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"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower" 

- Steve Jobs

Kevin Rumley

UNC-Charlotte Mechanical Engineering graduate. 2015 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series championship car owner and crew chief of the year with K&L Rumley Enterprises. 2018 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series championship winning engineer. Specializes in revolutionary component design and scientific data analysis​. Currently, Kevin works as an engineering consultant for Bilstein Shocks, along with continuing his work with Longhorn Chassis. 
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  • 1980's - 1990's
  • 2000's
  • 2012
  • 2015
  • 2016 - 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020
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Early Life
  • 1983 Won model car making contest at age 6
  • 1984 first debate with Lee Roy about rear suspension; about why they only had 5th coil when 6th coils were already released
  • 1987 K&L Rumley team won 21 races in a row with a custom left rear suspension 
  • 1994 First national win with K&L Rumley #6 (Driver: Ray Tucker) STARS sanctioned at Antioch, NC 
  • 1999 Billy Hicks won Stick Elliott Memorial at Cherokee Speedway – winning first $10,000 race for K&L Rumley Enterprises
Professional Career Highlights
  • 2002 Graduated from University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering 
  • 2003 Hired as Engineer at CV Products 
  • 2005 Filed for US patent US7331319B1, Cam Hub Mounting Assembly 

​Hired at Longhorn Chassis to redesign their dirt late model chassis 

Most Historic year in Dirt Late Model History
  • First time running a full time national series schedule with K&L Rumley Enterprises
  • Crown Jewels wins: Dream, World 100, North South 100, Show-Me 100, Prairie Dirt Classic, USA 100
  • Awarded Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model Series Crew Chief of the year 
  • K&L Rumley Enterprises wins Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Championship
2016
  • Silver Dollar National winner at i-80 Speedway
  • 2nd place in championship points standings: Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
2017
  • Rumley Engineering founded
  • Eldora Speedway World 100 winner
  • Hired as Engineer for Double L Motorsports with driver Jonathan Davenport
  • Silver Dollar Nationals Winner at i-80 Speedway
  • 2018 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Championship with Jonathan Davenport for Double L Motorsports​
  • 6 car came back! In the first month of racing, at Volusia Speedway in February the team earned their first win with driver Mike Marlar
  • May 2019 won their second race with driver Tim McCreadie
  • Won the Firecracker 100 with driver Tim McCreadie in June 2019
  • In July Kevin was hired to work as a consultant with Bilstein Shocks. Read the Press Release
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Race team updates can be found at www.klrumley.com
  • Kevin is continuing his work with both Bilstein Shocks and Longhorn Chassis
  • Due to COVID-19 uncertainties, the K&L Rumley 6 has sat dormant for the first part of the year, due to enter a race at some point however

Jacqueline Rumley

Kevin's wife. More of a marketing and business connoisseur than a science genius like Kevin. Fill out the form to contact her with any questions or inquiries.

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“The engineer has been, and is, a maker of history.”
— James Kip Finch
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