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Overdrive
| February 2015
D
arian Stephens and Pride & Polish
fi rst crossed paths in 1997. Following
a banquet hosted by his carrier the
same year where he earned a Best of Show
victory and a few other fi rst-place trophies,
Stephens brought his 1995 Freightliner Clas-
sic to Louisville, Ky., for Overdrive's contest.
Stephens' fi rst showing didn't yield much
hardware, but the competition hooked him.
"I hit all the shows for three or four years
after that," he says. "I must have competed
in 50 or 60 shows over the years."
Not all of those were Pride & Polish
events, but through the course of Stephens'
Overdrive will celebrate the 25th anniversary of Pride & Polish
throughout the year by honoring the trucks and owners whose hard
work established the premiere truck beauty contest.
By James Jaillet
The 2010 Great West Truck
Show in Las Vegas, Nev.,
hosted this Pride & Polish
competition.
