LAS VEGAS (Nov. 5, 2014) — Along with all the cool vehicles and new products, exhibitors' booths at the ongoing Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo (AAPEX) are featuring several well-known race car drivers, TV personalities and noted celebrities.
They'll be making appearances during the event, which runs through Thursday, Nov. 6, at the Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas.
According to the Auto Care Association (ACA), race car drivers making appearances at AAPEX include Landon Cassill, Justin Boston, Michael Waltrip, Richard Petty, Shea Holbrook, Ken Schrader, Danica Patrick, Trevor Bayne and former NASCAR driver Bill Venturini.
Jeremy McGrath, seven-time AMA Supercross Champion, and Dennis Anderson, Monster Jam driver, also are scheduled to be at AAPEX, the ACA said, as are TV personalities Bogi Lateiner, All Girls Garage; Willie Robertson, Duck Dynasty; Sam Memmolo and Dave Bowman, Velocity's Motorhead Garage; and Richard Rawling, Fast N/Loud, Discovery Channel.
An updated schedule of celebrity appearances is on the AAPEX website.
This year's show features more than 2,400 exhibitors, 5,000 booths, nearly 50 AAPEXedu sessions and 39,000 targeted buyers. Promoters said more than 130,000 automotive aftermarket professionals from nearly 125 countries are expected to visit the expo this week.