Who Needs a Race When Engine Build Showdown is Coming to Town?

The NASCAR Guy,
Watercolor painting of a bustling garage scene during The 22nd Annual Randy Dorton Hendrick Engine Builder Showdown. Multiple technicians of various descents and genders are hard at work on NASCAR engines. Banners displaying the event's title and the Valvoline logo hang prominently in the background.

Get Ready for the Randy Dorton Hendrick Engine Builder Showdown”

Gearheads, loosen up that tie and slip on those work gloves because this isn’t your grandma’s afternoon tea party. It’s the biggest, baddest, greasiest showdown in the world of NASCAR that takes place away from the track – The 22nd Annual Randy Dorton Hendrick Engine Builder Showdown, presented by Valvoline.

The rumble? It’s not tires against the sizzling pavement of the race tracks; instead, it’s the harmonious symphony of top-performance Hendrick Certified Master Technicians from Hendrick Automotive Group and the maestros of engine building from Hendrick Motorsports. Oh, these engine Picasso’s are about to splash a vibrant canvas of mechanical couplets!

Watercolor painting of a group of eager technicians from both Hendrick Automotive Group and Hendrick Motorsports. They are in a competitive stance, eyeing a gleaming NASCAR engine placed on a pedestal.

Now, if you think what’s under the hood of your 2001 Chevy Impala is impressive, imagine the hi-tech wizardry that goes into assembling the guts of a NASCAR engine. The main event has 12 Hendrick-certified master technicians getting their hands dirty alongside Hendrick Motorsport’s engine shop team members, each pairing assembling a monstrous 243-part, fully-functioning 358-cubic-inch Chevrolet engine.

“But wait, how is the champion crowned?” I hear you ask. Oh, by the timey-wimey measure of who can assemble their engine quickly with the least errors. I didn’t see that coming, did you?

Last year’s engine assembly showdown was a dance between chaos and elegance. Hendrick Automotive Group’s own Brad Huston and Hendrick Motorsport’s renowned Danny Emerick snatched victory with an overall time of just over twenty-two minutes, catapulting Emerick towards historic six-time winner Scott Vester.

Watercolor painting focusing on a stopwatch showing a time close to twenty-two minutes. The background is blurred but has the essence of engines and tools scattered around.

Think you’ve got what it takes? Envision your face among the grease monkeys. Go to HendrickCars.com, type “Hendrick Careers” into your digital device, and see where your mechanical dreams could lead you. You might be the one holding the spanner in the future showdown.

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