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Logbook July 2017 | Overdrive | 19 Trucker party, famous trucks among highlights at GATS This year's Great American Truck- ing Show in Dallas will feature a Friday evening party for attendees, as well as trucks made famous in Hollywood in the 1970s. GATS will run Thursday-Satur- day, Aug. 24-26, at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in downtown Dallas. The Aug. 25 party, sponsored by Uber Freight, will feature live music from trucker and recording artist Tony Justice and Australian singer-songwriter Jayne Denham. Justice's three records since 2011 have driven the rise in his profile among truckers. His fourth is due this summer. Justice drives for Greeneville, Tenn.-based Everhart Transportation Inc. The party will be held from 5:15 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Eddie Deen's Ranch, next to the convention center. Admission is free and will include BBQ sandwiches and fixings. A free ticket can be picked up at the Uber Freight booth in Lobby B, near the main entrance to the show. Established events returning to GATS include Overdrive's Pride & Polish, Truckers News' Trucking's Top Rookie contest, the Over- drive-Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent Search finals, and Overdrive's Part- ners in Business seminars, spon- sored by Ryder and truckstop.com. Attendees will get a look at the original tractor and trailer from the TV series "BJ and the Bear," the original tractor from the TV show "Movin' On" and, at the DAS RoadPro booth, a "Smokey and the Bandit" replica truck and trailer. The Progressive 5K Run/Walk will be held 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 24, at Trinity Grove Park along the Trinity River. Proceeds will ben- efit the St. Christopher Truckers Development and Relief Fund, a nonprofit that helps drivers whose medical problems have led to finan- cial hardship. The Health Pavilion will offer services including retinal scanning, as part of diabetes screening, by Dr. John's Medical Solutions; mammo- grams by Baylor, Scott and White; eye screenings by UT-Southwest- ern; and bone marrow compatibil- ity tests by DKMS. DOT physicals will be offered by AccuScreen Drug and Alcohol Testing for a reduced price of $55. Drivers can park their rigs for free at the TA-Petro Truck Parking Community. There will be free showers, free shuttles to and from the show and some basic truck maintenance offered by TA-Petro. Live music at the parking will be provided nightly by Denham, truck- ers Bill Weaver and Paul Marhoefer and others. An auction will be held to benefit Trucker's Final Mile. Registration for the show and lodging information is available at TruckShow.com. Registration is free before the show begins. Onsite registration will be $10. – Matt Cole Recording artist Tony Justice will emcee and perform at the Trucker Talent Search finals Friday afternoon, Aug. 25, then headline a Friday evening party. S LESSON NUMBER ONE IS POWER. S Daimler Detroit #89973 WS Lesson Number One is Power Print Ad 4C, 1/3 Page Overdrive Power and efficiency, to be precise. You get plenty of both when you spec your Western Star with an American-built Detroit ™ engine. Whether you choose the Detroit DD13, ® the Detroit DD15 ® or the 16-liter Detroit DD16, ® you'll have an engine you can count on to deliver performance and profitability for years to come. Find out more at westernstar.com/powertrain 89973_DET_LessonNoOne_Overdrive.indd 1 6/12/17 11:18 AM Untitled-12 1 6/13/17 2:12 PM

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