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Please note the online store has been moved to the K&L Rumley Enterprises site

"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​. 
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  • 1980's - 1990's
  • 2000's
  • 2012
  • 2015
  • 2016 - 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
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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​
  • In late 2018 it was decided Kevin and Lee Roy would bring the father-son owned #6 out of retirement. 
  • Within the first month of racing, at Volusia Speedway in February the team earned their first win with driver Mike Marlar

Race team updates can be found at www.klrumley.com

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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