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’88 Pete takes top billing at SuperRigs

Show truck vet Jake Lindamood and his 1988 Peterbilt 379 heavy hauler picked up the Best of Show nod this weekend at the 34th annual Shell Rotella SuperRigs working show truck beauty contest, besting a crowded field of 89 participants throughout the weekend’s three days of festivities.

June 13, 2016

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Photos: Top working show trucks on display in Joplin at Shell Rotella SuperRigs

A sampling of the working show trucks on display at this year’s Shell Rotella SuperRigs event, where owner-operators and small fleet owners are vying for the contest’s $10,000 top prize and spots in next year’s SuperRigs calendar.

June 11, 2016

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Photos/video: SuperRigs takes over downtown Joplin with truck parade, Tony Justice concert, fireworks show

Dozens of custom Class 8 working combos and bobtails convoyed through Joplin, Mo., Friday night, eventually taking over the city’s downtown streets with a four-hour block party that featured live music from trucker/singer-songwriter Tony Justice, an hours-long truck lights contest and fireworks show. Shell Rotella hosted the event, as part of its annual SuperRigs truck beauty contest

June 11, 2016

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Video series documents SuperRigs contenders

A new CarbonTV series, Roadworthy, is documenting the preparations four custom-truck teams put into trucks destined for Rotella’s annual SuperRigs event — some familiar names among them, and new faces.

June 4, 2016

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Photo gallery: Top show trucks staged at Shell’s SuperRigs competition

A look at some of the trucks showing at Shell’s annual custom truck contest.

June 11, 2015

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1974 ‘Low Patrol’ Ford W9000: Robb Mariani’s white whale

The long saga of Mariani’s 2014 SuperRigs best show truck is a story of making inner vision reality — and the results, a single-drive-axle cabover big-rig hot rod, are something to write home about.

June 18, 2014

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Paul Rissler’s Custom ’96 Peterbilt 379, ‘The Risslerbilt’

Paul Risslers 1996 Peterbilt 379 and matching Great Dane reefer won Best of Show – Third Runner-Up at the 2014 Shell Rotella SuperRigs competition last month. See photos of the truck and hear him talk about its features and the build process.

June 5, 2014

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Bill Rethwisch wins back-to-back SuperRigs titles, takes this year’s with ’13 Pete

Wisconsin-based owner-operator Bill Rethwisch won Best of Show at the 2014 Shell Rotella SuperRigs show with his green and white 2013 Peterbilt 389 and matching tanker. Austin Ashley from Raleigh, Miss., won Best of Show first runner, and Paul Rissler of California, Mo., won Best of Show second runner up.

May 19, 2014

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Photo gallery: Working show trucks and more from SuperRigs

Here’s another sampling of the trucks (along with some other sights) competing at Shell Rotella’s SuperRigs show at the zMax Dragway this weekend.

May 16, 2014

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Photo gallery: Trucks under the sun on day 2 of SuperRigs

It’s early yet on the second day of Shell Rotella’s SuperRigs competition, but trucks are rolling through the judging line and lots of others are staging themselves on the lot at the zMax Dragway in Concord, N.C. Here’s a quick peak at some of the trucks on hand this morning.

May 16, 2014

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Custom ’95 Pete 379 showing at SuperRigs

Brian Babcock, owner of Automotive Additions, brought his ’95 Pete to Shell Rotella’s SuperRigs show at the zMax Dragway May 15, 2014. In this interview, he talks about some of the truck’s features and why he enjoys showing it.

May 15, 2014

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Photo gallery: SuperRigs competitors brave the rain on Day 1

Shell Rotella’s annual SuperRigs show began this morning at the zMax Dragway in Concord, N.C., to an uncooperative line of thunderstorms. Competitors, however, haven’t been bashful, showing up to brave the conditions.

May 15, 2014