{"id":103291,"date":"2025-11-07T09:43:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T17:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=103291"},"modified":"2025-11-07T11:11:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T19:11:29","slug":"sema-2025-battle-of-the-builders-final-four-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/sema-2025-battle-of-the-builders-final-four-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"SEMA 2025 Battle of the Builders Final Four Announced!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45363\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/sema-2017-is-nearly-here\/sema-show-logo-no-box-jpg-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sema-show-logo-no-box-jpg-1-e1633637340131.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,192\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sema-show-logo-no-box-jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sema-show-logo-no-box-jpg-1-300x90.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sema-show-logo-no-box-jpg-1-1024x308.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-45363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sema-show-logo-no-box-jpg-1-1024x308.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"308\" \/><\/p>\n<p>SEMA has revealed the finalists competing in the Battle of the Builders, presented by Mothers Polish. These builders represent some of the most talented and creative minds in the automotive aftermarket, showcasing exceptional skill and craftsmanship across hot rod, import, off-road, and young builder categories.<\/p>\n<p>Now in its 12th year, the Battle of the Builders competition remains one of the most highly anticipated highlights of the annual SEMA Show in Las Vegas, celebrating innovation and artistry in vehicle customization.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 SEMA Battle of the Builders Presented by Mothers Polish Top 12:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hot Rod\/Hot Rod Truck<\/strong><br \/>\nTroy Gudgel \u2014 1959 Chevrolet Impala<br \/>\nKyle Kuhnhausen \u2014 1966 Chevrolet Corvette<br \/>\nTroy Trepanier \u2014 1936 Ford Roadster<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sport Compact\/Import Performance<\/strong><br \/>\nTim Franklin \u2014 1960 Porsche Custom 356<br \/>\nDavid Guadagnoli \u2014 1967 Ford GT40 MKIV<br \/>\nJohn Sarkisyan \u2014 1971 Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman<\/p>\n<p><strong>Off-Road<\/strong><br \/>\nMichael Dascoli \u2014 1969 International Scout<br \/>\nWoody Ferrebee \u2014 1966 Ford Bronco<br \/>\nRon Jones \u2014 1973 VW Thing<\/p>\n<p><strong>Young Guns<\/strong><br \/>\nCameron Cocalis \u2014 1988 BMW E30 325i<br \/>\nDustyn Dell \u2014 1969 Chevrolet C10<br \/>\nThomas Dickerson \u2014 1967 Chevrolet C10<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/phnnaHi1cZ0?si=SHR5IvCMzSKdwQHR\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1><strong>The Final Four:<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>HOT ROD\/HOT ROD TRUCK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Troy Trepanier \u20141936 Ford Roadster<\/p>\n<p><strong>SPORT COMPACT\/IMPORT PERFORMANCE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tim Franklin \u2014 1960 Porsche Custom 356<\/p>\n<p><strong>OFF-ROAD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ron Jones \u2014 1973 VW Thing<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOUNG GUNS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thomas Dickerson \u2014 1967 Chevrolet C10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>SEMA has revealed the finalists competing in the Battle of the Builders, presented by Mothers Polish.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":103246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3470],"tags":[3416,12285,14,12741,12742,12740,12702,12732,12739,8601],"class_list":["post-103291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-battle-of-the-builders","tag-custom-car-builders","tag-hot-rods","tag-imports","tag-mothers-polish","tag-off-road-builds","tag-sema-2025","tag-sema-show-las-vegas","tag-top-12-builders","tag-young-guns"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Photo-Nov-04-2025-3-53-25-PM-scaled-e1762542671500.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42YSK-qRZ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103291"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103355,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103291\/revisions\/103355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}