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Defending Bandit Series champ grabs first win of season
Proffitt started the race in 7th and used a timely caution flag halfway through the race to take the lead on a restart and never look back. Proffitt beat out Mike Morgan and Allen Boles for the victory.
July 2, 2019
Overdrive Radio
40 years of trucking — and surviving — with owner-operator Ingrid Brown (Plus: Three tunes from Trucker Talent finalists)
Owner-operator Ingrid Brown started trucking as a teenager in 1979, and she’s been on the road since. In this edition of Overdrive Radio, hear her reflections on her 40-year career, many of those spent as a single-truck owner-operator, as well as her recent involvement in FMCSA’s Our Roads, Our Safety campaign and her ongoing bout with various forms of skin cancer.
June 28, 2019
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March 24, 2025
Business
FMCSA to host sessions on ELDs, Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse at GATS
Both sessions will be titled, “FMCSA Hot Topics: ELD Implementation and Transition, the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse and more”. FMCSA’s Joe DeLorenzo, director of the Office of Enforcement and Compliance, and Bill Mahorney, division chief of enforcement, will be speaking at the sessions.
June 27, 2019
Business
Truckers raise $600,000 as part of annual Make-A-Wish Mother’s Day Convoy
Drivers of 545 trucks raised the record amount, which was $100,000 more than the total brought in by last year’s event, according to a Make-A-Wish spokesperson.
June 27, 2019
Custom Rigs
Bandit truck racing series sees another first-time winner
Marshall Davis claimed his first win in a race that had four caution delays in the first four laps. Davis started the event in 11th place out of 16 truck racers and worked his way up through the field. The Bandit racers will also be in action this weekend, June 29, at Salem Speedway in Salem, Indiana.
June 26, 2019
Business
Trucking’s Top Rookie Award nomination period open through Friday
Truckers News is looking for the best driver who has been behind the wheel for no more than a year. The winner receives $10,000 and a package of prizes. Nine other finalists will each receive $1,000 and prizes packages as well.
June 26, 2019
Business
Sessions on ELDs, regulations, truck parking, more set for GATS
Truck drivers attending GATS later this summer in Dallas will have the opportunity to sit in on presentations on topics including electronic logs, truck parking and more.
June 25, 2019
Business
Free health screenings available to GATS attendees
Some health offerings at the pavilion include kidney screenings by the National Kidney Foundation; a blood drive by OnRamp to Health; discounted DOT physicals by Accuscreen; vision and blood pressure screenings provided by Rolling Strong and Walmart; and more.
June 21, 2019
Custom Rigs
Truck racers set to take on Lebanon I-44 Speedway in Missouri this weekend
The Fan Series Truck Show, which is open for the public to bring their rigs to show off, will be open throughout the day Saturday, June 22, and the gates to the track open at 3 p.m. There will be a meet-and-greet with Bandit drivers from 5-6:15 p.m., and racing will begin at 7 p.m.
June 20, 2019
Overdrive Extra
The disconnects of dollars for your ELD data
The emerging market of ELD data sharing involves business-to-business sharing of highly specialized data that in some cases has value on the individual level. Should you share your data? Editor Max Heine explores the question here…
June 18, 2019
Channel 19
2018 talent-search winner Mandi Jo Pinheiro’s new CD/digital EP
Owner-operator Mandi Jo Pinheiro, in a team with her husband, William, distinguishes herself yet again with a four-song CD EP and three-song digital version that’s out and available as of this past weekend.
June 17, 2019
Overdrive Radio
‘The sun will hunt you down’ in the truck: Joe Jolly on skin cancer risk
58-year-old Joe Jolly, following removal of a small spot of an aggressive type of skin cancer from his upper lip, offers a word of caution for younger drivers. Anything you can do to protect yourself from damaging ultraviolet radiation while trucking over the road today will pay dividends in later years.
June 14, 2019
Business
Live music, showers, truck maintenance, more available at free GATS truck parking community
Like in previous years, the TA-Petro Truck Parking Community will be located at the Cotton Bowl’s Fair Park. Some amenities that will be offered at the truck parking lot include a shower trailer and basic truck maintenance services provided by TA-Petro; a food truck; live music and more.
June 14, 2019
Business
Meritor’s ‘Shoes for Soldiers’ vets support program
Meritor continues its long-standing support of wounded veterans by donating a portion of reman brake shoe sales to the Wyakin Foundation, a nonprofit which offers resources to wounded vets to help them transition from the military to careers.
June 14, 2019
Business
Trucking Alliance chimes in on House hearing to question driver drug testing efficacy
The Trucking Alliance, a coalition of some of the country’s largest trucking companies, again on Wednesday called for stricter drug testing among applicants for truck driving jobs, as well as a mandate for speed limiters in heavy trucks and a prohibition on under-21 drivers operating interstate.
June 13, 2019
Business
Study: Drivers at higher risk of heart disease, obesity
Transportation industry employees have a 52% incidence of obesity, higher than the national 38% according to a new white paper released by Atlas Injury Prevention Solutions.
June 13, 2019
Business
Nominations due in two weeks for military veteran rookie trucker award
Kenworth will again provide the winner with a brand-new truck – a Kenworth T680 with a 76-inch sleeper, Paccar MX-13 engine, Paccar 12-speed automated transmission and Paccar 40K tandem rear axles. June 25 is the nomination deadline.
June 10, 2019
Trucker Talent Search
See Trucker Talent Search’s Taylor Barker cover Joey+Rory song
Top 10 finisher Barker says he likes writing lyrics that people can relate to.
June 8, 2019
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