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| Through the Hot Rodders of Tomorrow Engine Challenge championship, students get an opportunity to showcase their talents and knowledge gained during classroom sessions and workshops. |
On Saturday, May 29, 2010, Motor State Distributing held its second Division 8 Hot Rodders of Tomorrow Engine Challenge championship at Lane Automotive’s 23rd Annual Car Show. Team Painless Performance – Lakeshore High School from Stevensville, Michigan, won the event with the best time of 53 minutes and 27 seconds and will represent Division 8 at the National Championship dubbed “Showdown at SEMA” at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas in November.
There, they will compete against Division 2 winner - Team ARP – East Ridge High School from Chattanooga, Tennessee; Division 3 winner – Team PRW – Fremd High School from Palatine, Illinois; Division 7 winner - Team Edelbrock - North Orange County ROP, Anaheim, California; Division 4 winner – Team MSD – Eastern Oklahoma County Tech Ctr., Choctaw, Oklahoma; and the wildcard from Division 7 Team Autometer – Loara High School from Anaheim.
As they did at the Division 7 Championship, Ohio Technological College gave $1,000 tuition scholarships to all participating contestants (not placing third or higher) at the divisional competition; $1,500 tuition scholarships to all divisional third-place winners; $2,000 tuition scholarships to all divisional runners up; and $2,500 tuition scholarships to all divisional winners—a total of $50,000.
Seven high school auto tech teams participated. Teams are made up of invited auto technology classes from local high schools, and each consists of five students and the instructor/coach. The individual schools set standards and guidelines for involvement. Grades, attendance and skill are all part of the making of a team. Through this event, students get an opportunity to showcase their talents and knowledge gained during classroom sessions and workshops. It also helps them to develop and build teamwork; demonstrate their skills, enthusiasm and ingenuity; and build their confidence and commitment to excellence.
The event itself resembles the teardown between rounds at a drag race. The engines are identically prepared small-block Chevys. Students must properly disassemble the engine using only hand tools, utilizing proper detorque and disassembly procedure. The team then returns behind their bench and waits for the judges to call them back. Teams then begin to reassemble once again with correct assembly procedures and torque specs, all while being viewed by judges and spectators. Time-added penalties for dropped components; improper disassembly and assembly; and sportsmanship are added to ensure correct assembly. The team with the fastest time, including penalty minutes, wins.
Division 8 Hot Rodders of Tomorrow Engine Challenge Results:
1st Place – Team Painless Performance - Lakeshore High School, Stevensville, Michigan: 53:27
2nd Place – Team Moroso – Elkhart Area Career Center #1, Elkhart, Indiana: 58:46
3rd Place – Team Be Cool – Elkhart Area Career Center #2, Elkhart, Indiana: 72:01
4th Place – Team Fel-Pro – Lakeshore High School #2, Stevensville, Michigan: 74:21
5th Place – Team Mr. Gasket – Coloma High School, Coloma, Michigan: 82:45
6th Place – Team Comp Cams – Dowagiac Union High School, Dowagiac, Michigan: 151:36
7th Place – Team Hedman Hedders – Niles High School, Niles, Michigan: 179:18
For further information, visit: www.hotroddersoftomorrow.com.