Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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September 2016 | Overdrive | 59 Custom Rigs PRide & Polish two categories this year, hav- ing won Best of Show as a combo and as a bobtail. Cousins' and Calangelo's Icon was the first built by Kenworth. The Carthage, Missouri-based truckers took ownership of the rig after Kenworth introduced it last March, stripped it down and rebuilt it as a custom show truck. The pair took home two Pride & Polish Best of Show victories in the 2015-16 circuit, winning the PDI Pride & Polish in October and the 75 Chrome Shop Show in April. The rig also was named Truckers' Choice National Champion, winning an online voting contest by Overdrive readers. Two other champions qualified to compete at last year's GATS, which hosts the first event of the National Championship sea- son. Von Ormy, Texas-based owner-operator Regalado and Rigby, Idaho-based operator Jay both won Best of Show in their categories at the 2015-16 season kick- off in Dallas last year and returned to collect National Championships this year. Great American Chrome_OVD1114_PG.indd 1 10/13/14 2:12 PM Pride & Polish is sponsored by Overdrive Magazine, 75 Chrome Shop, Dynaflex, Fitzgerald Glider Kits, Hogebuilt, Panelite by Dieter's, Mac Trailer, ProMiles Software and AITA. Jordan Jay's 2015 Peterbilt 389 and 2016 Western flatbed won the Pride & Polish championship in the Limited-Mileage Combo category. More next month Overdrive will explore the 2016 Pride & Polish champions and 2016's GATS Best of Show winners in an expanded Custom Rigs section in October. For complete coverage of all Pride & Polish awards from the GATS 2016 competition, visit OverdriveOnline. com and search for "year's top show trucks."