{"id":46746,"date":"2017-11-21T07:15:54","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T15:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=46746"},"modified":"2025-01-06T14:27:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T22:27:33","slug":"behind-the-wheel-episode-5-troy-trepanier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/behind-the-wheel-episode-5-troy-trepanier\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind the Wheel Episode 5: Troy Trepanier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"46747\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/behind-the-wheel-episode-5-troy-trepanier\/484233920450637-vxi2lkdyyszbn7yt5ysx_height640\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/484233920450637.VXi2lkdyyszbN7YT5ysx_height640.png\" data-orig-size=\"620,340\" 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=\"Behind the Wheel Episode 5: Troy Trepanier\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/484233920450637.VXi2lkdyyszbN7YT5ysx_height640-300x165.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/484233920450637.VXi2lkdyyszbN7YT5ysx_height640.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46747\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/484233920450637.VXi2lkdyyszbN7YT5ysx_height640.png\" alt=\"Behind the Wheel Episode 5: Troy Trepanier\" width=\"620\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/484233920450637.VXi2lkdyyszbN7YT5ysx_height640.png 620w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/484233920450637.VXi2lkdyyszbN7YT5ysx_height640-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/484233920450637.VXi2lkdyyszbN7YT5ysx_height640-376x206.png 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Featured Guest: <\/strong>2017 Battle of the Builders Winner Troy Trepanier<\/p>\n<p>If you have spent some time on our website, or follow us on social media, you know that several of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/\">RacingJunk<\/a> staff members just spent some time at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sema.org\">SEMA<\/a>,\u00a0 the premier automotive specialty products trade event in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Like many past SEMA events, this year included something special \u2013 the Battle of the Builders competition. In our latest edition of the new and improved <em>Behind The Wheel<\/em> podcast you, our fans, have a chance to learn just how 2017 winner Troy Trepanier and his staff from <a href=\"https:\/\/radrides.com\/\">Rad Rides by Troy<\/a> were able to bring home the win with their <a href=\"https:\/\/radrides.com\/current-builds\/1929-ford-model-tudor\/\">1929 Ford Model A Tudor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Established in 1995 as a father and son business, Rad Rides by Troy, located in Manteno, IL, has become one of America\u2019s top custom automotive shops over the past 20+ years. After turning a classic rat rod in a less-than-popular color into the 2017 SEMA sensation, we just had to know how both this ride and its team builder have become such instantaneous superstars.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"46748\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/behind-the-wheel-episode-5-troy-trepanier\/484233920450639-qaybrwwx7w5xibir9jag_height640\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/484233920450639.qaybrwWx7W5XibiR9Jag_height640.png\" data-orig-size=\"600,400\" 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=\"Behind the Wheel Episode 5: Troy Trepanier\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/484233920450639.qaybrwWx7W5XibiR9Jag_height640-300x200.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/484233920450639.qaybrwWx7W5XibiR9Jag_height640.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46748\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/484233920450639.qaybrwWx7W5XibiR9Jag_height640.png\" alt=\"Behind the Wheel Episode 5: Troy Trepanier\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/484233920450639.qaybrwWx7W5XibiR9Jag_height640.png 600w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/484233920450639.qaybrwWx7W5XibiR9Jag_height640-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tune in below to let Troy Trepanier tell you all about his all new SEMA Battle of the Builders win, as well as what his future plans are for the automotive shop that made him the King of SEMA this year.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aZzbHmBCk6U?si=GLrwGoVK3JmJl_Bl\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>To find out more about SEMA or the Battle of the Builders visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semashow.com\/\">semashow.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Tune in to the Behind The Wheel podcast to learn how 2017 Battle of the Builders winner Troy Trepanier and his staff were able to bring home the win with their 1929 Ford Model A Tudor.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":46747,"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":[4802,3470,5029],"tags":[3416,1667,357,1619,41,5444,5659,156,5658],"class_list":["post-46746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motorcycles-and-powersports","category-news","category-racing","tag-battle-of-the-builders","tag-behind-the-wheel","tag-driver-interviews","tag-ellen-richardson","tag-news","tag-podcast","tag-rad-rides-by-troy","tag-sema","tag-troy-trepanier"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/484233920450637.VXi2lkdyyszbN7YT5ysx_height640.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42YSK-c9Y","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46746","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\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46746"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99475,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46746\/revisions\/99475"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}