The entry period for Overdrive's annual Pride & Polish virtual truck show competition opened last week and will remain open through Labor Day, Sept. 4, before the contest turns over to a public voting period for Overdrive readers to vote on their favorites.
The categories for the competition are: Working Bobtail, Working Combo, Interior, Antique, and Limited Mileage/Show.
If you want to put your truck up against your peers, to be voted on by your peers, enter the contest here.
[Related: Show your work this season -- enter Overdrive's Pride & Polish competition today]
Below, take a look at the finalists from last year's Pride & Polish competition:
Antique, from left: Independent owner-operator Wayne Lucken's 1968 Peterbilt 358, “Plum Krazy”; independent owner-operator Gary Wasko's 1975 White Freightliner Powerliner, “Dirty Dozen”; and leased owner-operator Horace M. Goldman's 1987 Peterbilt 359.
Interior, from left: David Parmer's 1973 White Freightliner, “Big Green Mean Machine;" Rick and Terry Henderson's 2022 Peterbilt 389; and Robert Hallahan's 2022 Peterbilt 389, "Joke's on You."
Limited Mileage/Show Truck/Builders, from left: Kenny Wilson of Ken Wilson Trucking's 1980 Freightliner FLC120; Marvin Graves' 1963 Mack B61; and Duane and Jenay Rotert's 1972 Kenworth W900.
Working Bobtail, 2014 & Older, from left: Leased owner-operator Horace M. Goldman's 1987 Peterbilt 359; independent owner-operator Charles J. Thomas' 1995 Western Star Heritage; and leased owner-operator Brooke Taylor's 1996 Kenworth W900B, “Miss Kitty.”
Working Combo, 2011 & Older, from left: Leased owner-operator Chris Rose's 2007 Peterbilt 379 hooked to a 2001 Kentucky moving van; Shomotion fleet owner Mike Scherkenbach and driver Harold Smith's 2011 Peterbilt 389 hooked to a 2018 Great Dane; and leased owner-operator Jeffrey Longcore's 2002 Peterbilt 379, “The Show Goes On," hooked to a 1998 Great Dane spread-axle reefer.
Working Bobtail, 2015 & Newer, from left: Leased owner-operator John McCormick's 2021 Kenworth W900L, “Bandit”; Rick and Terry Henderson's 2022 Peterbilt 389; and Mark Havens' 2023 Peterbilt 389 EXHD.
Working Combo, 2012 & Newer, from left: Leased owner-operator Gary Johnson's 2021 Peterbilt 567, “The Hustler”, hooked to a 2021 XL Specialized SDE 100; small fleet owner Robert Hallahan's 2022 Peterbilt 398, “Joke’s on You,” hooked to a 2022 Great Dane; and independent owner-operator Wally Daniels' 2014 Peterbilt 389 hooked to a 2020 Rampant 40-ton RGN.
