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36 | WheelsOfGrace.com | Issue 42 Submissions were collected from those who build for the passion. The panel of judges including Jordan Mastagni, Roland Sands, Satya Kraus and Jason Paul Michaels, reviewed each one and counted your votes. Congratula ons to our top three finalists: PJ Grakauskas, Alfredo "Fred" Juarez and Chris an Newman. Each of the top three builders will receive a new 2018 stock Indian Scout Bobber and a build budget of $10,000. The three custom Scout Bobbers will be unveiled in July, followed by a fan vote. The winner will be announced at the Legendary Buffalo Chip during the 2018 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Finalist: PJ Grakauskas From Avon, OH On a quiet suburban street outside of Cleveland, Ohio, while his wife and two boys are sound asleep inside the house, PJ sits under a single light in his 10x12 shed toiling away on his motorcycles. Looking in, it can be difficult to imagine how he has built the immaculate café racers that bear INDIAN Announced the Top Three Finalists his name in such a small space, but they had to get done, and this was his space to make them. When you build bikes because it's your passion, you don't make excuses. Through his younger days, he raced dirt bikes in several local Ohio circuits un l a couple pre y serious crashes lead to his departure from the sport. The thrill of speed and passion for motorcycles, however, would never leave. Now Grakauskas works as a safety inspector for the Occupa onal Safety and Health Administra on (OSHA), inspec ng job sites to ensure they meet the highest safety standard. Like many amateur builders, PJ's past builds have been vintage heaps that he saved from the junker or crashed bikes that he could salvage and redesign. Building a custom on a new pla orm won't be the only first for PJ, though—he's never built an American V-twin. And believe it or not, this is also the first me someone has given him $10,000 and a free motorcycle. For this compe on, PJ is building a full-fairing café racer out of his Scout Bobber. He will be making the en re fairing by hand in his shed, as well as upgrading performance components like suspension, brakes, intake and exhaust. As beau ful as this bike will look when it's all finished, PJ assures us it will ride even be er. Finalist: Alfredo Juarez Meet NASA engineer and The Wrench: Scout Bobber Build-Off Finalist: Alfredo Juarez From the moment we saw Alfredo's drawing, we could tell he was a very unique contestant. Drawn to scale with measurements he took from a Scout at a local dealership and a picture of the engine, the concept has style and flow but also the engineering and mechanical aspects that only a real builder would include. In Fred's words "I am definitely not a paper engineer. I can turn a wrench. I've got the gear, the skills, the experience, knowledge, drive and the work ethic to get this done." When he was in high school, Fred got a two-stroke dirt bike—something that would just be a fun toy for most people, but it changed Fred's life. He