METAIRIE, LA (06.18.26) – Flashtech Lighting has appointed Driven Marketing LLC as its independent sales representative
for Northern/Central California and Northern Nevada.

Driven Marketing, led by Pete Bobsin and Greg Douglas, will support Flashtech’s dealer and distributor growth
throughout Northern/Central California and Northern Nevada.

“We are excited to have Driven Marketing representing Flashtech Lighting in this important region,” said Stephen
Gordon, CEO of Flashtech Lighting. “Pete and Greg bring strong relationships, experience, and a deep understanding
of the 12-volt dealer network. Their support will help us expand Flashtech’s presence with the right dealers and
installers throughout Northern/Central California and Northern Nevada.”

Flashtech Lighting offers a broad range of 12-volt automotive lighting products, including LED headlight bulbs, halo
headlight kits, off-road lighting, rock lights, underbody lighting, controllers, and related lighting accessories.
A major focus of the partnership will be Flashtech’s new F5 Modular LED Headlight Platform. The F5 platform was
developed to help dealers and installers simplify inventory while covering many of the most common halogenreplacement
applications.

The F5A package covers H7, H11, 9005, and 9006 applications, while the F5B package covers H13 and 9007
applications. Together, the two core SKUs allow dealers to cover a wide range of popular applications without carrying a
large number of individual bulb part numbers.

“The F5 platform is designed around inventory simplification,” Gordon added. “It gives dealers a clean way to stock and
sell LED headlight upgrades without overcomplicating their bulb inventory. We believe it is a strong fit for 12-volt shops,
truck accessory dealers, restyling shops, and installers that want a practical lighting line with strong coverage.”
Flashtech Lighting will support Driven Marketing with product samples, digital and printed sales materials, F5 literature,
online product resources, and dealer onboarding support.

“We are looking forward to representing Flashtech Lighting and helping introduce the F5 platform to dealers throughout
our territory,” said Pete Bobsin and Greg Douglas of Driven Marketing. “The F5 is a practical, dealer-focused program
that makes sense for shops looking to add or simplify LED headlight bulb sales.”

For more information about Flashtech Lighting, visit: https://www.flashtechlighting.com.

BUTLER, PA (06.16.26) – The 15h Annual Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival took place June 12th thru 14th in historic downtown Butler PA and Campgrounds. Over 15,000 Jeepers attended the weekend and enjoyed off-road trails, obstacle courses and a huge vendor area filled with companies that offered aftermarket products for Jeep owners and enthusiasts. The downtown Butler Jeep Invasion witnessed over 1000 Jeeps parked along main street and parking areas in the town of approximately 13,000 located 35 miles north of Pittsburgh. Butler was named the 7th Best Small Town in America in a Smithsonian Magazine in 2012.

Team Nutz is a proactive 12volt retailer located in Pittsburgh and returned to the Bantam Jeep Festival for the 2026 run. Ed Nuttall related, “The Bantam Jeep Festival draws thousands of Jeepers, enthusiasts and their rides. That crowd is noted for adding aftermarket products to their rides. We do a lot of Jeep upgrades at the store, and being so close to our store in Pittsburgh, it makes perfect sense for our brand to be on site. We had a great crew on site with vendor support, a large booth area with multiple tents plus several demo vehicles. Sales this year were not strong bit our team made contact with so many enthusiast and promising prospects.

Team Nutz crew on site included Ed and Tina Nuttall along with Ryan Davis, Braxton Davis, Josh Nuttall and Mike Gosnik. OnFriday Vanessa and Suzette came out on Friday to help pass out Team Nutz yellow ducks.”

Team Nutz also spotlighted the company’s DIYCustoms.store in addition to driving on site sales and at the retail store in Pittsburgh. A free DIYCustoms.store offer was under the tent for attendees that liked, followed and tagged DIYCustoms.store on social media. There were 1000 T shirts on site and over 300 attendees took one home. Team Nutz Nutz also participated on a vendor bingo card so Jeepers could come by the booth and have the card stamped for a chance to win a $200 gift card.

