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Four kings of chrome crowned at culmination of inaugural Pride & Polish National Championship Series. BY JAMES JAILLET P erennial Pride & Polish competitor Bill Sandvik says his Best of Show victory in June at the Great West Truck Show's Pride & Polish in Las Vegas was something of a surprise. He shows alongside one of his small fleet's drivers, Isaac Aguilar, and mostly pulls for him. The success in Vegas, though, won Sandvik an invitation to compete in the inaugural Custom Rigs Pride & Polish National Championship series in Dallas at the Great American Trucking show in August, where his 2005 Peterbilt 379 was named the first national champion in the Working Bobtail category. "And there I was," Sandvik says, "surprised again." Limited Mileage Combo — GATS, NCS Paul Voigt's 1999 Peterbilt 379 and Great Dane reefer scored a Best of Show victory at GATS to be eligible for the national championship series in the show. PRIDE & POLISH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS WORKING BOBTAIL Bill Sandvik, 2005 Peterbilt 379 WORKING COMBO Jonathan Eilen, 2010 Peterbilt 389 LIMITED MILEAGE BOBTAIL Randy Stroup, 1986 Peterbilt 359 LIMITED MILEAGE COMBO Paul Voigt, 1999 Peterbilt 379 OCTOBER 2011 OVERDRIVE 35