By SEMA Editors
SEMA has announced the Top 12 builders in the seventh annual SEMA Battle of the Builders competition—the event that determines the builder the aftermarket community considers best.
The 2020 Battle of the Builders Top 12 finalists are (by category):
Hot Rod
- Andy Leach – ’71 Plymouth Cuda
- Brady Ranweiler – ’63 Chevrolet two-door wagon
- Kyle Kuhnhausen – ’64 Chevrolet Corvette
Sport Compact
- Chip Foose – ’74 Jaguar E-Type
- Josh Croll – ’04 Subaru WRX STI
- Todd Budde – ’93 Mazda RX7 FDS3
Truck/Off-Road
- Brad DeBerti – ’20 Toyota Tacoma
- Mark Giambalvo – ’65 Chevrolet C10 pickup
- Randy Borcherding – ’71 Ford Ranchero
Young Guns
- Austin Phipps – ’68 Chevrolet Camaro RS
- Cody Medeisis – ’68 Chevrolet Camaro
- Eli DeWitt – ’67 Pontiac LeMans
Judges and industry experts RJ DeVera (Meguiar’s), Cam Miller (HS Customs), Jeremiah Proffitt (Proffitt’s Resurrection Land Cruisers), and Mike and Jim Ring (Ringbrothers) narrowed the Top 40 competitors to these Top 12 finalists. The Top 12 finalists will judge one another with the winner named the Top Builder in the 2020 SEMA Battle of the Builders competition on Friday, November 6.