{"id":82261,"date":"2021-11-10T11:23:29","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T19:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=82261"},"modified":"2021-11-10T11:23:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T19:23:29","slug":"brute-force-a-1955-chevy-bel-air-takes-the-2021-sema-battle-of-the-builders-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/brute-force-a-1955-chevy-bel-air-takes-the-2021-sema-battle-of-the-builders-award\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Brute Force&#8217; a 1955 Chevy Bel Air Takes the 2021 SEMA Battle of the Builders Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent\">This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p><div id=\"gallery-82261-1-slideshow\" class=\"jetpack-slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow jetpack-slideshow-black\" data-trans=\"fade\" data-autostart=\"1\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/20211102_143731-min-1-scaled-e1636571930565.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;82263&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;1955 Chevy Bel Air Takes 2021 SEMA Battle of the Builders Award&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;1955 Chevy Bel Air, Brute Force, Battle of the builders&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Click Here to Begin Slideshow\\n\\nThe 2021 SEMA Battle of the Builders was a very difficult one to judge but it was Robert Matranga and his 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air, \\u2018Brute Force,\\u2019 that took home the gold! 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