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Life: Page 181

Custom Rigs
I kissed a truck (and I liked it)
ā€œOur first Wildwood experience was awesome! … Our Precious took 3rd in the Wash and Show portion of the Pride and Polish competition,ā€ among other happenings…
April 29, 2015
Precious takes third!
Life
Alert! Goat on the turnpike bridge!
Taking toll evasion to new heights, two goats caused quite a stir when they crossed an OK Turnpike bridge over the weekend, captured in this photo.
April 29, 2015
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Podcast: Mike Morgan on a victory lap after ChampTruck event
A talk with ’88 Mike’ Morgan, who came out on top of the points following the inaugural ChampTruck World Series Class 8 racing event this weekend in Millville, N.J.
April 27, 2015
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Business
Inward-facing problems
ā€œCarriers have finally found a way to lower the quality of new drivers…. In the words of Moon Unit Zappa, ā€˜Gag me with a spoon.ā€™ā€¦ā€
April 27, 2015
Hold on to your cameras! And everything else in the cab…
Business
Former ā€˜Biggest Loser’ offers health program for drivers
Former NBC ā€œBiggest Loserā€ contestant Pete Thomas has teamed up with Trucking Moves America Forward and Pilot Flying J to offer a health program for professional drivers.
April 27, 2015
Custom Rigs
ā€˜88 Mike’ takes home win in first ChampTruck race weekend: Photos, crash video and more from the races
Nashville-based Mack technician Mike Morgan won the first-ever Meritor ChampTruck World Series race this weekend in Millville, N.J., where the series’ inaugural race weekend hit the New Jersey Motorsports Park.
April 27, 2015
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Custom Rigs
Photos: ChampTruck’s 100-mph truck race action kicks off at New Jersey Motorsports Park
The first-ever Meritor ChampTruck World Series race takes place this weekend at the New Jersey Motorsports Park, where 10 Class 8 truck racers will square off in 100-mph road course action in four heats and one main event.
April 25, 2015
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ā€˜Apps 4 Truckers’ podcast from longtime driver
Trucker Tim Spence’s Apps4Truckers podcast combines interviews with drivers and reviews of smartphone apps with a focus on being ā€œthe transition place,ā€ Spence says, between technical software instruction and information about such software that is actually useful.
April 24, 2015
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Business
Driver posthumously named Highway Angel following 2014 crash assistance
Driver Jack Yancer passed away while helping someone in the course of his job on the road.
April 24, 2015
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Business
Happy people have sunburned knees
In which George and Wendy burn up the swamps in Nick Shaughnessy’s air boat, and Overdrive’s Pride & Polish in Wildwood gets well under way.
April 24, 2015
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Business
Tim Rickards presents ā€˜Chicago merge’
File under: Dashcam Central’s ā€œHall of four-wheeler shame.ā€ Says Rickards: ā€œOne of many Chicago merges to share just west of the 80-94 split. Plenty of room behind me.ā€
April 23, 2015
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Trucker of the Year
Prime Time: How does an owner-operator win $25,000?
A look, via photos, at Thomas Miller’s 2014 Owner-Operator of the Year victory and how he earned it.
April 23, 2015
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Business
The trucking jubilee
ā€œIt ain’t no party for the fish involved, and it ain’t no disco for the drivers, but the fat cats eat well, and fill their coffers with easily caught fish, who are addled and unsure of their surroundings.ā€
April 22, 2015
Jubilee
Life
Truckers grant children’s wishes with Mother’s Day Convoy
The 26th annual Mother’s Day Convoy, a fundraiser for the Philadelphia, Northern Delaware and Susquehanna Valley Make-A-Wish chapter, will be held Sunday, May 10, in Lancaster, Pa.
April 22, 2015
MAW lead
Custom Rigs
Big rig race series ChampTruck starts this week with inaugural race in New Jersey
Roughly a dozen Class 8 trucks will hit the New Jersey Motorsports Park speedway this week for an action-packed weekend of races and more as the Meritor ChampTruck World Series kicks off its inaugural season.
April 21, 2015
The Meritor ChampTruck World Series is based on the popular European TRO circuit. Click here to read all of Overdrive’s coverage of the upcoming ChampTruck races.
Business
Overdrive names top 10 in Most Beautiful contest
The semifinalists were voted to the top from a field of 86 women.
April 21, 2015
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Business
Don Christner presents ā€˜Mike and I chained up on Loveland Pass’
ā€œAt nearly 12,000 feet there is a generous safety bonus — you see, if you do your job right, you get to live.ā€
April 21, 2015
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Business
Scale bypass options growing for owner-ops: A look at the maps
Scale bypass option networks have grown tremendously since their beginnings just more than 20 years ago. Here’s a look at the maps of two of the biggest.
April 21, 2015
PrePass currently has operational sites in 31 states with a number of committed sites, shown in yellow.
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