Shane Flake (second from left), and Danny Emerick (center) captured the 2024 Randy Dorton Hendrick Engine Builder Showdown championship. / Will Bellamy | Racing America
For 38 weekends throughout the 2024 season the focus in the NASCAR Cup Series garage was solely on the drivers, the pit crews, and the on-track product. On Wednesday and Thursday, the Hendrick Motorsports mechanics got their chance to be the stars of the show in the 23rd annual Randy Dorton Hendrick Engine Builder Showdown Presented by Valvoline.
In all, 12 teams comprised of a Hendrick Motorsports team mechanic and a Hendrick Automotive Group technician gave it their all through the qualifier rounds, and in the end, two familiar names stood above the rest.
Danny Emerick, partnered with Shane Flake of Hendrick Toyota of Concord, and Scott Vester, partnered with Joe Gagatch of Hendrick Lexus of Charlotte would square off in the championship build round.
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