Continuing “We made 5000 custom yrllow rubber ducks for the event and gave out almost 4000. Downtown we went down along parked Jeeps and put ducks on hoods. The rubber ducks had the Team Nutz logo for all to see and remember. We also passed out 1000 stickers and over 200 lanyards” Nuttall related.

Concluding, Nuttall stated, “This was our 11th time to exhibit at the Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival. Based on our success at this year’s event expect to see us at the 2027 event and beyond.

Visit www.teamnutztechnology.com for more.

SHREVEPORT, LA (06.16.26) – From the 12volt Central Studios, we are JAMMIN’ N JUNE to showcase positives across the
12volt industry. Below spotlight exciting major events that happened this weekend. In the marketplace today it’s so important to showcase industry members doing positives to engage consumers, and enthusiasts, to drive business across the 12volt industry. Retailers need to play the in-store experience and professional installation cards in their deck.

We lead-off in this JAMMIN’ N JUNE article with SLAMOLOGY 2026 that moved to a new venue, The Edgewater Sports Park in Cleves, OH outside of Cincinnati. This exciting new venue was Livin’Loud as an epic Car Show and music event that experienced festival fans loved which happened June 13 and 14th. Kicker was a SLAMOLOGY event partner. We started covering KICKER team members as they were making their way to the event.

Next up was Team Nutz, a very proactive 12volt retailer in Pittsburgh with Ed Nuttall and the Team at the Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival in Butler PA, which is only 30 miles from their store. With a decked JEEP, multiple tents and staff members Team Nuts connected with thousands of consumers at the event and had many promotions to drive consumers into their store in the coming days.

Houston-based House of Sound has been driving strong business with Slingshot experiences for a number of years. This year they’re traveling to Slingshot events across the country. This weekend they were site in Toledo Ohio for their fourth of these events this year as they continued drive slingshot business for their store across the country.

In today’s online an AI driven world it’s more important than ever the members of the 12volt industry to utilize tools available to connect with customers. Manufacturers need to connect with reps and retailers. Distributors need to connect with dealers and 12volt dealers need to connect with consumers to drive business.

Several years ago the 12volt Central Studios staff members created the 12volt STP tool. Today everyone has a smart phone in their pocket that they pick up 200 times a day. The 12volt STP Tool makes you so easy to connect by simply snapping an image, texting it to 318-469-2526 with a few words, and Presto that message can be delivered across the industry. The 12volt STP Tool is a perfect companion for JAMMIN’ N JUNE!

From the 12volt Central Studios staff will continue to showcase positives across the 12volt industry. Let’s all keepJAMMIN’ N JUNE.

Stay tuned for more from the 12volt Central Studios.

KUNKLETOWN, PA (06.17.26) – 1sixty8 media, inc. announced the upcoming public launch of 1sixty8 Manifold, a unified business operations platform built to replace the tangle of disconnected software that retail and service businesses rely on every day. 1sixty8 Manifold becomes available to the public on July 1, 2026, and is currently in an invite-only beta, with a select group of retailers coming aboard as founding testers.

The platform comes from an unusual place: not a software company, but the sales floor. Founder Mitch Schaffer started Mobile Edge, an award-winning mobile electronics retail store in Lehighton, Pennsylvania, in 1994, and ran it successfully for 29 years before selling the business in June 2023.

“For most of those years I used a well-known, industry-specific point-of-sale system,” said Schaffer. “It was great early on. But as the industry and the technology evolved, I found myself cobbling together more and more disjointed software just to do the things my business needed. 1sixty8 Manifold came out of that frustration.”

That frustration was specific. What began as a search for a quality vehicle check-in solution grew into a hunt for a unified inbox for every inbound and outbound customer conversation, then reputation management, then a way to manage his team. None of those tools talked to one another. The result was constant manual data entry, room for human error, and a tremendous amount of wasted time and energy.

1sixty8 Manifold is built to erase that tax. The platform unifies most aspects of shop management and customer communications in one place where everything talks to one another. Without getting into the technical details, the payoff is simple: more internal efficiency and accuracy, fewer things slipping through the cracks, and countless hours saved every single month.

