Matt ColeMatt Cole is the Senior Editor for Overdrive and CCJ. Reach him at [email protected].Trucker Talent SearchOwner-operator Billy Penny sings original song 'Just a Lie' for Trucker Talent SearchPenny began singing in 2006, when he lived in New York City, and has been writing songs since then. The 43-year-old owner of Penny’s Transport, based in Summerville, South Carolina, has been trucking for 11 years.May 26, 2021Trucker Talent SearchTrucker Talent competitor covers Chesney's 'Anything but Mine'Airgas USA company driver Guy Archer says he has been trying to “sing properly” for about the past eight years. His dream is to be a songwriter.May 24, 2021Trucker Talent SearchSemi-retired trucker Clark Wilkinson covers 'Pancho and Lefty' for Trucker Talent SearchWilkinson, 70, started singing in high school, but after semi-retiring from trucking in 2018, he began “playing guitar and singing more at open mics and small bars and clubs."May 21, 2021Pride & Polish'Midnight Shadow': Austin Kiser's 2018 Peterbilt 389Despite being in show truck condition, the truck and trailer run daily out of a rock quarry in southwest Virginia.May 20, 2021Trucker Talent SearchRocky Quetel sings original song 'Small Town Living' for Trucker Talent SearchQuetel, 56, has been singing and writing songs since his pre-teen years, he says. He would tag along with his parents to the local saloon and watch local bands perform.May 20, 2021Trucker Talent SearchTrucker Talent Search competitor Rich Scripps covers Hawaiian Christmas songThe 61-year-old company driver, of Spring Lake, Michigan, has been singing since the mid-1980s. As a contest semi-finalist, he has a shot at winning a day's recording session on Nashville's Music Row.May 19, 2021Trucker Talent SearchOwner-op David Michaels performs original tune 'The Storm' for Trucker Talent SearchMichaels has been singing since he was 7 and has been writing his own songs since 2004. He's been trucking for 31 years.May 18, 2021Trucker Talent SearchTrucker Talent Search competitor Mike Sheffield performs 'Hammer Down Again' originalSheffield's song, he says, is about what it can sometimes feel like to to be over the road. The 52-year-old OTR reefer hauler began singing as a child in church and wrote his first song at around 15-16 years old.May 17, 2021Pride & PolishThe big custom-rigs winners in 17 categories at Kenly 95 East Coast JamboreeSee which trucks wowed the judges at the Kenly 95 East Coast Jamboree here.May 12, 2021Pride & PolishTruck shows are back, come on!As of Thursday afternoon, a little more than half of the pre-registered trucks were on the lot at the Kenly 95 Petro in North Carolina. See views of some of the trucks in the competition, which runs through Saturday.May 6, 2021Previous PagePage 73 of 202Next PageTop StoriesOverdrive RadioNo sideline cynics here: Voices from TenFour D.C., truckers' advocacy counterbalanceAt TenFour D.C. on the National Mall, Long Haul Paul Marhoefer canvassed owner-operator participants with a question on his mind. Namely: Just what motivated their three-day participation? Several among big trucking issues emerge in this week's Overdrive Radio.RegulationsIRS announces red-dyed diesel relief in effect -- is it worth it?Reader RigsAdd your truck to Overdrive's 'Reader Rigs' showcaseRegulationsDOT blasts Overdrive's reporting on 'sham' CDL school reinstatementsRegulationsWhite House's AI-powered CDL-mill purge is going down in flames
