Southeast Community College Automotive Technology students Tyler Christensen and Brandon Arent established a new record time in SCC’s annual Engine Build Competition, assembling an engine and starting it in 13 minutes, 32 seconds on Sept. 11, breaking the old mark they set back on Aug. 7 by one second.Christensen, of Ruskin, and Arent, from Maywood, are fourth-quarter students in SCC’s Milford Campus Automotive Technology program. The team that competed during the Havelock Car Show on Sept. 11, sponsored by the Capital City Ford Club, was Aaron Cadlo of Omaha (fifth quarter) and Blake Prusia of Kearney (third quarter). Also participating was Eddie Zepeda, a fifth-quarter Automotive Technology student from Lincoln.

On Aug. 7, SCC Automotive Technology students demonstrated the Engine Build Competition at the Sarpy County Fair in Springfield. During intermission of the Demolition Derby/Figure 8 races and in front of a sellout crowd of 3,200, Christensen and Arent assembled its 350 V-8 engine from a bare block and got it running in 13 minutes, 33 seconds.

“The engine was loud, but the crowd was louder,” said Kevin Uhler, SCC Automotive Technology instructor. “Besides the sellout crowd, there were people hanging over the fences and it was video streamed live to another fair site party.”

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