“1sixty8 Manifold leverages modern technology to create the platform today’s retailers and businesses actually require,” Schaffer said.

While 1sixty8 Manifold has its roots in the automotive aftermarket, the platform is designed to work for nearly any consumer-facing business. Whether it is a bicycle shop, a plumber, or a bookstore, 1sixty8 Manifold streamlines the operations behind the counter.

The First 50

Businesses that join as one of the first 50 subscribers receive founding-customer pricing: 50 percent off for the first six months, and 20 percent off for life.

Interested retailers can request a demo by visiting ManifoldOS.co and completing the form at the bottom of the page.

Visit 1sixty8.com for more.

SHREVEPORT, LA (06.15.26) – From the 12volt Central Studios, we are JAMMIN’ N JUNE to showcase positives across the
12volt industry. Below spotlight exciting major events that happened this weekend. In the marketplace today it’s so important to showcase industry members doing positives to engage consumers, and enthusiasts, to drive business across the 12volt industry. Retailers need to play the in-store experience and professional installation cards in their deck.

We lead-off in this JAMMIN’ N JUNE article with SLAMOLOGY 2026 that moved to a new venue, The Edgewater Sports Park in Cleves, OH outside of Cincinnati. This exciting new venue was Livin’Loud as an epic Car Show and music event that experienced festival fans loved which happened June 13 and 14th. Kicker was a SLAMOLOGY event partner. We started covering KICKER team members as they were making their way to the event.

Next up was Team Nutz, a very proactive 12volt retailer in Pittsburgh with Ed Nuttall and the Team at the Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival in Butler PA, which is only 30 miles from their store. With a decked JEEP, multiple tents and staff members Team Nuts connected with thousands of consumers at the event and had many promotions to drive consumers into their store in the coming days.

Houston-based House of Sound has been driving strong business with Slingshot experiences for a number of years. This year they’re traveling to Slingshot events across the country. This weekend they were site in Toledo Ohio for their fourth of these events this year as they continued drive slingshot business for their store across the country.

In today’s online an AI driven world it’s more important than ever the members of the 12volt industry to utilize tools available to connect with customers. Manufacturers need to connect with reps and retailers. Distributors need to connect with dealers and 12volt dealers need to connect with consumers to drive business.

Several years ago the 12volt Central Studios staff members created the 12volt STP tool. Today everyone has a smart phone in their pocket that they pick up 200 times a day. The 12volt STP Tool makes you so easy to connect by simply snapping an image, texting it to 318-469-2526 with a few words, and Presto that message can be delivered across the industry. The 12volt STP Tool is a perfect companion for JAMMIN’ N JUNE!

From the 12volt Central Studios staff will continue to showcase positives across the 12volt industry. Let’s all keepJAMMIN’ N JUNE.

Stay tuned for more from the 12volt Central Studios.

TEMPE, AZ (06.15.26) – Mobile Solutions is proud to announce a unique event designed for installers, fabricators, custom builders, and shop owners looking to elevate their interior fabrication skills through a blend of traditional craftsmanship and modern digital workflows.

From July 24–27, 2026 at the Mobile Solutions Training Center in Tempe, Ariz., the Hot Rod Digital Design Master Class will educate students on how to transform concepts into executable designs while reducing guesswork, increasing efficiency, and creating premium results that command higher profits. This four-day training experience explores how router templates, CAD design, laser cutting, CNC machining, and 3D printing work together as a unified fabrication system. Attendees will gain practical insight into designing interiors with greater precision, consistency, and scalability while maintaining the artistry that defines high-end custom installations.

A centerpiece of the event is a full-scale live Digital Trunk Build, where students will watch an iconic MasterTech installation come to life from start to finish. Every step of the process will be demonstrated in real time, including advanced routing techniques, multi-layer panel construction, aluminum insert fabrication, lighting integration, vinyl embossing, and premium finishing methods.

Special guest presenters Justin Kush and Phillip Cantu will join the program, sharing their proven approach to blending technology and craftsmanship for faster, more accurate, and more profitable builds.

