SEMA, the Specialty Equipment Market

Association, honored its four 2002 SEMA Hall of Fame inductees at its annual SEMA

Show Banquet November 7.

Amy Faulk, Harry Hibler, Arnold Kuhns, and Ray Lipper were inducted into the

organization at the association’s installation banquet in July 2002. The four SEMA leaders join a group of 100 other automotive

aftermarket leaders who have received this SEMA accolade since 1969.

Amy Faulk, SEMA’s Person of the Year in 1996, has been interested in automotive

technology since she was a preteen helping in her father’s body and radiator repair

shop. During her automotive career, she has held management roles at Racing Head

Service/Competition Cams and TCI/Fel-Pro/Federal-Mogul. She is currently the chief

administrative officer at Hypertech. Faulk has devoted much of her time and talents to

serving on the SEMA Board of Directors, as well as the SEMA Businesswomen’s

Network (SBN) and the SEMA Motorsports Parts Manufacturers Council (MPMC). She

also is credited with the development of the annual Silent Auction at the SEMA Show,

which raises money for the SEMA Memorial Scholarship Fund. Faulk is also a

distinguished drag racer, earning the NHRA (National Hot Rod Association) title "The

Winningest Woman in Racing." Plus, she has won the NHRA Super Stock Driver of the

Year award and national title victories in three different competition categories.

Harry Hibler made his professional mark in the publishing industry, serving at Petersen

Publishing for nearly 30 years. He was responsible for considerable growth in the

company's automotive enthusiast magazines, including Hot Rod, Car Craft and Circle

Track. In 1991, Hibler was the only non-GM person called upon to be involved in the

design of the "new generation" Camaro and Firebird. He also has consulted at

Mitsubishi, Kawasaki and Honda. Hibler served three terms on the SEMA Board of

Directors. He is on the selection board of the Drag Racing Hall of Fame, and is a

member of the Industrial Advisory Board of Northwestern College in Ohio, where he was

inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1994.

Arnold "Arnie" Kuhns has made numerous contributions to the motorsports industry. In

1984, he became the president of SFI, a non-profit foundation established to issue and

administer safety standards for specialty/performance automotive and racing products.

At the time SFI had only two employees and four product standards for one race-

sanctioning body. Since then, he has helped SFI grow to nine employees responsible

for 80 specifications, and the organization is affiliated with nearly 40 sanctioning bodies.

Kuhns has been awarded the USAC Jack O’Neal Award for Motorsports Safety and the

SCCA George Snively Award for Outstanding Contributions in Motorsports Safety.

Ray Lipper, the founder of Center Line Tool Corp., has built a name for himself and his

company based on his background as a designer and engineer. He recognized the

need for a stronger wheel in racing, then went to work creating numerous wheels for the

industry. Lipper has produced some of the lightest and strongest one-piece wheels in

the industry, from his first attempt, known as the Auto Drag, to his development of the

technique for using a single blank that can be split and spun into a one-piece wheel.

Center Line is credited with being the first wheel manufacturing company to produce a

modular aftermarket wheel for Harley-Davidson, and the first to develop and

manufacture a wheel using a rotary forging process. Lipper and his engineers at Center

Line also developed and produced the wheels for the Spirit of America land speed

record car.

SEMA represents the $26 billion specialty automotive industry. The trade association

has more than 4,500 member companies. It is a source of research data,

trends and market growth information for automakers and the specialty auto products

industry. The industry provides appearance, performance, comfort, convenience and

technology products for passenger cars, minivans, trucks, SUVs and recreational

vehicles. For more information, contact SEMA at 1575 S. Valley Vista Dr., Diamond Bar,

CA, 91765-3914; call 909/396-0289; or visit www.sema.org or www.enjoythedrive.com.