{"id":81300,"date":"2021-09-13T09:48:47","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T16:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=81300"},"modified":"2021-09-13T09:48:47","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T16:48:47","slug":"sema-names-2021-battle-of-the-builders-young-guns-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/sema-names-2021-battle-of-the-builders-young-guns-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"SEMA Names 2021 Battle of the Builders Young Guns Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"81301\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/sema-names-2021-battle-of-the-builders-young-guns-winners\/young-guns-enews-081221\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Young-Guns-eNews-081221-e1631551579509.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,266\" 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=\"Young-Guns\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Young-Guns-eNews-081221-e1631551579509-300x160.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Young-Guns-eNews-081221-e1631551579509.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81301\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Young-Guns-eNews-081221-e1631551579509.jpg\" alt=\"Young-Guns\" width=\"500\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Young-Guns-eNews-081221-e1631551579509.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Young-Guns-eNews-081221-e1631551579509-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The SEMA Battle of the Builders Young Guns competition always brings out some fierce rides! The competition is open to builders 27 and younger and usually garners hundreds of submissions.\u00a0 This year\u2019s contest included representation from a variety of market segments and fierce competition. Builders from across North America were vying for a Golden Ticket that includes a trip for two to the November trade-only show, along with transportation for the vehicle and entry into the SEMA Battle of the Builders competition.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"81302\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/sema-names-2021-battle-of-the-builders-young-guns-winners\/29df3607-88f0-4ff7-a193-809e97affe6f\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/29df3607-88f0-4ff7-a193-809e97affe6f.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"500,466\" 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=\"29df3607-88f0-4ff7-a193-809e97affe6f\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/29df3607-88f0-4ff7-a193-809e97affe6f-300x280.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/29df3607-88f0-4ff7-a193-809e97affe6f.jpeg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81302\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/29df3607-88f0-4ff7-a193-809e97affe6f.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/29df3607-88f0-4ff7-a193-809e97affe6f.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/29df3607-88f0-4ff7-a193-809e97affe6f-300x280.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The 2021 Young Guns regional winners are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thomas Dickerson, of Athens, Ga. (Eastern Region)&#8211;1967 Ford Shelby Mustang GT350<\/li>\n<li>Dayton Jacobsen, of Burnsville, Minn. (Midwest Region)&#8211;2000 Chevrolet S10<\/li>\n<li>Cole Marten, of Penticton, B.C. (Pacific Region)&#8211;1991 Skyline R32 GTR<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Young Guns category was first introduced into the Battle of the Builders competition 2017, the Young Guns category provides exposure to rising young builders who were otherwise unable to qualify for the competition due to certain requirements. As the stars of the competition, participants gain valuable publicity and exposure throughout the week of the SEMA Show, as well as in a television special that follows the builders\u2019 journeys.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about SEMA Battle of the Builders or the SEMA Young Guns program, visit\u00a0<a title=\"www.semabotb.com\" href=\"https:\/\/click.message.sema.org\/?qs=19cd38d70ad91f8df042b4503441eb688b2041234a1d01f3ef18deeb8bce6c061b5d62badf50bdd0b7edc560689887de86ba47ae4c9226e9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click.message.sema.org\/?qs%3D19cd38d70ad91f8df042b4503441eb688b2041234a1d01f3ef18deeb8bce6c061b5d62badf50bdd0b7edc560689887de86ba47ae4c9226e9&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1631637407760000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE9pjeV_zYZQKwPqogk_5wsACWgMQ\">www.semabotb.com<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a title=\"www.semayoungguns.com\" href=\"https:\/\/click.message.sema.org\/?qs=19cd38d70ad91f8dd0e985d23150a2d8652783f921c8c22647caad9424239f1da5cc17550a49bfd2e10d0ed4766f5d547ee1b3149e902c5a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click.message.sema.org\/?qs%3D19cd38d70ad91f8dd0e985d23150a2d8652783f921c8c22647caad9424239f1da5cc17550a49bfd2e10d0ed4766f5d547ee1b3149e902c5a&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1631637407760000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGmBJa8tnRSVP3j9pXEzzBsY7UAXw\">www.semayoungguns.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The SEMA Battle of the Builders Young Guns competition always brings out some fierce rides!<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":81301,"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":[5044,3700,3470,8427],"tags":[4396,41,8602,8603,8601],"class_list":["post-81300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cool-cars","category-featured-vehicles","category-news","category-partner-news","tag-featured-cars","tag-news","tag-sema-battle-of-the-builders","tag-sema-news","tag-young-guns"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Young-Guns-eNews-081221-e1631551579509.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42YSK-l9i","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81300","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=81300"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81303,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81300\/revisions\/81303"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}