Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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Custom Rigs March 2016 | Overdrive | 53 Pride on 75 T he 2016 Overdrive's Pride & Polish circuit kicks off next month in central Florida at the Wildwood-based 75 Chrome Shop's annual customer appreciation event. The April 23-24 show is the first of the 2016 calendar year. It's also the third of five qualifying events for the 2015-16 Pride & Polish National Championship series. The show attracts dozens of the country's top show trucks each year. It also offers free food, live music and giveaways such as lights, steering wheels, grilles, train horns and more. Admission is free to spectators, and onsite truck parking is available. The show's four Best of Show winners will qualify to compete in this year's Overdrive's Pride & Polish National Championship held in Au- gust at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas. They'll compete there against the 16 other Best of Show winners from the four other qualifying events. To register to attend the show or to learn how to enter your rig in the competition, visit prideand- polish.com. Owner-operator Bob Harley tied for runner-up in Limited-Mileage Bobtail at last year's 75 Chrome Shop event, scoring him an invitation to the 2014-15 Pride & Polish National Championship at GATS. The 75 Chrome Shop show hosts a lights show each year following the show's first day. This year's lights show is set for Saturday, April 23, with the winners named April 24. Photos by Brian Bourke