Photos: 2019 Pride & Polish Bobtail – 2010 & Older winners

Oct 2, 2019

Updated Oct 11, 2019

Full results from the 2019 Overdrive’s Pride & Polish can be found here.

The 2019 Great American Trucking Show and Overdrive‘s Pride & Polish are in the books. The competition featured 52 standout rigs competing in a variety of categories.

Over the coming weeks and months, Overdrive will be taking a look at the winners from each category from the show.

Up this week is the Bobtail – 2010 & Older category. Photos below are all by Jason Kindig.

First place: Carencro, Louisiana-based Shane P. Boullion’s 2001 Peterbilt 379, “Rosemary.”

Second place: Flora, Indiana-based Brett and Chris Chastain’s 2005 Mack CXN, “Every Dog Has Its Day.”

Third place: This 2004 Kenworth W900L, shown by Dannew Hewer and Pete Webbe, out of Aylmer, Ontario, Canada.

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