Overdrive Online

AUGUST 1, 2022

The Pride & Polish virtual truck beauty show gives contestants a chance to show off their rigs and be chosen by their peers as the best of the best. Submissions are being accepted through Sept.

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Overdrive Online

AUGUST 1, 2023

Overdrive's decades-running Pride & Polish truck show competition returns for 2023 in a virtual format once again. Entries are being accepted now through Sept. 4 in five categories: Working Bobtail and Combo, Antique, Interior, and Limited Mileage/Show.

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Overdrive Online

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Chris Kulow's 379, which sports a 144-inch ARI sleeper, won first place in the Working Bobtail, 2008 & Older class in the 2021 Overdrive's Pride & Polish. He uses the truck to haul machinery and oversized step-deck freight.

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Overdrive Online

AUGUST 1, 2023

Overdrive's decades-running Pride & Polish truck show competition returns for 2023 in a virtual format once again. Entries are being accepted through Sept. 4 in five categories: Working Bobtail and Combo, Antique, Interior, and Limited Mileage/Show.

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Overdrive Online

JUNE 28, 2021

These six custom trucks are just a small sample of the 64 entries in the 2021 Overdrive's Pride & Polish contest so far. Vote for your favorites through July 11.

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Overdrive Online

AUGUST 12, 2021

Pride & Polish Limited Mileage winner Hallahan is coming off two years of fast growth to the 12-driver, 9-truck Hallahan Transport fleet he has today. This brand-new custom flagship is whipped cream of top of that, despite time limitations on the owner.

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Overdrive Online

APRIL 20, 2021

Owners who've taken any "shelter-at-home" time over the tough year to work on the rig can show off those efforts by entering Overdrive’s Pride & Polish 2021 photo competition, which opens today.

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Overdrive Online

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Pride & Polish Working Bobtail category winner Matt Havens considers his 389 Pete a gift from above. It's certainly one that draws crowds wherever it goes, hauling mostly gasoline and ethanol.

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Overdrive Online

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Dozens of owners submitted photos that make up 77 entries in one or more of seven categories: two each in Working Bobtail and Working Combo; Antique; Interior; and Limited Mileage/Builders. Cast your vote in each category for your favorites now.

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Overdrive Online

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Voting for the virtual truck show competition is now open. Cast your vote for your favorite truck in each of six categories: Antique, Interior, Limited Mileage/Builders, Working Bobtail, and two Working Combo classes, split by year model.

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Overdrive Online

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Kevin Cimmiyotti's red and white rig took the Antique division of Overdrive's Pride & Polish competition. It brings with it storied parts of trucking's long forgotten past.

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Overdrive Online

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The truck was named the Working Bobtail champ in Overdrive's 2023 Pride & Polish. The 1981 Peterbilt has been owned by Ron Kelsey for 40 years, amassing more than 4.1 million miles.

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Overdrive Online

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Overdrive readers can now vote to determine the finalists in each of seven categories -- Working Bobtail, 2014 & Older; Working Bobtail, 2015 & Newer; Working Combo, 2011 & Older; Working Combo, 2012 & Newer; Antique; Interior; and Limited Mileage.

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Overdrive Online

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Davis' two category wins in Overdrive's 2023 Pride & Polish competition -- Working Combo, Interior -- add to big wins earlier in the year at SuperRigs for the custom livestock hauler, built from the ground up with partners.

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Overdrive Online

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Three trucks are finalists in each of seven categories -- Working Bobtail, 2014 & Older; Working Bobtail, 2015 & Newer; Working Combo, 2011 & Older; Working Combo, 2012 & Newer; Antique; Interior; and Limited Mileage. Winners will be announced Oct.

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Overdrive Online

JULY 20, 2021

Custom truck owners submitted 64 entries, and these entries received hundreds of online votes. Winners in each category will be announced in a streaming event Thursday at this page.

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Overdrive Online

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The truck, which after 500,000 miles was intended to be driven occasionally by Shomotion owner Michael Scherkenbach, was instead given to a retiring owner-operator to keep him on tour with the fleet part-time. He didn't bat an eye at the coffin sleeper.

