Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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66 | Overdrive | May 2015 CUSTOM RIGS THIS YEAR'S ACTIVITIES: FREE TRUCK PARKING • Shuttle bus transportation to convention center • Showers, food vendors and exhibitor demos • RV parking (no hook-ups) This pavilion will provide products, information, free services and education to assist you on the road to better health. • Free health screenings • Cooking demos • In-cab fitness demos • Healthy food options • Health-related vendors EDUCATION • Texas Trucking Association seminars • Partners in Business workshops RECRUITING PAVILION • Expanded pavilion with more recruiters • Find your next job • Learn about fleet driver packages OVERDRIVE'S PRIDE & POLISH • Celebrating their 25th anniversary, Pride & Polish sets the standard for truck beauty contests • Enter your truck to compete at PrideandPolish.com and be part of the National Championship Series • Show trucks from across the country on display PRIDE & POLISH STAGE Stage hosting numerous sessions that will excite and educate: • Truckers Got Talent contest • Pride & Polish award presentation RED EYE RADIO • Daily meet and greets and celebrity appearances • Live performances at the booth • Prize giveaways and drawings REGISTER NOW! TRUCKSHOW.COM O verdrive's Pride & Polish and the new Meritor Champ- Truck World Series unite this month in Northern California, where the second stop for both 2015 circuits will be held at the Thunderhill Raceway in Willows, Calif. The May 22-24 event will fea- ture displays of the country's top show trucks and a weekend full of 100-mph truck race action on the speedway, about an hour outside of Sacramento. Thunderhill will be the fourth stop in the 2015 Pride & Polish National Championship series. The show's four Best of Show winners will compete for national title hon- ors this August at the Great Ameri- can Trucking Show in Dallas. Thunderhill also is the second stop in ChampTruck's inaugural season. A team of about a dozen Class 8 trucks will race in a half- dozen heats and a main event to determine both a weekend points champion and points earned to- ward the season championship. Admission is $20 for adults. Chil- dren 15 and under get in free. Visit OverdriveOnline.com/ champtruck to learn more about the truck racing series. Visit prideandpolish.com to learn more about the show truck contest and to register to compete. SHOW TRUCKS, MEET RACE TRUCKS Overdrive's Pride & Polish and ChampTruck join forces in California By James Jaillet The Thunderhill Raceway is the second stop in the inaugural season of the Meritor ChampTruck World Series. Thunderhill also will be the fourth stop in the 2015 Pride & Polish National Championship series.