Show And Go Jeep

A reformed SEMA JK built for chasing race trucks.

- Trenton McGee

Unless you’ve been living in a bubble, you’ve probably heard of the SEMA Show. It’s the largest automotive aftermarket trade show in the world, and it takes place in Las Vegas every November. It’s no secret that the vast majority of the display vehicles in the show are simply visual; most of them are built to showcase products and more than a few don’t even run. Jeeps always have a strong presence at the show, and the JK is no exception, but sadly, a large percentage of the SEMA Jeeps are lightbar-clad trailer queens that will never see a dirt road, let alone ever get put in low-range. Though our featured Jeep may have started life as a SEMA vehicle, this particular Wrangler has shed it show duties and regularly gets used in the dirt.

Fast Duty 

Mark “Sarge” Schleipfer was the brains behind this creation, and his buddy and racing partner, Todd Douglas, was largely responsible for making it a reality. Sarge is a marketing guru at mobile audio giant MTX Audio, while Todd owns Phoenix-area shop Desert West Outdoors.

Both Sarge and Todd campaign Sarge’s Class 7SX race truck in a few different off-road racing series’, so when Sarge’s day job wanted to build a Jeep for the 2015 SEMA Show, he decided to kill two birds with one stone and build a JK that would both showcase MTX’s audio products and serve as a prerunner/chase vehicle for the race truck. The result is this ’15 Unlimited that received a lot of attention in the MTX booth at the show this past year, but it serves its present purpose as a prerunner and race support vehicle even better.