As history has shown, hot rodding is as universal an activity as anything man has ever created. It doesn’t know race, gender, or creed. What it does know is smarts, dedication, and commitment. This year at the Power Tour, all of those attributes were put to the test at the COMP Cams Engine Builder Duel when two teams engaged in a contest to see who could build and fire a small block Chevy engine up first. There was a husband and wife team along with a father and daughter entry vying for the title and the prizes. As it turns out, the father and daughter team took home the prize, building and firing their engine in under 35-minutes!
This is a great story and proof that the bond between dads and daughters, dads and sons, and well, everyone can be strengthened with competition, common interests, and fun. Great story here –
Father-Daughter Team Takes First COMP Cams® Engine Builder Duel Of 2015
Memphis, TN – Practice paid off for Grant and Shelby Rimback of Rockford, Tennessee, as they took home the win in the COMP Cams® Engine Builder Duel contested at the Memphis stop of this year’s Hot Rod Power Tour.
Each summer at automotive events around the nation, the Engine Builder Duel pits two-person teams head to head in a race to assemble and fire a Small Block Chevy engine in the shortest amount of time. With $250 COMP Cams® product certificates on the line for each of the winners, Grant and 17-year-old Shelby practiced building engines for a week before the big day on June 9. The father-daughter duo went up against a pair of Texans consisting of model and car enthusiast Emily Williams Reeves, and her husband, Aaron, a diesel mechanic by trade. Grant and Shelby turned in a time of 34 minutes and 31 seconds to outpace Emily and Aaron, who fired their engine in 47 minutes and 47 seconds. For their efforts the runners-up each received $125 COMP® certificates.
COMP Cams® Engine Builder Duels will take place three more times in 2015. Contests are scheduled for the Street Machine Nationals events in Du Quoin, Illinois; St. Paul, Minnesota; and Springfield, Missouri; taking place in June, July and September, respectively. To register for any event, email enginebuilderduel@gmail.com. For more information, visit www.enginebuilderduel.com.
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