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FitzgeraldGliderKits.com 1 W elcome to history in the making! Since 1990, Overdrive's Pride & Polish has recognized and celebrated some of the most extraordinary trucks ever to roll their wheels down the road. Trucks with big hoods or small, trucks with round headlights or square, trucks that are clean and shiny and dressed to thrill. Trucks that deliver a message every day of the week – we're proud to represent the best of our industry. is is the place where we crown our 2015-2016 National Champion Working Trucks, Limited Mileage and Builders Class trucks and kick o the 2016-2017 season. We bring you two competitions in one location. Our journey to nd top qualiers took us around the country – beginning at GATS 2015. We then headed west to St. George, Utah, to the PDI Dyno Event and Truck Show. From there we made a 180-degree turn and hit the East Coast with a record-setting event at 75 Chrome Shop in Wildwood, Fla. Our last head-turning qualier of the 2015-2016 series was held at Fitzgerald Glider Kits in Crossville, Tenn. And that's brought us back for another fantastic year at the Great American Trucking Show, held once again in the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. Most of these trucks make a living for their drivers and owners every day. Some work a little less – Limited Mileage – and a special few compete in the Builders Class – where there are no 2016 Photography Dale Martin Editorial Director Suzanne Stempinski Production Specialist Bonnie Gable Editorial Misty Caddell James Jaillet Advertising Trent Collins Design Tim French Ian Holl Pride & Polish Staff Doug Holder Linda Meaux Richard Homan Julie Homan Trent Collins Becky Burroughs 6 National Champion Winners 18 GATS Winners List 24 National Champion Competitors 38 GATS Best of Show Winners 44 Display Trucks & GATS Competitors limits! It's the place where dreams and reality merge. If the smells of diesel and polish in the morning make your heart beat a little faster and the sight of freshly polished wheels makes your eyes light up, you've come to the right place. From antique trucks with stories to tell to brand-new, fresh-o-the- line rigs with adventures yet to unfold, we've got something for every fan of the trucking industry. Come celebrate with us as we proudly present the 2016 Pride & Polish National Champions, along with the rst exceptional collection of contenders for 2017. We're at your ngertips – here and on our website at prideandpolish.com. Or visit our Facebook page at facebook.com/prideandpolish. We're with you everywhere you go with the latest information about past and future Pride & Polish events – and registration is easy with the touch of a button. "Trucks that deliver a message every day of the week – we're proud to represent the best of our industry."