EZ Tech PDR Wins the PDR GOAT Club and Beginner Competition at PDR Expo 2026 in Las Vegas
EZ Tech PDR came home from PDR Expo 2026 in Las Vegas with two official competition wins. Volodymyr Khalamivskyy is the winner of the PDR GOAT Club—listed on the official competition page as “The PDR Expo 26 GOAT”—and EZ Tech technician Anton Lukaporov won the Beginner Competition. The show, a sister event to Mobile Tech Expo (MTE), was held September 25–26 at the Rio in Las Vegas. The Dent Awards were on Saturday, September 26.
What the PDR GOAT Club is
The PDR GOAT Club was an all-new competition at the 2026 show. Official rules gave each competitor two hours on the clock. Work was judged on technique, speed, professionalism and quality of work, and the official page describes a single overall winner as “The PDR Goat.” The repair task itself was not announced in advance.
Entry was limited. Official rules required competitors to have won first, second or third place in the Dent Olympics at any Mobile Tech Expo (MTE).
The official PDR GOAT Club page names Volodymyr Khalamivskyy of EZ Tech PDR as The PDR Expo 26 GOAT.
The Beginner Competition win
Anton Lukaporov, an EZ Tech technician, won the Beginner Competition at PDR Expo 2026. The official Beginner Competition page lists him as the winner. The competition is open to people with less than two years of experience in the industry, and sign-up requires an industry sponsor to verify that experience.
2026 so far: Florida and Las Vegas
The Las Vegas results stand alongside a separate win earlier in the year, at a different show. In January 2026, at Mobile Tech Expo in Florida, Serghei Adam and Volodymyr Khalamivskyy took first place in the Tag Team competition. We wrote about that result at the time: EZ Tech PDR takes first place at Mobile Tech Expo.
Mobile Tech Expo and PDR Expo are sister shows, but they are not the same event. In 2026 so far, EZ Tech’s published competition results include the Florida tag-team win and, at PDR Expo in Las Vegas, the PDR GOAT Club and the Beginner Competition.
What this means for cars in Naperville, Glen Ellyn and Downers Grove
A competition floor is a public test of the same craft our technicians use on customer cars every week. The work in Las Vegas does not change how a crease, door ding or hail dent is assessed in the shop. It is a reminder that the hands on your panel are used to working carefully, under time and under close inspection.
If your car has picked up a dent, our teams in Naperville, Glen Ellyn and Downers Grove are ready to take a look and talk through paintless dent repair where it is a good fit. Get your free quote or call us toll-free at (833) 439-8324.
Sources: PDR Expo, “PDR GOAT Club Competition,” “Beginner Competition,” “Dent Awards,” “Schedule At A Glance” and the PDR Expo home page (sister-show description and all-new PDR GOAT Club listing); Mobile Tech Expo, Tag Team Top 3. Accessed November 10, 2026.
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