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Tag: Smokey and the Bandit
Overdrive Extra
Memories: An Overdrive model, splurging on ice cream and a forgotten profile of founding firebrand Mike Parkhurst
The grandson of the "first trucking boss" of Mike Parkhurst recollects memories of the Overdrive magazine founder. Learn more about Parkhurst on Overdrive.
January 23, 2020
Business
Burt Reynolds, an icon in trucking film lore, dies at 82
After his role in "Smokey and the Bandit," Burt Reynolds' fame spread, propelling him to megastar status. Learn more about him on Overdrive.
September 6, 2018
Overdrive Extra
Hollywood gears up for throwback trucking flick
18 Wheel Butterfly is supposedly a throwback road film that is part Thelma and Louise, part Smokey and the Bandit.
August 31, 2012
Voices
Owner-Operator of the Month: Brad Chapdelaine
Brad Chapdelaine devotes as much attention to local outreach as he does his bottom line.
August 8, 2012
Channel 19
Safe-cracking time: The Evel Knievel haul rig restore-in-progress
If all goes well, says American Trucker host Robb Mariani, tomorrow he, North Carolina-based Brad Wike and the rigâs owner will at least attempt to crack a gallon-size safe found under a cabinet in the floor of the Evel Knievel haul rig Mariani located and featured on his show last year (check out the âFinding [âŚ]
February 17, 2012
Channel 19
Visiting with Evel Knievel in N.C.
This morning Iâm headed out to Brad Wikeâs âBradâs Classic Trucksâ shop and home of his BPW Transport company, both of which have gotten the feature treatment on the Speed Channelâs American Trucker show, hosted by Robb Mariani. Mariani helped engineer part of the reason Iâm headed to Wikeâs shop: Wikeâs doing a partial restoration [âŚ]
February 17, 2012
Business
Breaking Free: The history of the owner-operator in trucking
From fighting for freedom to haul in its early days to stressing smart business practices later, Overdrive has championed the owner-operatorâs concerns. Here, a history of owner-op business, from 1960-2011, with a special request for you.
September 1, 2011
Channel 19
Updating the top 10 trucking songs of all time
Ten years ago, we asked, you told, then voted. Here are those results. Likewise a call to action: What song would you nominate, either on this list or not, for the No. 1 trucking song of all time today? Drop us a comment toward an updated top 10 for 2021!
August 4, 2011
Channel 19
82-year-old gets a trucking wish; Minnesota horse northbound and down
Queen of the road A story in the Doylestown, Pa., Intelligencer newspaper details the Twilight Wish Foundationâs efforts to grant a long-haul wish to 82-year-old Margarette Kirsch. In late May, she set out of a 15-day journey from Philly to California and back to her Merritt Island, Fla., home with trucker Annabella Wood at the [âŚ]
June 14, 2011
Trucking History
Action-packed memoir about more than broken bones
Hal Needham, stuntman and director of the âSmokey and the Banditâ trilogy, relates career high points in a just-released memoir.
February 4, 2011
Business
Burt, Sally and a W900A
Trucking came to the foreground in the classic âSmokey and the Bandit,â and real truckers played no small part in racing their rigs; and the engine brake of today is developed.
January 4, 2011
Business
Charlotte show features Smokey truck
A truck and trailer highlighting the 1977 movie with Burt Reynolds, Sally Field and Jackie Gleason will be at the Charlotte Diesel Super Show.
October 5, 2010
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