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Overdrive Online

JULY 20, 2021

Custom truck owners submitted 64 entries, and these entries received hundreds of online votes. Here are the finalists. Winners in each category will be announced in a streaming event here Thursday, August 5, 2021.

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Overdrive Online

AUGUST 5, 2021

Six trucks and their owners were named winners across seven categories, with four for working trucks (two each for bobtail and combo, delineated by year), one for limited mileage, one for antique and one for interior.

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Overdrive Online

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Winners in the Pride & Polish interior category, Bennett-leased owner-operators Rick and Terry Henderson of Ohio, feature a tastefully decorated interior, dazzling lighting and distinctive striping on their 2022 Peterbilt 389.

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Overdrive Online

JUNE 21, 2021

Rigs are competing in seven categories. Voting for the virtual contest opened Monday, June 21, and runs through midnight July 11.

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247 Customs Broker

AUGUST 22, 2019

The Great American Trucking Show kicked off Thursday in Dallas, and competitors in Overdrive‘s Pride & Polish had their trucks shined up and ready for the show… The post Photos: Show trucks shine bright at GATS Pride & Polish appeared first on 24/7 Customs Broker News.

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247 Customs Broker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

This profile is part of a multi-part series profiling the seven Pride & Polish winners from the 2020 virtual Pride & Polish photo contest in August. Kris… The post Pride & Polish Working Bobtail, 2014-’21: ‘Pit Bull’ clamps down on top spot appeared first on 24/7 Customs Broker News.

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Overdrive Online

AUGUST 19, 2021

Kelsey's classic iron features numerous custom touches he's added throughout the 37 years he's owned the truck. These include a full rework of the interior, plenty of custom stainless, 7-inch stacks and more.

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Overdrive Online

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The Pride & Polish-winning W900L is now rolling memorial to John McCormick's "Bandit" Yorkie's memory. It’s not just the classic black-and-gold throwback paint scheme from Smokey & the Bandit that's behind the name of this owner's rig.

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Overdrive Online

JANUARY 18, 2023

In this video, catch scenes from a run with owner-operator John McCormick in his Pride & Polish champ '21 "Bandit" Kenworth, extending well into the night and showcasing the wealth of lighting he's added to the rig, among a myriad of other custom touches.

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Overdrive Online

APRIL 9, 2020

The Peterbilt's awards included a Pride & Polish Best of Show. El Dorado was photographed at Texas Stadium, home to the Dallas Cowboys through 2008.

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Overdrive Online

AUGUST 22, 2019

If you wonder why the lush blue show truck at the Great American Trucking Show is named “Opening Act,” owner Dan Brubaker has a quick answer: the shop his family recently opened in southeast Iowa, One of a Kind Customs.

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Overdrive Online

AUGUST 26, 2021

The rig was spec'd from the factory with a 380-inch wheelbase to accommodate the 192-inch sleeper, and is leased to Southern Pride Trucking, specializing in airline-related freight. The long story of how they got there runs through Europe, other careers.

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Overdrive Online

APRIL 17, 2020

This Peterbilt 379, a 2004 Pride & Polish entrant, was part of an Arkansas operation that hauled mostly aggregates and scrap metal.

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Overdrive Online

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The truck works, though its miles look more like those of a suburban commuter than an over-the-road trucker. Operator Matt Bankert's logged just 80,000 in nine years of farm work with the cabover, powered by a fully mechanical Caterpillar.

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Overdrive Online

JANUARY 5, 2023

"Pay enough attention to anything and keep it up -- it'll last you." Easton, Minn.-based based owner-operator Horace Goldman's 1987 Peterbilt 359 stands as a testament to the maxim, with its classic original dash and Goldman's personal touch all around.

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Overdrive Online

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The 1975-model COE was the first owned by G.L. Wasko when he started his business 45 years ago. He was the second owner of the rig then, and after some searching, the family also became the fifth owners of it in 2006.

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Overdrive Online

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Marvin Graves has been involved in the trucking industry in one way or another for most of the last 60 years. He started out as a company driver, then became an owner-operator before he started a truck stop ministry in the 1980s.

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WorkWave

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Apple takes great pride in creating apps and devices that are simple to use and always work. All this experience means their app is polished and informative. Their free route planner offers excellent navigation, street views, and an aesthetically pleasing application. It’s also straightforward to use.

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