2018 Delo Tractor Restoration Competition Finalists Announced
September 11 2018 - 03:36PM
Chevron Products Company, a Chevron U.S.A. Inc. division, maker of
the Delo® brand of technologically advanced engine oils, lubricants
and coolants, has announced the finalists for its 2018 Delo Tractor
Restoration Competition. The event brings the country’s top teen
tractor restoration specialists to Indianapolis, IN – during the
90th National FFA (Future Farmers of America)
Convention – to compete in the only national competition of
its kind.
Since 1995 the Delo Tractor Restoration Competition has rewarded
the determination, mechanical skills and business savvy of high
school-aged tractor restoration experts from around the country.
Through the restoration of an antique tractor, participants develop
skills applicable to the modern business world. The skills needed
for success in the program – equipment maintenance, teamwork,
project management, budgeting, planning, and marketing – help
develop the participants into future leaders in the agriculture
community.
“There is a clear need for programs that support this type of
education and provide this experience,” said Dan Holdmeyer,
Industrial and Coolants Brand Manager, Chevron Products Company.
“The Tractor Restoration Competition is a place where participants
develop skills applicable to a career in agriculture, diesel
mechanics, or any business actually. Regardless of where their life
takes our participants, the Delo Tractor Restoration Competition
experience helps to prepare them for success.”
All entrants to the Delo Tractor Restoration Competition are
required to submit a workbook detailing the entire tractor
restoration process, from mechanical overhauls of the engine,
transmission and auxiliary and ancillary systems, to the external
appearance of the tractors. Judges review these workbooks and
entrant videos to select competition finalists.
Over a two day period, the 12 finalists present their projects
to a panel of four professional tractor restorers. Each project is
then graded on the restoration process, safety precautions,
results, documentation, oral presentation, and responses to the
judge’s questions.
At an awards banquet held on the final evening of the
competition, winners are announced. The Grand Champion will be
awarded $10,000, the Reserve Champion receives $5,000, and third
place takes home $3,000.
The finalists for the 2018 Delo Tractor Restoration Competition
are:
- Everett Herrington, Idalou FFA, Idalou, TX: 1968
Massey-Ferguson
- Austin Reynolds, Ira FFA, Ira, TX: 1955 Farmall
Cub
- Austin Chavez, Cuero High School, Cuero, TX: 1965 John Deere
Model 4020
- Ricky Schilling, Fayetteville ISD #278, Fayetteville, TX: 1960
John Deere 1960 JD 435
- Four Rivers Career H.S., Four Rivers Career Center Night Shift,
Washington, MO: 1949 John Deere Model "A"
- Devin Haywood, Hastings FFA, Hastings, MI: 1957 Farmall 450
Diesel
- Box Elder High School, Box Elder FFA, Brigham City, UT: 1949
Farmall C
- Riley Dalrymple, Uvalde FFA, Uvalde, TX: 1925 John Deere
D
- Ryder Merta, El Campo FFA, El Campo, TX: 1949, John Deere
B
- NorthWood High School, NorthWood FFA, Nappanee, IN: 1950 John
Deere MT
- Corey Verstraeten, Southwest FFA, San Antonio, TX: 1955 Oliver
Super 88 L-P
- Mack Blair, Dubiski Career High School FFA, Grand Prairie, TX:
1949 John Deere A
“The Delo TRC program has been a remarkable experience for both
our boys over the years. No other program offers this type of
opportunity and prizes as an incentive for our sons to compete at
the high school level,” said Patty Verstraeten, mother of 2017
Grand Champion Corey Verstraeten and 2014 finalist Brett
Verstraeten. The skills they learned opened doors that may never
have opened. In the 4 years our sons have competed in the Delo TRC,
we have grown together as a family and our boys have learned
professional skills beyond most high school experiences. It has
truly prepared them for work life beyond high school and
college.”
For more about the Delo Tractor Restoration Competition, go to:
www.DeloTractorRestorationCompetition.com
Follow the Delo Tractor Restoration Competition
OnlineThe Delo Tractor Restoration Competition can be
followed on various social media channels, including Facebook,
YouTube and Twitter.
During the finals competition on October 24 and 25, event
updates and the results will be posted on the program’s Facebook
page in real time.
Chevron’s Delo Product Family:Chevron’s Delo
product family includes engine oils, premium lubricants and
extended life coolants that provide premium performance and
bottom-line value for diesel powered vehicles.
All Delo products are covered under the Delo Warranty Plus
program, which provides bumper-to-bumper protection against
lubricant and coolant related failures as described in the Delo
Warranty.
More information on Delo products can be found at:
www.ChevronDelo.com
About Chevron Products Company Chevron Products
Company is a division of an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of
the Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) headquartered in San Ramon,
CA.
A full line of lubrication and coolant products are marketed
through this organization. Select brands include Havoline®, Delo®
and Havoline Xpress Lube®. Chevron Intellectual Property, LLC owns
patented technology in advanced lubricants products, new generation
base oil technology and coolants.
For more information go to: www.ChevronLubricants.com
Media Contacts: Cathy Hendrix, Demand
Strategies for Chevron, cmccarty@demandstrategies.com,
502.419.8294
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