{"id":76529,"date":"2020-11-04T15:51:53","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T23:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=76529"},"modified":"2020-11-05T04:56:34","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T12:56:34","slug":"sema-announces-top-12-battle-of-the-builders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/sema-announces-top-12-battle-of-the-builders\/","title":{"rendered":"SEMA Announces Top 12 Battle Of The Builders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"76497\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/our-favorites-from-sema-battle-of-the-builders-showcase\/f021c8ee-3fce-441c-a55d-5f7554bc7d6e-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/f021c8ee-3fce-441c-a55d-5f7554bc7d6e-min-e1604533777205.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,328\" 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=\"Riley Stair 1970 Pontiac Trans Am\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/f021c8ee-3fce-441c-a55d-5f7554bc7d6e-min-e1604533777205-300x154.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/f021c8ee-3fce-441c-a55d-5f7554bc7d6e-min-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76497\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/f021c8ee-3fce-441c-a55d-5f7554bc7d6e-min-e1604533777205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/f021c8ee-3fce-441c-a55d-5f7554bc7d6e-min-e1604533777205.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/f021c8ee-3fce-441c-a55d-5f7554bc7d6e-min-e1604533777205-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/f021c8ee-3fce-441c-a55d-5f7554bc7d6e-min-e1604533777205-638x328.jpg 638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The SEMA 2020 Battle of the Builders Top 12 Finalists have been announced! This is the seventh annual Battle of the Builders for the SEMA show and this year we have both some familiar and not-so-familiar names. Without further adieu, here they are!<\/p>\n<p><strong>The 2020 Battle of the Builders Top 12 finalists are (by category):<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_76543\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76543\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ANDY-LEACH-1971-PLYMOUTH-CUDA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"76543\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/sema-announces-top-12-battle-of-the-builders\/andy-leach-1971-plymouth-cuda\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ANDY-LEACH-1971-PLYMOUTH-CUDA.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1292,969\" 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=\"ANDY LEACH 1971 PLYMOUTH CUDA\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ANDY-LEACH-1971-PLYMOUTH-CUDA-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ANDY-LEACH-1971-PLYMOUTH-CUDA-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-76543 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ANDY-LEACH-1971-PLYMOUTH-CUDA-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Andy Leach - 1971 Plymouth Cuda\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ANDY-LEACH-1971-PLYMOUTH-CUDA-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ANDY-LEACH-1971-PLYMOUTH-CUDA-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ANDY-LEACH-1971-PLYMOUTH-CUDA-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ANDY-LEACH-1971-PLYMOUTH-CUDA-678x509.jpg 678w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ANDY-LEACH-1971-PLYMOUTH-CUDA-326x245.jpg 326w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ANDY-LEACH-1971-PLYMOUTH-CUDA-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ANDY-LEACH-1971-PLYMOUTH-CUDA.jpg 1292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-76543\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andy Leach 1971 Plymouth Cuda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>HOT ROD<\/strong><br \/>\nAndy Leach &#8211; 1971 Plymouth Cuda<br \/>\nBrady Ranweiler &#8211; 1963 Chevrolet two-door wagon<br \/>\nKyle Kuhnhausen &#8211; 1964 Chevrolet Corvette<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_76546\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76546\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FOOSE-DESIGN-1974-JAGUAR-E-TYPE.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"76546\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/sema-announces-top-12-battle-of-the-builders\/foose-design-1974-jaguar-e-type\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FOOSE-DESIGN-1974-JAGUAR-E-TYPE.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1440\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;DREW PHILLIPS&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D850&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1572961854&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;COPYRIGHT 2018&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;34&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"FOOSE DESIGN 1974 JAGUAR E-TYPE\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FOOSE-DESIGN-1974-JAGUAR-E-TYPE-300x169.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FOOSE-DESIGN-1974-JAGUAR-E-TYPE-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-76546 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FOOSE-DESIGN-1974-JAGUAR-E-TYPE-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Chip Foose 1974 Jaguar E-Type\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FOOSE-DESIGN-1974-JAGUAR-E-TYPE-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FOOSE-DESIGN-1974-JAGUAR-E-TYPE-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FOOSE-DESIGN-1974-JAGUAR-E-TYPE-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FOOSE-DESIGN-1974-JAGUAR-E-TYPE-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FOOSE-DESIGN-1974-JAGUAR-E-TYPE-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FOOSE-DESIGN-1974-JAGUAR-E-TYPE-308x173.jpg 308w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FOOSE-DESIGN-1974-JAGUAR-E-TYPE-678x381.