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Hot Rodders of Tomorrow Championship was a Great Success at SEMA

Hot Rodders of Tomorrow just completed half of their Engine Challenge Dual Championship. Held at the Specialty Equipment Market Hot Rodders of TomorrowAssociation’s (SEMA) annual Trade Show, the high schoolers competing in this Engine Challenge Championship had the largest group of spectators at any Engine Challenge to date.

Team Autometer from Eastern Oklahoma County Tech Center set a new Engine Challenge record on their way to becoming one of the SEMA Dual Championship winners. They completed a performance engine rebuild in just 18:09. The average time of their three rebuilds was an incredible 19:28. This gives them the first place seed going into the National Championship at the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Trade Show, December 11-13 in Indianapolis, Ind.

Team Moroso from Thomas County Central High School in Georgia came in second with an average time of 21:15. Just seven seconds behind them was Team Hedman from Illinois’ Belvidere North High School. A total of 15 teams completed at the SEMA Dual Championship, including one all female team. The Royal Purple ladies, also from Thomas County Central High School, came in fifth overall with a time of 26:17. This is the highest place finish ever achieved by an all female team.

Only the top two teams from SEMA will go on to compete in the Final Four at the Dual Championship at PRI. Starting Wednesday through Friday, Dec. 10th through 12th the PRI Show will host the second half of the Dual Championship as another 14 teams compete in hopes of being one of the two finalists. The four winning teams will then compete in the National Championship on Friday night at 5pm and two more times on Saturday at 9am and 12pm. All three runs will be averaged together, and the team with the best averaged time will become the 2014 Hot Rodders of Tomorrow National Champion!

Besides gaining valuable skills, learning teamwork and proving their ability to perform under pressure, each team competing in the Engine Challenge Dual Championship will also be awarded scholarships to top automotive and technical secondary schools.

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