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Pride & Polish
PDI Pride & Polish winners: Rethwisch’s ‘Blood, Sweat and Gass’ picks up another win, along with other repeaters
Four more trucks punched their tickets to compete in the 2015 Pride & Polish National Championship, including Bill Rethwisch’s reigning winner ‘Blood, Sweat, and Gass’ and two other Pride & Polish regulars.
October 19, 2014
Pride & Polish
Photos: Working, show trucks competing in 2014’s final Pride & Polish show
The 2014 PDI Dyno Event and Truck Show is under way in St. George, Utah, and it’s hosting the last Overdrive‘s Pride & Polish show of the year and the second qualifying event of the 2014-2015 Pride & Polish National Championship series. Here are all of the trucks competing in the event. Photos by Brian Bourke:
October 18, 2014
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Custom Rigs
On the road again: Retired owner-operator’s ’05 Kenworth
Ronnie Brees sold his former Kenworth in April 2011 and considered retiring from trucking. But just two months later, “I was missing the road and started looking for another truck,” he says. He found this 2005 Kenworth W900L in August 2011, and he leased to Landstar with the rig on a dedicated run hauling Navistar […]
October 17, 2014
Custom Rigs
Photos: 20 European show trucks sporting chrome, lights, graphics
Roughly 200 show trucks showed up last weekend to the European truck racing finale in Le Mans, France, including several dozen American-style cabs. Check out some of them here.
October 15, 2014
Pride & Polish
2015 Pride & Polish series continues this weekend in Utah
The second stop of the 2014-2015 Overdrive’s Pride & Polish National Championship series takes place in October at Performance Diesel Inc. headquarters, where both show and working trucks will face off for bragging rights and a chance to qualify for the national championship round of judging.
October 14, 2014
Custom Rigs
European racing, Euro show trucks: Videos, photos and tweets from second and final day at the track
The 2014 FIA European truck racing series wrapped up today (Oct. 12) at the Le Mans Speedway in Le Mans, France. Two races were held, and the teams and drivers competed for the year’s final points. I covered the show live (from several time zones ahead, albeit) and posted updates throughout the day in this […]
October 12, 2014
Custom Rigs
Photos: Sampling of show trucks at European truck races
The FIA European truck racing finale happening in Le Mans, France, today (Oct. 11) and Sunday features more than trucks on the track: It also has hundreds of show trucks on display for spectators. I’ll have a full gallery next week of some of the trucks showing this weekend, but below is a sampling of […]
October 11, 2014
Custom Rigs
Truck racing finale in Europe: Photos and video from the show’s first day
The FIA European truck racing series finale — a two-day event — began Oct. 11 and continues through Oct. 12 in Le Mans, France. The season’s championship is on the line, and this weekend’s races will determine the season’s winners, based on points gained in all of the year’s races. I’m covering the race and […]
October 11, 2014
Custom Rigs
Start-up’s brand-new KW T680
This 2014 Kenworth T680 is one of eight new trucks on the road for Capable Express, which got its start in December 2013.
October 10, 2014
Custom Rigs
Fellowship, drivel and education in polish
“Remember, Murphy’s Oil Soap for the seats, alcohol on q-tips for the dash display, and just buy a cover for the gear shifter – or clean it in the privacy of your own cab.”
October 10, 2014
Custom Rigs
Mack owners, enthusiasts converge on Gerhart Machinery for 25th year
Truckers News’ David Hollis was in attendance at the 25th-annual All Mack event on the massive front lawn of Gerhart Machinery in Litiz, Penn., over the Oct. 4-5 weekend.
October 6, 2014
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Keith and Vickie Sampson’s 156-inch ARI sleeper
Trucker Talent Search winner Keith Sampson, leased to Landstar with his co-owner-operator wife, Vickie, have one heck of nice tractor-trailer: with the trailer recently painted to match.
October 4, 2014
Custom Rigs
Gliding 359: Reader’s cement-hauling ’87 Pete
Owner-operator Randy Zink is the third owner of this 1987 Peterbilt 359. He bought the truck from a friend and uses it to haul cement to oil fields.
October 3, 2014
Custom Rigs
Big Rig Videos, one year in — and Guilty by Association highlight reel
Big Rig Videos’ Chris Fiffie’s highlight vid from the Guilty by Association Truck Show — and a message from behind the viewfinder from Fiffie himself on BRV’s first anniversary.
October 1, 2014
Custom Rigs
Photo gallery: Classics showing at recent antique truck show
Overdrive sister site Truckers News’ Editor David Hollis was able to catch a recent Antique Truck Historical Society gathering in eastern New York, where classic models were on display for attendees and enthusiasts. Above is a gallery of some of the highlights. Click here to see full coverage on Truckers News.
September 30, 2014
Custom Rigs
Guilty by Association show: Photos of winners, other attractions from show’s final day
Overdrive’s Wendy Parker has spent the last few days in Joplin, Mo., at the Chrome Shop Mafia’s Guilty by Association show and customer appreciation event. The winners in the event’s show truck competition were announced this morning. Here’s Wendy’s coverage, via her Twitter feed.
September 27, 2014
Custom Rigs
Photos: Show trucks pop in the sun at Chrome Shop’s Guilty by Association show
Overdrive blogger Wendy Parker has spent the last two days checking out the Guilty by Association show put on each year by 4 State Trucks and the Chrome Shop Mafia in Joplin, Mo. Here’s a roundup of some of the trucks and sites she’s seen, via her Twitter feed.
September 26, 2014
Custom Rigs
Original, proud: Military freight hauling ’02 Kenworth
Fernandina Beach, Fla., resident Roger Oliver says he is “very proud to keep my truck factory original,” referring to this 2002 W900L Kenworth.
September 26, 2014
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