The Great American Trucking Show
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Show Hours Thursday 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Seminars, workshops and more
Inspections and CSA scores, medical certificate updates, hours of service compliance, natural gas, safety audits, maximizing fuel purchases and having success as an owner-operator are all topics to be covered by the Smart Sessions at the show, which are sponsored by the Texas Trucking Association. The seminars are free to attendees. See Page 4 for the full schedule of educational seminars.
Follow the show live #GATS
Overdrive will be covering the show live at OverdriveOnline.com and will be providing up-to-the-minute information on show happenings on Twitter, @OverdriveUpdate #GATS. Join in on the show conversation by Liking Overdrive on Facebook, facebook.com/OverdriveTrucking. For two daily roundups of news and information from the show, subscribe to the Overdrive daily newsletter, overdriveonline.com/newslettersignup.
Dan Brubaker and his 2014 Peterbilt 389 and Wilson livestock trailer will be competing in the Working Combo category in the Pride & Polish National Championship.
Show truck champs
Turning heads
Bill Rethwisch will be looking to defend his Pride & Polish Dozens of the nation’s hottest show National Championship in the Working Combo category trucks are going head to head in com- with his 2012 Peterbilt 389 and Polar tanker. Rethwisch petition in the Pride & Polish area of the has another truck, a 2013 Peterbilt 389 and tanker, show. See Page 74 for more details. competing in the same category.
See inside for show happenings: • Trucking-themed rifle giveaway (pg. 4) • Trucker Talent Search finale (pg. 4) • Mike Ryan’s stunt truck (pg. 6) • Sirius XM broadcasting live from the show (pg. 6) • Freightliner showing off latest equipment (pg. 4)
Overdrive’s Most Beautiful winner to greet attendees, sign autographs
Emily Weymouth will make appearances at the booths of Con-way, the program’s sponsor, and Overdrive during the show. Last year’s winner, Maggie Stone, will crown her at the show at Red Eye Radio’s private VIP party. See Page 74 for Weymouth’s schedule.
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