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Pride & Polish

GATS Pride & Polish sees repeat People’s Choice winner; Best of Show winners named

Pride & Polish Best of Show winners and People's Choice winner announced at GATS 2018. Check out the winners and their big rigs on Overdrive.

August 25, 2018

Pride & Polish

Scenes from opening day of GATS Pride & Polish

Overdrive's Pride & Polish trucks were shined up and ready to be judged on the floor at the Great American Truck Show. Check them out here on Overdrive.

August 23, 2018

Business

Follow along with Overdrive’s live coverage of GATS starting Thursday

Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram are just a few ways to find out what's happening at the 2018 GATS. Find out more ways to stay in the know on Overdrive.

August 22, 2018

Pride & Polish

Photos: Pride & Polish rigs roll into Dallas

Though the Great American Trucking Show hasn't officially started, check out these big rigs that have already showed up for Overdrive's Pride & Polish.

August 22, 2018

Business

This week’s Great American Trucking Show to feature show trucks, live music, business seminars, more

This year's Great American Truck Show will feature show trucks, live music, business seminars, and much more. More information here on Overdrive.

August 17, 2018

Custom Rigs

Pride & Polish rolls into Dallas next week for GATS

Ready to see the best show trucks in North America? Check out the best rigs at the 2018 GATS in Aug. and see who wins Pride & Polish's Best of Show awards.

August 14, 2018

Pride & Polish

2017 GATS Best of Show, Working Combo: Two circles, five awards

The rehab project on the ’96 Kenworth W900, originally painted blue, included rebuilding the engine, adding a new transmission, cutting and stretching the frame, doing the paint job and more.

October 23, 2017

Pride & Polish

2017 GATS Best of Show, Builders Class: Puzzle comes together for autism theme

Of the nearly 2,000 puzzle pieces on the custom-built rig, some are welded into the cab floor and the deck plate, as well as on the wheels. He says more than 600 man-hours went into the welding of the floor and deck plate alone.

October 20, 2017

Pride & Polish

2017 GATS Best of Show, Limited Mileage Bobtail: Blazing back from obscurity

It was originally black with orange flames, but to make it consistent with the rest of the fleet, Lindamood painted the truck silver with blue flames.

October 19, 2017

Pride & Polish

2017 GATS Best of Show, Limited Mileage Combo: Striking look for viper red KW

The custom interior features shag carpeting and a mini-disco ball hanging in the large studio sleeper. Also inside are more than 800 buttons in the upholstery, each of which had to be sanded, primed, painted and clear-coated viper red to match the rest of the rig.

October 18, 2017

Custom Rigs

Brandon Avant and his Pete 389 ‘Mistress’

Brandon Avant spent so much time with this 2010 Peterbilt 389 during the two years it took to turn the rig into a championship-contending show truck, his wife Melissa had to give the truck its nickname, “The Mistress.”

September 21, 2017

Pride & Polish

Lindamood, Manuel continue winning ways with Best of Show victories at GATS Pride & Polish

Best of Show winners were announced in five categories – working bobtail, working combo, limited-mileage bobtail, limited-mileage combo and builders class – along with the People’s Choice winner in a ceremony held at GATS on Aug. 26.

August 26, 2017