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-76546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chip Foose 1974 Jaguar E-Type<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>SPORT COMPACT<\/strong><br \/>\nChip Foose &#8211; 1974 Jaguar E-Type<br \/>\nJosh Croll &#8211; 2004 Subaru WRX STI<br \/>\nTodd Budde &#8211; 1993 Mazda RX7 FDS3<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_76545\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76545\" style=\"width: 942px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/BRAD-DEBERTI-2020-TOYOTA-TACOMA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"76545\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/sema-announces-top-12-battle-of-the-builders\/brad-deberti-2020-toyota-tacoma\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/BRAD-DEBERTI-2020-TOYOTA-TACOMA.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"942,530\" 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=\"BRAD DEBERTI 2020 TOYOTA TACOMA\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/BRAD-DEBERTI-2020-TOYOTA-TACOMA-300x169.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/BRAD-DEBERTI-2020-TOYOTA-TACOMA.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-76545 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/BRAD-DEBERTI-2020-TOYOTA-TACOMA.jpg\" alt=\"Brad DeBerti \u2013 2020 Toyota Tacoma\" width=\"942\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/BRAD-DEBERTI-2020-TOYOTA-TACOMA.jpg 942w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/BRAD-DEBERTI-2020-TOYOTA-TACOMA-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/BRAD-DEBERTI-2020-TOYOTA-TACOMA-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/BRAD-DEBERTI-2020-TOYOTA-TACOMA-308x173.jpg 308w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/BRAD-DEBERTI-2020-TOYOTA-TACOMA-678x381.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 942px) 100vw, 942px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-76545\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brad DeBerti 2020 Toyota Tacoma<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>TRUCK\/OFF-ROAD<\/strong><br \/>\nBrad DeBerti \u2013 2020 Toyota Tacoma<br \/>\nMark Giambalvo 1965 Chevrolet C10 pickup<br \/>\nRandy Borcherding \u2013 1971 Ford Ranchero<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_76544\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76544\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Austin-Phipps-1968-Chevrolet-Camaro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"76544\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/sema-announces-top-12-battle-of-the-builders\/austin-phipps-1968-chevrolet-camaro\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Austin-Phipps-1968-Chevrolet-Camaro.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" 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=\"Austin Phipps 1968 Chevrolet Camaro\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Austin Phipps 1968 Chevrolet Camaro&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Austin-Phipps-1968-Chevrolet-Camaro-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Austin-Phipps-1968-Chevrolet-Camaro-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-76544\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Austin-Phipps-1968-Chevrolet-Camaro-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Austin-Phipps-1968-Chevrolet-Camaro-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Austin-Phipps-1968-Chevrolet-Camaro-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Austin-Phipps-1968-Chevrolet-Camaro-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Austin-Phipps-1968-Chevrolet-Camaro.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-76544\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Austin Phipps 1968 Chevrolet Camaro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>YOUNG GUNS<\/strong><br \/>\nAustin Phipps &#8211; 1968 Chevrolet Camaro RS<br \/>\nCody Medeisis &#8211; 1968 Chevrolet Camaro<br \/>\nEli DeWitt &#8211; 1967 Pontiac LeMans<\/p>\n<p>Judges and industry experts RJ DeVera (Meguiar\u2019s), Cam Miller (HS Customs), Jeremiah Proffitt (Proffitt\u2019s 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, Nov. 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The SEMA 2020 Battle of the Builders Top 12 Finalists have been announced!<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":76497,"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","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3470,22],"tags":[3416,5307,41,7998],"class_list":["post-76529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-event-coverage","tag-battle-of-the-builders","tag-builds","tag-news","tag-sema-360"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/f021c8ee-3fce-441c-a55d-5f7554bc7d6e-min-e1604533777205.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42YSK-jUl","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76529","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=76529"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76547,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76529\/revisions\/76547"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}