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September 2013

Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info

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CUSTOM RIGS TREND SETTIN', FAMILY BUZINESS CROWNED PRIDE & POLISH NATIONAL CHAMPS V innie Diorio and Todd Roccapriore have to find some room in their already packed trophy cases for one more award from a 2013 show truck tour that saw them each take top honors at Pride & Polish stops across the country. The latest award, however, is the culmination of that yearlong tour, as each was named the winner of the 2013 Overdrive's Pride & Polish National Championship in their respective categories at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas last month. Diorio and his 2013 Peterbilt 389 and matching Mac trailer – dubbed Trend Settin' – won in the LimitedMileage Combo category. The Richfield, Wis.-based small fleet owner qualified for the National Championship judging round after winning Best of Show at the Crossville, Tenn.-based Pride & Polish Complete reportevent held at the Fitzgerald Glider ing of the GATS Pride & Polish Kits customer appreciation show. show, which finDiorio also picked up a Best of ished just as this Show victory with a different truck issue was going – another 2013 Peterbilt 389 and to press, will be in matching Mac trailer combo – at the the October issue. You can also visit 75 Chrome Shop Show in April in OverdriveOnline. Wildwood, Fla. com/pridechamp13 Roccapriore won his National for a full list of Championship trophy in the Limitedwinners, including Mileage Bobtail category with his more photos. 2001 Peterbilt 379, Family Buziness. The Connecticut-based small fleet owner this year has swept every Pride & Polish show he's competed in with the truck, picking up Best of Show victories at the Wildwood and Crossville shows and the Great West Truck Show Pride & Polish in Las Vegas in June. He co-shows the truck with Performance Diesel Inc.'s Jerad Wittwer, who built the truck for Roccapriore. Tomah, Wis.-based small fleet owner Bill Rethwisch picked up the national champion title in the Working Combo category with his 2007 Peterbilt 379 and matching Polar tanker. Rethwisch won Best of Show at the Fitzgerald Pride & Polish show to qualify for the National Championship judging round. In the Working Bobtail category, Josh Skidmore and his FULL PRIDE & POLISH COVERAGE BY JAMES JAILLET Vinnie Diorio and his 2013 Peterbilt 389 and matching Mac trailer — dubbed Trend Settin' — won the 2013 Overdrive's Pride & Polish National Championship in the Limited-Mileage Combo category. The Working Combo award went to Bill Rethwisch and his 2007 Peterbilt 379. Todd Roccapriore won his National Championship trophy in the Limited-Mileage Bobtail category with his 2001 Peterbilt 379, Family Buziness. The Working Bobtail award went to Josh Skidmore and his 2007 Peterbilt 379. 2007 Peterbilt 379 won top billing. Skidmore won Best of Show in Las Vegas at the Great West Truck Show, qualifying him for the National Championship round. The 2013 Overdrive's Pride & Polish National Championship series began at the 2012 Great American Trucking Show, where the four Best of Show winners qualified to compete in a final judging round. Best of Show winners from the other five Pride & Polish shows held in the previous year – the 2012 PDI Dyno Event, 2012 Charlotte Diesel Super Show, 2013 75 Chrome Shop Show, 2013 Great West Truck Show and 2013 Fitzgerald Truck Show – also qualified for the National Championship round of judging. 56 | Overdrive | September 2013 GATS_Roundup.indd 56 8/27/13 9:56 PM

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