Throughout the course, attendees will learn:
• Interior design planning and concept development
• Converting ideas into buildable, repeatable fabrication workflows
• Integrating CAD, CNC, laser cutting, and 3D printing into real-world projects
• Creating multi-layer panel layouts with depth and dimension
• Advanced routing and panel contouring techniques
• Aluminum insert fabrication and finishing methods
• Hidden magnetic attachment systems
• Professional vinyl, suede, and carpet seaming techniques
• LED lighting integration strategies
• Vinyl embossing and technical wrapping methods
• Workflow systems used by leading custom fabrication shops

In addition to the live build experience, every student will complete a hands-on Mini Trunk Build take-home project designed to reinforce the fabrication techniques, design processes, and workflow strategies taught throughout the class.

“Hot Rod Digital Design is about more than building a trunk,” said Bryan Schmitt, President of Mobile Solutions. “It’s about teaching a complete design-to-fabrication workflow that helps builders create better results, work more efficiently, and increase profitability. Students will leave with practical skills they can immediately apply in their shops.”

If you attended the Master Fab Track at MasterTech Expo, you’ll recognize the iconic trunk project that inspired this class. Now, for the first time, attendees will have the opportunity to see every detail of its design and construction process revealed live.

All skill levels are welcome.

This class will only happen once.

Registration is now open.

Visit mobilesolutions-usa.com for more.

NORTH YORK, ONTARIO (06.15.26) – “Importel is proud to announce its partnership with Image Dynamics, bringing their complete lineup of premium audio products directly to authorized Canadian 12volt dealers. The inventory features Image Dynamics legendary hand-built USA subwoofers, high-performance amplifiers and precision component speakers” Geoff Theoret, Operations Manager Importel West stated.

Since 1992, Image Dynamics has been setting the benchmark for premium mobile audio. Renowned for its hand-built USA made subwoofers the brand has earned a loyal following among audiophiles and music lovers who demand exceptional accuracy, performance and sound quality. Image Dynamics subwoofers deliver powerful, controlled bass that stays true to the music, bringing every note to life with precision and clarity.

Image Dynamics award-winning component speakers are celebratedfor their outstanding sound quality and clarity, making them a proven choice for installers and mobile audio enthusiast around the world.

Back by more than 30 years of innovation and engineering excellence, Image Dynamics continues to build products that combine quality, reliability, and performance… helping listeners experience music exactly the way it was to be heard.

Eric Harbour stated “Image Dynamics is happy to welcome Importel Ltd to the team of international distribution partners around the globe! We have had a lot of outreach from Canada and it was only natural that we looked to our friends at Importel Ltd to come along with us during our expansion to meet those demands. We are looking forward to working with Importel Ltd and their wonderful dealer base to bring them the same great made in the USA subwoofers they have loved since the 1990s.

For more see importel.com.

SHREVEPORT, LA (06.12.26) – From the 12volt Central Studios, we are JAMMIN’ N JUNE to showcase positives across the
12volt industry. Below we will show exciting major events geared up to happen this weekend. In the marketplace today it’s so important to showcase industry members doing positives to engage consumers, and enthusiasts, to drive business across the 12volt industry. Retailers need to play the in-store experience and professional installation cards in their deck.

We lead-off in this JAMMIN’ N JUNE article with SLAMOLOGY 2026 that has moved to a new venue, The Edgewater Sports Park in Cleves, OH outside of Cincinnati. This exciting new venue will be Livin’Loud as an epic Car Show and music event that experienced festival fans will love which runs June 13 and 14th. Kicker is a SLAMOLOGY event partner. We are covering KICKER team members as they’re making their way to the event.

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Next up we have Team Nutz, a very proactive 12volt retailer in Pittsburgh with Ed Nuttall and the Team at the Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival in Butler PA, which is only 30 miles from their store. With a decked JEEP, multiple tents and staff members Team Nuts will connect with thousands of consumers at the event and have many promotions to drive consumers into their store in the coming days.

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Houston-based House of Sound has been driving strong business with Slingshot experiences for a number of years. This year they’re traveling to Slingshot events across the country. This weekend they’re on site in Toledo Ohio for their fourth of these events this year as they drive slingshot business for their store across the country.

