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Pride & Polish

2015’s second Pride & Polish stop kicks off Friday at Thunderhill Raceway at ChampTruck races

Overdrive’s Pride & Polish and the new Meritor ChampTruck World Series collide this weekend in Northern California, where the second stop in both 2015 circuits will be held together at the Thunderhill Raceway in Willows, Calif.

May 21, 2015

Overdrive Radio

Podcast: Mike Morgan on a victory lap after ChampTruck event

A talk with ’88 Mike’ Morgan, who came out on top of the points following the inaugural ChampTruck World Series Class 8 racing event this weekend in Millville, N.J.

April 27, 2015

Custom Rigs

Big rig race series ChampTruck starts this week with inaugural race in New Jersey

Roughly a dozen Class 8 trucks will hit the New Jersey Motorsports Park speedway this week for an action-packed weekend of races and more as the Meritor ChampTruck World Series kicks off its inaugural season.

April 21, 2015

Custom Rigs

Checking in with ChampTruck competitor Allen Boles on his small fleet’s prep for upcoming truck races

Jupiter Enterprises’ owner, manager and driver Allen Boles has been hard at work prepping his 15-truck fleet’s two Peterbilt entrants for the upcoming Meritor ChampTruck World Series truck races, which kick off later this month at the New Jersey Motorsports Park. I had the chance this week to talk to Susan Boles, Allen’s sister, about […]

April 17, 2015

Custom Rigs

Truckers, start your engines: The Meritor ChampTruck World Series is bringing truck racing back to the U.S.

The new Meritor ChampTruck World Series, which will bring a true big-rig racing circuit back to the United States for the first time in nearly 30 years, will pit roughly a dozen trucks in 10 races nationwide this year.

April 6, 2015

Custom Rigs

ChampTruck racer brings European influence to American truck races

Joining the likes of diesel tech Mike Morgan, small fleet owner Allen Boles and the two Minimizer teams — who view the circuit through the lens of the American trucking industry — will be 22-year-old Krisztian Szabo, a Hungarian racer by trade.

March 31, 2015

Custom Rigs

Meritor announces premiere sponsorship of ChampTruck’s 2015 truck racing series

Global truck component manufacturer Meritor announced this week at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky., that it will be the executive title sponsor of the Meritor ChampTruck World Series for the 2015 season.

March 28, 2015

Custom Rigs

Photos: No. 54 ‘Team Tortured’ ChampTruck at MATS

At Minimizer’s booth at the Mid-America Trucking Show, this No. 54 “Team Tortured” truck will be piloted in the ChampTruck series by driver Brad Klemmenson of Blooming Prairie, Minn.

March 26, 2015

Channel 19

Videos: Shakedown run in Mike Morgan’s Mack race truck

Ride with Mike Morgan for a couple laps around Nashville Fairgrounds half-mile oval — Morgan’s Powershift Performance is one of several race teams getting ready for the ChampTruck World Series next month.

March 24, 2015

Custom Rigs

ChampTruck update with 88 Mike

Podcast: Mack of Nashville tech/ChampTruck race team driver/owner Mike Morgan with an update on progress as series appraoches in April.

February 19, 2015

Pride & Polish

Quarter-century of chrome: 2015 marks 25th year of Overdrive’s Pride & Polish

Beginning this month and throughout the year, Overdrive will cover highlights of Pride & Polish history, including profiles of some of the better-known winners.

February 6, 2015

Custom Rigs

Introducing ’88 Mike’: Video with Powershift Performance racer Mike Morgan

“In the armed forces 88 Mike [88M] stands for truck driver. I want to be 88 Mike. I want to be the truck driver.” –Mike Morgan, whose self-styled Mack race truck will compete in the ChampTruck Class 8 race series

January 16, 2015