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Knight of the Road: Driver saves woman having a roadside heart attack
Truck operator Vijaydeep Sahasi kept a woman who had a heart attack alive for 30 minutes while waiting on responders. Here’s his story
April 8, 2015
Business
A goofy back is no joke
“At some point during my transitional truck packing from winter clothes and MATS paraphernalia to summer clothes and Wildwood paraphernalia, I wrenched my back. I hate to admit it, but I’m falling apart.”
April 8, 2015
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Business
Brenner tank trailer on the small screen
Brenner brand tank trailers will be featured in an episode of the “How It’s Made” TV series premiering Thursday, April 9, at 9 p.m. Eastern on the cable Science Channel.
April 7, 2015
Custom Rigs
Rush, Mobil Delvac saluting truckers at this weekend’s NASCAR race
Rush Truck Centers and ExxonMobil will be saluting truckers leading up to this weekend’s race at the Texas Motor Speedway. Tony Stewart’s No. 14 Chevrolet SS will feature a special truck-focused paint scheme. And his hauler is featured in two separate recognition videos.
April 7, 2015
Custom Rigs
Truckers, start your engines: The Meritor ChampTruck World Series is bringing truck racing back to the U.S.
The new Meritor ChampTruck World Series, which will bring a true big-rig racing circuit back to the United States for the first time in nearly 30 years, will pit roughly a dozen trucks in 10 races nationwide this year.
April 6, 2015
Business
Let’s wear white shoes and eat ham
Here’s a happy Easter from the Parkers. “Easter represents everything good to me…. Did I mention ham?
April 5, 2015
Business
‘Fury by association’ therapy
“We met a broker this past week at MATS, and he absolutely confirmed that all brokers aren’t bad” — Wendy hangs on to some of her sparkle.
April 3, 2015
Parking
Truckers’ parking perspectives: ATRI seeks driver input on parking, reservation systems
The American Transportation Research Institute is seeking input from truck operators on their perceptions of trucking parking availability and the viability of truck parking reservation systems.
April 1, 2015
Business
The infrastructure is funded!
“It’s April 1, and this entire post may or may not be a filthy lie, but we all know who the fools are.”
April 1, 2015
Custom Rigs
ChampTruck racer brings European influence to American truck races
Joining the likes of diesel tech Mike Morgan, small fleet owner Allen Boles and the two Minimizer teams — who view the circuit through the lens of the American trucking industry — will be 22-year-old Krisztian Szabo, a Hungarian racer by trade.
March 31, 2015
Business
On the road again
“Another MATS is in the books,” Wendy writes in this post, and though Marshall Tucker this year was pretty special, she also makes a case for Tony Justice on the main stage. What do you think?
March 30, 2015
Custom Rigs
Meritor announces premiere sponsorship of ChampTruck’s 2015 truck racing series
Global truck component manufacturer Meritor announced this week at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky., that it will be the executive title sponsor of the Meritor ChampTruck World Series for the 2015 season.
March 28, 2015
Business
TA/Petro honors five truckers by naming truck stops after them
Five veteran truck drivers were honored March 27 by TA Petro Stopping Centers not just for their exemplary driving careers, but also for their work in the communities in which they live and the trucking industry in general.
March 27, 2015
Business
MATS: One down, two to go
MATS 2015 has kicked off, and it’s going to be huge. It’s always a gigantic show, and it’s the first of the season, so attendance is generally high. This is our third year at MATS, and the first time we’ve actually been able to finagle press passes, and I’d like to thank Toby Young for […]
March 27, 2015
Business
Bridgestone brings back Dayton Truck tire brand
After falling dormant for the past several years, Bridgestone is breathing new life into its Dayton Truck Tire brand. In January, Bridgestone committed to resurrecting the brand but rather than trying to compete Bridgestone, the company’s OE line or Firestone, the company’s retail brand, Dayton was slated to take a different path. Matt Loos, director […]
March 26, 2015
Custom Rigs
Photos: No. 54 ‘Team Tortured’ ChampTruck at MATS
At Minimizer’s booth at the Mid-America Trucking Show, this No. 54 “Team Tortured” truck will be piloted in the ChampTruck series by driver Brad Klemmenson of Blooming Prairie, Minn.
March 26, 2015
Business
Ohio ate our mailbox
“Apparently, the State of Ohio needs a minute with my dad and his whipping belt, because they really don’t seem to care that someone committed a federal offense by wiring my poor, unassuming mailbox to an orange barrel.”
March 26, 2015
Channel 19
Videos: Shakedown run in Mike Morgan’s Mack race truck
Ride with Mike Morgan for a couple laps around Nashville Fairgrounds half-mile oval — Morgan’s Powershift Performance is one of several race teams getting ready for the ChampTruck World Series next month.
March 24, 2015
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