Pride & Polish

Overdrive’s Pride & Polish opens 2021 competition

Owners who've taken any "shelter-at-home" time over the tough year to work on the rig can show off those efforts by entering Overdrive’s Pride & Polish 2021 photo competition, which is open through June 3.

April 20, 2021

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Pride & Polish rewind: ‘Thunderhead’ 389

2018 Pete galloped to truck show glory

October 19, 2020

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Pride & Polish Working Combo, 2016-’21: Pink tribute truck grows on fleet owner

Learn all about West Coast Transporation's breast cancer awareness wrapped 2018 Kenworth, winner of Overdrive's Pride & Polish Working Combo category for 2020.

September 29, 2020

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Pride & Polish Working Combo, 2015 & Older: ‘The Goose’ sports nice nest for owners

Daniel and Phyllis Snow's 1996 Freightliner Classic XL, 'The Goose', won this year's Pride & Polish Working Combo, 2015 & Older category. Details on Overdrive.

September 28, 2020

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Pride & Polish Working Bobtail, 2014-’21: ‘Pit Bull’ clamps down on top spot

Overdrive's Pride & Polish Working Bobtail, 2014-2021 winner this year is husband-wife team truck drivers Kris and Casey Keel with their 2019 Peterbilt 389.

September 25, 2020

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Pride & Polish Working Bobtail, 2013 & Older winner: Fleet’s ‘misfit’ Pete fits driver well

The only Peterbilt truck in a fleet of Kenworth trucks took home honors in Overdrive's 2020 Pride and Polish Working Bobtail 2013 & Older Class. Details here.

September 24, 2020

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Pride & Polish Limited Mileage winner: ‘Foolish Habit’ can’t shake winning ways

Ray and Cory Thompson's 2000 Peterbilt 379, "Foolish Habit", won the Limited Mileage category in the 2020 virtual Pride & Polish contest last summer. Click for details.

September 23, 2020

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Pride & Polish Interior winner: ‘Mama’s Money’ pays off nicely

Matt Strottman won the Interior category in Overdrive's 2020 virtual Pride & Polish photo contest with his black and green 2020 Kenworth W900L. Details here.

September 22, 2020

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Pride & Polish Antique winner: Cabover ‘started demanding what it wanted’

This year's Antique category winner for the 2020 virtual Pride & Polish photo contest is C.J. Donovan with his 1984 Peterbilt 362. Details on Overdrive.

September 21, 2020

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Watch: 2020 Pride & Polish award ceremony

Robb Mariani emcees the show, announcing seven winners

September 2, 2020

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Ray Thompson’s ‘Foolish Habit’ 379

Campbell, Missouri-based Ray Thompson took this former car-hauling Pete and turned it into a show truck. He rebuilt the truck from the ground up, including a complete overhaul of the interior.

August 31, 2020

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Here are the seven rigs crowned 2020 Pride & Polish champs

Check out the first-ever virtual Overdrive's Pride & Polish truck-beauty championship photo contest winners.

August 28, 2020

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Pride & Polish Weekly Video Encore, No. 1: Robb Mariani’s 1974 Ford W9000

Robb Mariani is the owner of the truck in the most-watched Pride & Polish video, a 1974 Ford W9000 cabover, which he calls “Low Patrol.” As he describes in the video, the truck was bought new in 1973 by the Tennessee Highway Patrol and used as a mobile command unit for about 20 years.

August 24, 2020

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Check out the custom rigs named finalists in the 2020 Overdrive’s Pride & Polish contest

Here are the top three finalists for all seven categories in this year's Pride & Polish competition. Check out these custom rigs here on Overdrive.

August 20, 2020

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Pride & Polish Weekly Video Encore, No. 2: Vinnie Diorio’s 2005 Peterbilt 379

Up this week at No. 2 is Vinnie Diorio’s 2005 Peterbilt 379, “Picture Me Rollin’.” The truck appeared at a number of Pride & Polish events in the late 2000s and early 2010s, earning Limited Mileage Combo Best of Show in Wildwood, Florida, in 2011, among other awards.

August 17, 2020

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Three days left to vote for your favorite Pride & Polish rigs

There are three days left to vote for your favorite Pride & Polish competitors. Finalists and winners will be presented Aug. 28 in a virtual event streamed on Facebook Live as part of Overdrive’s GATS Week, Aug. 24-28.

August 13, 2020

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More views of rigs competing in virtual Pride & Polish competition

Check out a few more of the 92 entries in the 2020 virtual Overdrive’s Pride & Polish competition. Vote for your favorite custom rig here on Overdrive.

August 11, 2020

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Pride & Polish Weekly Video Encore, No. 3: Bill Rethwisch’s 2012 Peterbilt 389

Up this week at No. 3 is “Dreamsicle,” a 2012 Peterbilt 389 with a matching Polar tanker owned by Wisconsin-based Bill Rethwisch. The truck won the 2013 Pride & Polish Working Combo National Championship.

August 10, 2020

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California contractor law: Likely next steps, pivots for truckers if enforced

Many feel indiscriminate application of AB 5 to trucking is like carpet-bombing a legitimate business model in leasing owner-ops, when the weapon the state needs is already in its tool belt, a hammer for tax dodgers 1099'ing drivers who own no equipment.

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Trucker Talent Search semi-finalists announced

Cancer survivor featured on Overdrive’s Music to Truck By

Rising oil prices -- for this dry bulk hauler, there's far less fear than opportunity

Latest Gear Guide includes tips on in-cab lighting, cleaning your truck and

Remembering the inaugural Pennsylvania Make-a-Wish Mother's Day convoy

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