Pride & Polish championship preview: Builders Class Bobtail finalists

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Updated Aug 23, 2016

The sixth annual Overdrive‘s Pride & Polish National Championship takes place this month in Dallas at the Great American Trucking Show. Six show trucks and their owners will walk away as champs in the 2015-2016 season, concluding a year-long run that began at last August’s GATS.

Below are photos of the three trucks competing in the Builders Class Bobtail category. One will be crowned the 2015-2016 Pride & Polish champion in the category. To see all of the competitors and cast your vote in this year’s Truckers’ Choice championship contest, click here.

Here are the national champion finalists in the Builders Class Bobtail category:

Israel Turner and his 1979 Peterbilt 359 picked up the Best of Show, Builders Class Bobtail award at last year’s Great American Trucking Show, qualifying him and the rig to compete in this year’s Pride & Polish National Championship.Israel Turner and his 1979 Peterbilt 359 picked up the Best of Show, Builders Class Bobtail award at last year’s Great American Trucking Show, qualifying him and the rig to compete in this year’s Pride & Polish National Championship. Bob Harley qualified to compete in the Pride & Polish National Championship by winning Best of Show, Builders Class Bobtail with his 1972 Peterbilt 358A at the 75 Chrome Shop Show in April.Bob Harley qualified to compete in the Pride & Polish National Championship by winning Best of Show, Builders Class Bobtail with his 1972 Peterbilt 358A at the 75 Chrome Shop Show in April. Jonathan Eilen won Best of Show, Builders Class Bobtail with this 1990 Peterbilt 379 at the July-held Fitzgerald Glider Kits Pride & Polish.Jonathan Eilen won Best of Show, Builders Class Bobtail with this 1990 Peterbilt 379 at the July-held Fitzgerald Glider Kits Pride & Polish.