Five Teams Qualify For HROT Dual National Championship

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The second Hot Rodders of Tomorrow (HROT) Engine Challenge event of the 2017 season was held at the Summit Piston Powered AutoRama in Cleveland, Ohio, where nine teams competed to qualify for the Dual National Championship held at the SEMA and PRI Show later this year.

To qualify for the Dual National Championship, a team must finish disassembling and reassembling a small-block Chevrolet engine in less than 33 minutes, including penalties.

Five different teams qualified at the Summit Piston Powered AutoRama.

Coming in at fourth and fifth place was Elkhart Area Career Center teams from Elkhart, Indiana. Teams Proform (26:38) and Thermotec (28:03) respectively.

In third place came Team Canton Racing from C D Hylton High School in Woodbridge, Virginia, with a time of 24:47.

“Hot Rodders has given me lots of opportunities to make scholarship money and given me the opportunity to go to a tech school of my choice,” Kevin Griese from Team Canton racing said.

In second place was Team Meziere from Burton Center for Arts & Tech in Salem, Virginia with a time of 20:27.

The first-place team, Howards Cams from Lakeshore High School in Stevensville, Michigan, had already qualified at the Race & Performance Expo, but was able to improve their time to 18:05, shaving over 2 minutes from their previous time of 20:06.

The next Hot Rodders of Tomorrow competition will be hosted at Tarrant County College in Fort Worth, Texas on March 25, where another group of teams will compete for a chance to qualify for the National Dual Championships held at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas and Performance Racing Industry show in Indianapolis. 

Visit HotRoddersOfTomorrow.com to see the complete results from this past weekend and for more information. For additional information on starting a team or sponsorship opportunities, contact Rodney Bingham at RBingham@hotroddersoftomorrow.com or call 815/722-5460.

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