Our Team

Dave and Patrick are both outdoor enthusiasts and award winning motorsports builders. Beyond motorsports, they specialize in custom design & fabrication projects for businesses, inventors, and product developers. 

As business partners, they got their start as founders of the non-profit group Greenspeed Research in Boise, Idaho. Greenspeed Research hit the national stage while taking multiple world records with their custom built, renewable energy, truck in the C/DT class at El Mirage and the Bonneville Salt Flats. Racing proved to be the ultimate test of their fabrication and design techniques and sharpened every skill set they bring to you today. 

Enter Versus. The success of their non-profit led to the creation of a new venture in 2014 as requests for custom fabrication and solutions started to hit their calendars and design books. They now spend full time in design and fabrication for business people and custom builders. 

Photos by: Alex Rhodes and the VERSUS Team


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Dave Schenker

From Idaho's Wood River Valley, Dave brings a custom building & metalworking background. With a formal Mechanical Engineering education, he is a builder of race vehicles and holds the World Record for Fastest Landspeed of a Vegetable Oil Powered Vehicle at 209.091mph and fastest C-engine Diesel Truck at 219.411mph. 

He is a respected leader who donates time to development of STEM learning opportunities for the next generation of engineering students.

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Patrick Johnston

Originally from Monterey Bay but raised in Idaho, Patrick has a formal education in Mechanical Engineering and comes from a custom building and fabrication background.  He played a critical role in achieving the build of the World's Fastest Vegetable Oil Powered Vehicle.  

Patrick donates time developing and running programs to provide students with hands-on learning opportunities to encourage higher education in the STEM disciplines. 

 

 
 

 
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