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  The world of retail--from ordering to marketing--is changing. And every change presents a challenge. But how, when you are working 10 hours a day, can you discover ideas and strategies to help you meet these challenges? In fact, there are many strategies to help you gather good advice. The annual PRI Trade Show in Orlando, Florida, is a treasure trove of business solutions; setting up an advisory board is another technique; and still another resource is your local chamber of commerce, which offers a variety of tools and opportunities to help your business grow. Click Here for the complete article.  

Officials with the 23rd Annual Advanced Engineering Technology Conference, scheduled for Race Industry Week 2012 (November 26-28) in Orlando, Florida, have released a current list of this year's presenting speakers. They include: Tim Anderson, Racepak; Harold Bettes, Power Technology Consultants; Chris Brown, ARP Fasteners; Justin Callies, CU-ICAR; Mark Cronquist, Driven Racing Oil; Scott Diehl, Driven Racing Oil; Billy Godbold, COMP Cams; Brad Green, Mahle; Mike Osterhaus, Melling Tool Company; Dr. Robert Prucka, PhD, CU-ICAR; and Bob Sturk, Federal Mogul. For more on this year's program, whose theme is "The Latest Advancements & Developments in Engine Performance Technology," Click Here.  

Camee Edelbrock, public relations/social media manager for Schiefer Media, has been announced as one of the speakers for Wednesday's daylong conference at the PRI Trade Show on digital marketing, "Winning the eRace." Schiefer Media, based in Newport Beach, California, is one of the largest advertising agencies in the performance automotive market. "Winning the eRace" will cover search engine optimization, eNewsletters, establishing a virtual store, managing online forums and more. It is free to all registered Trade Show attendees. Sign Up Here.  

Rick Eckert, the 2011 National Champion of the World of Outlaws Dirt Late Model Series, will be among the featured panelists in Friday morning's seminar at the PRI Trade Show, "Winning Setup Strategies for Dirt Late Models." The seminar is being organized by Dick Berggren, longtime NASCAR pit reporter for FOX TV and founder of Speedway Illustrated magazine, and Speedway Illustrated publisher Karl Fredrickson. There is no charge for attending buyers. To register for the PRI Show, Click Here.  

PRI's International Department, with offices in the US, Europe and Japan, is working year-round to promote the PRI Show while developing and strengthening relationships with racing professionals across the globe. When they're not attending the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the MIA House of Lords Summer Reception in London, the Super GT Championship in Japan, or the Australian Automotive Week in Melbourne, Australia, the team can be found exhibiting at the Autosport Engineering Show in the UK or the Professional MotorSport World Expo in Germany. The non-stop efforts of Francisque Savinien, Arianna Maugeri, Shigeki Tajima and Juliana Schmode (who is currently visiting contacts in Brazil) are directly responsible for bringing buyers from 72 countries to this year's PRI Show.  

This is THE BIG ONE! With nearly 400 pages of PRI Show information, industry features and more, the November Trade Show issue of Performance Racing Industry Magazine is your Official Guide to the PRI Show in Orlando, Florida. It's published a full month ahead of the Show, allowing buyers to plan and companies to direct customers to their exhibits. Bonus circulation also makes the issue available at the Show itself. Place your ads among the PRI Show's listing of exhibitors, schedule of events, Sneak Product Preview and editorial features covering Tires & Wheels, Kart Racing, Social Media Marketing, and much more. Ad space closes SEPTEMBER 25, so contact your PRI advertising sales manager today!

Now available online, PRI Magazine's September issue is chock full of the latest information on the opportunity-rich Muscle Car Market, where new classes, events and series are taking cues from the renaissance in Detroit. In addition, you'll find a comprehensive guide to Pit Equipment, new developments in the world of Racing Exhaust Systems, strategies to help propel sales of Nitrous Oxide, advice on how to properly order the best Metals for various applications, and much more. Click Here to read the complete September issue.  

Some 80 racing industry members joined the PRI Team for a special Manufacturers Luncheon on August 10 co-hosted by the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum in Knoxville, Iowa. In attendance were representatives from World Racing Group, Superflow, Allstar Performance, Donovan Engineering, Rod End Supply, Speedway Motors, Supershox, Jtec, Champion Brands and Maxim Chassis, among many others. The Rib Shack catered an outstanding lunch, and for some nostalgic fun, a race broadcast from the 1991 Knoxville Nationals was shown.  

If you haven't already, we invite you to stop by and 'Like' PRI's Facebook fan page. It's refreshed daily with breaking news, interesting tidbits, exclusive photos and more from the world of performance racing, including race track/series updates, special events, videos, and of course, the latest on the PRI Trade Show. Our page can be viewed Here. 

The "Turkey Night Grand Prix" USAC Mopar National/Western Midget race will return to a dirt track for the first time in 14 years. Perris (California) Auto Speedway will host the November 22, 2012, event, which for the past 13 years has been contested at Southern California's Irwindale Speedway. "Turkey Night" began at Gilmore Stadium in Los Angeles, California, in 1934. For more on this year's race, Click Here.