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Download show app, win $500 Show attendees who download the Intersection 2013 app — the official app of the Great American Trucking Show — will be entered to win a $500 gift card. Download the app and log in with your badge number to enter the drawing. The app includes agendas of all Intersection 2013 events, a map of the exhibitor floor and conference locations, check-ins and personalized schedules. It allows you to see what others are doing, view event photos and find trending sessions and topics and find exhibitors and sponsors and checkin at exhibitor booths. Attendees can earn points, badges and prizes by checking in, commenting and "liking" other attendee updates within the app. It's available in the App Store on iOS devices (iPhone and iPad) and on the Google Play market for Android devices. ProPickup presents towing liability seminar In the Towing & the Law seminar, a panel of experts will explain the liability issues companies face, what pickup tow ratings mean and how to equip pickups and trailers to handle the loads demanded so that liability risk is minimized. 1 p.m., Booth 8031 (in the ProPickup Truck Expo area) 4 Overdrive's Most Beautiful finalists to be interviewed live on Red Eye, Freewheelin' At 11 a.m. today, Overdrive's Most Beautiful finalists Maggie Stone, Libby Clayton and Tina Comer will appear on Sirius/XM radio (located at the Freightliner booth, #12113) with Meredith Ochs, where they will discuss the Most Beautiful contest and their journey from one of 71 contestants until finally being chosen as one of the top three. Maggie Stone Libby Clayton At 4 p.m., Overdrive's Most Beautiful finalists will appear on Red Eye Radio, in the show lobby. They will talk to Mindy Baker and Eric Harley about life on the road, the contest and their thoughts on beauty and women truckers. These hard working truckers won the trip to GATS, where they will sign Chevron highlighting fuel efficiencyimproving oil Robb Mariani, host of Speed's American Trucker will be at the Cobra Electronics booth (#16074) throughout the show to meet drivers and to exhibit with the company its new CB radio, dash cam and antenna. Cobra is displaying at its booth the Cobra 29 LX Camo CB radio, Drive HD Dash Cam and Cobra CB Antennas. The 29 LX Camo radio comes in Realtree Xtra pattern and includes NOOA weather and emergency alerts, four-color LCD display, channel scan, noise cancelling microphone and a radio check feature for testing functions like RF power, antenna condition and battery voltage. The HD Dash Cam records everything forward facing in full 1080p HD autographs, receive a make-over and be photographed in front of championship show trucks at the Pride & Polish show. The grand prize winner will appear on the cover of Overdrive magazine. The winner will be recognized on Saturday at 11 a.m., on the Pride & Polish stage prior to the show truck announcements. Robb Mariani hanging out at Cobra booth Chevron Delo is displaying at its booth its new Delo 400 XLE Synblend SAE 10W-30, which it says can increase fuel economy in Class 6 trucks by 3.6 percent over SAE 15W-40 oils and improve fuel economy by 1 percent in Class 8 trucks. The oil is formulated for use in both modern on-highway, low emissions engines and older engines. The oil will not sacrifice engine durability, Chevron says. Visit Chevron's booth, #16091, to learn more about the oil. Tina Comer Radio booths hosting country music meet and greet Country music singers Chris Cagle, Jaida Dreyer, Austin Webb and Dakota Bradley will be signing autographs and meeting fans at the Red Eye Radio booths all three days of the show. Eric Harley and Gary McNamara, hosts of Red Eye Radio, will be hosting the event and will be introducing the stars to the attendees, who will split time between the lobby booth and RER's show floor booth (#24129). Attendees who stop by the booths will also have the opportunity to register to win a Spyder Can-Am ATV, CB radios, GPS units and other prizes. Red Eye Radio's booths are sponsored by Chevron Delo, Con-way Truckload, Motel 6, Pilot Flying J, Firestone, Motorkote and Metro E-Cigarette. Robb Mariani, host and executive producer of the Speed Channel's American Trucker, will be at the Cobra Electronics booth greeting attendees. video. A sensor within the dash cam automatically saves clips when an impact has been detected and the highend model will record your precise location via GPS where the accident occurs. Visit Booth #16074 for more information. Tell us about the trucker you love and win a shirt Truckers know they have one of the toughest, least appreciated jobs in the economy. Overdrive is taking a step to remedy that problem with its I Luv My Trucker! promotion, running in connection with National Truck DriverAppreciation Week. Show attendees can nominate their favorite trucker by completing a form at the Overdrive booth. From 3-4 p.m. on each day of the show, attendees can also visit the booth and do a 30-second video nomination. Those who make video nominations will receive a $5 discount coupon for I Luv My Trucker! shirts for sale at the show's eTrucker store. If you're too busy at the show, you can also visit ILuvMyTrucker.com to make a written nomination of the trucker you appreciate. Submitters are also welcome to upload a photo or a 30-second video that begins: "I love my trucker because …" Examples can be viewed on the site. During this year's appreciation week, Sept. 15-21, the winning nomination will be highlighted. That driver will be featured in theOctober Overdrive. Those who submit the top 10 nominations will receive a shirt. Overdrive OverdriveOnline.com/ iluvmytrucker Booth #13144 Intersection 2013 Show Daily & Directory Thursday_GATS13PG001-51.indd 4 8/16/13 10:42 AM