Country’s hottest show trucks roll out of GATS

Sep 27, 2019

Dozens of the country’s top show trucks participated in the Great American Trucking Show Pride & Polish in Dallas last month. The video above by Tex Crowley with Texas Media Foundry shows the rigs parading out of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center after the show.

A full list of winners and photos of the Best of Show trucks from the show can be seen here.

For more photos from GATS Pride & Polish, fill out this short form for access to more than 250 shots of the Best of Show champions, winners from each category, all 52 entrants and the rat rods.

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