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In today’s online an AI driven world it’s more important than ever the members of the 12volt industry to utilize tools available to connect with customers. Manufacturers need to connect with reps and retailers. Distributors need to connect with dealers and 12volt dealers need to connect with consumers to drive business.

Several years ago the 12volt Central Studios staff members created the 12volt STP tool. Today everyone has a smart phone in their pocket that they pick up 200 times a day. The 12volt STP Tool makes you so easy to connect by simply snapping an image, texting it to 318-469-2526 with a few words, and Presto that message can be delivered across the industry. The 12volt STP Tool is a perfect companion for JAMMIN’ N JUNE!

From the 12volt Central Studios staff will continue to showcase positives across the 12volt industry. Let’s all get JAMMIN’ N JUNE.

Stay tuned for more from the events above.

NEW YORK, NY (06.12.26) – SiriusXM announced its extensive broadcast coverage for the 126th U.S. Open Championship, offering live shot-by-shot coverage across all four days of Championship play – June 18-21 – from Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, NY.

On Thursday and Friday (June 18-19), SiriusXM’s coverage will extend from the day’s first tee time (approximately 7 am ET) through the end of play. On the weekend (June 20-21), SiriusXM’s on-course coverage will begin at 10 am ET on Saturday and Sunday and run through the completion of play both days.

U.S. Open Week on SiriusXM programming is available to subscribers nationwide in their cars (channel 92) and on the SiriusXM app.

SiriusXM’s U.S. Open Championship broadcast team will feature Brian Katrek as the lead play-by-play voice, with former tour pro Brendon de Jonge serving as the analyst. Emilia Doran, Fred Albers, John Maginnes and Carl Paulson will be on-course reporters.

Three-time U.S. Open Champion Hale Irwin will join the SiriusXM team on air to provide analysis during the Saturday and Sunday rounds.

Immediately following each round, listeners will hear a two-hour wrap-up of the day’s play, hosted by Gary Williams and Jason Sobel.

In addition to the live Championship broadcasts, SiriusXM will offer a daily lineup of original talk programming throughout Championship week. SiriusXM’s live programming begins at 7 am ET each weekday.

Among the programming highlights:

• Radio Hall of Famer, Long Island native and New York media icon Christopher “Mad Dog” Russo will host his daily SiriusXM show, “Mad Dog Unleashed,” live from The Trophy Club at Shinnecock Hills on Tuesday, June 16 from 3-7 pm ET.
• SiriusXM golf hosts Brendon de Jonge, Taylor Zarzour, Carl Paulson, Dennis Paulson, John Maginnes and Brian Katrek will host their daily shows from the SiriusXM broadcast set near the driving range at Shinnecock Hills Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, conducting interviews, discussing the latest news, and giving their audiences an insider’s look at the Championship field and the course they will compete on.
• New episodes of “The Rocco Hour,” hosted by Rocco Mediate, will air Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 7 pm ET. Mediate competed in 14 U.S. Open Championships in his career with three top-10 finishes. His epic 19-hole playoff duel against Tiger Woods in the 2008 U.S. Open remains one of the most memorable events in major tournament history.

For more on SiriusXM’s daily golf programming go to SiriusXM.com/golfonsxm.

HOHENWALD, TN (06.08.28) – The Nashville Short Track Sons of Speed Nashville Short Track took place in Hohenwald TN on Saturday, June 6. For years, Progressive AFT fans in Tennessee have been waiting for the series to return to the Volunteer State. That wait is finally over.

Lorin Morrell, Maddog Media was on site orchestrating KICKER’s presence at the event. “It was great to see the track come out of mothballs. The activity Saturday night was terrific on the track as the event was sold out. The stands were filled with people having a great evening. The KICKER booth was set up close to food vendors and restrooms. In the booth, people are asking questions mostly about KICKER products for bikes and boats. The racing on the track was exciting. Signage around the track and from announcers provided a lot of branding for KICKER.

Stay tuned for more from the Progressive AFT action at the LIMA HALF-MILE DRAG June 26/27 Lima OH

For more see kicker.com.