","tag-finalists","tag-news","tag-sema","tag-sema-launch-pad"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/SEMA-Launch-Pad-Logo.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42YSK-lhf","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81793","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=81793"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81797,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81793\/revisions\/81797"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}