The fourth annual Large Cars & Guitars event will be held at "The Last Great Colosseum" -- Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee.
The fourth annual Large Cars & Guitars truck show and concert event is getting a change of scenery in 2025, moving to the iconic Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee, from its home the previous three years of Smokies Stadium in Kodak.
Taking place May 23-24, the event will raise funds for the Susan G. Komen Foundation to support the fight against breast cancer -- a cause near and dear to show organizer Tony Justice’s heart.
“It’s a charity that’s real close to mine and Misty’s heart after what she went through," he said, "and learning how that disease impacts the entire family, not just the person with the cancer, but everyone around them. And it’s a big deal to go through, so we definitely support that.”
The show will also raise money for the Bristol Children's Charity, which helps children throughout Tennessee and Virginia.
Last year, the event raised nearly $56,000 and had nearly 200 trucks on display. With the change in venue, Justice expects an even bigger turnout this year.
“We actually have unlimited space for bobtails and combos,” Justice said. “That’d be cool to see that place filled up, all that parking lot around there. But that would take probably about 10,000 trucks." He quipped that he's not sure if he wants to "tackle that kind of goal or not, but you never know what something might turn into. We’re happy with where it is.”
In this photo from the 2024 Large Cars & Guitars event at Smokies Stadium in Kodak, Tennessee, custom trucks are shown positioned in a semi-circle around and pointing toward the big stage, where an array of musical acts performed.Todd Dills
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Justice added that the truck show portion of the event is non-judged and “it’s more of a trucker reunion than it is a truck show.” The truckers who bring their rigs “clean their trucks up, but they’re not stressed out about them being just dialed in perfect,” he added.
The only judging that does happen is done by children at the show, who vote on their favorite truck.
Truckers looking to bring their rigs to the event can register online. Registration fees are $100 for bobtails, $100 for dump trucks, and $150 for combos.
Beyond the dozens of custom trucks that will be on display for the show, a number of musical acts have also been announced. In addition to Tony Justice himself performing, country music superstar Montgomery Gentry ft. Eddie Montgomery will be performing on the evening of May 24.
Other musical acts performing during the two-day event include Overdrive contributor Long Haul Paul Marhoefer, past Overdrive's Trucker Talent Search winner Taylor Barker, EmiSunshine, Elvie Shane and others.
The event ties together two of Tony Justice’s biggest passions -- trucking and country music. It's “a good marriage, and it’s nice to see trucking, country music and NASCAR come together on this truck show,” Justice said.
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