Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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roadside attractions CALENDAR SuperRigs 30th anniversary The Shell Rotella SuperRigs show in Joplin will culminate three decades of some of the best in show trucks. Pictured here is Jerry Heiderscheit's 2011 Best of Show 2003 Peterbilt 379, also featured in the 2012 Shell Rotella SuperRigs calendar. Enter your truck in the show for a chance to appear in the 2013 version. WIN $500! You can enter a photo of your truck online in the Shell Rotella Virtual SuperRigs and have a chance at winning $500. Check the Galleries section of CustomRigsMag.com. May 17-19: SHELL ROTELLA SUPERRIGS 30TH ANNIVERSARY, Speedco, I-44 exit 4, Joplin, Mo., rotella.com. MAY 18-19: JOPLIN 44 TRUCKERS JAMBOREE, Joplin 44 Petro, I-44 exit 4, Joplin, Mo., (417) 624-3400. MAY 19: ATHS GREATER CINCINNATI CHAPTER TRUCK SHOW, Howard Trucking Co., Fairborn, Ohio, Jerry Howard (937) 878-6154. MAY 19: ATHS PIEDMONT CAROLINA CHAPTER LESTER BROWN MEMORIAL TRUCK SHOW, North Carolina Transportation Museum, Spencer, N.C., (336) 431-6824. JUNE 10: ATHS OCEAN STATE VINTAGE HAULERS TRUCK SHOW, Johnston War Memorial Park, Johnston, R.I., Joseph Pingitore II, (401) 692-0095. JUNE 10: ATCA GREATER PITTSBURGH CHAPTER TRUCK SHOW, Kings Family Restaurant, I-70 exit 32-B, Bentleyville, Pa., George Bradish, (724) 539-8386. JUNE 14-16: GREAT WEST TRUCK SHOW, including Custom Rigs Pride & Polish, Las Vegas Sands Expo & Convention Center, (888) 349-4287, www.greatwesttruckshow.com. JULY 12-13: WALCOTT TRUCKERS JAMBOREE, Iowa 80 Truck Stop, I-80 Exit 284, Walcott, Iowa, www.iowa- 80truckstop.com. AUG. 11: BROCKWAY TRUCKS 100th ANNIVERSARY, Cortland, N.Y., www. brockwaytrucks.org. AUG. 23-25: GREAT AMERICAN TRUCKING SHOW, including Custom Rigs Pride & Polish and ProPickup Truck Expo, Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, www.gatsonline.com. OCT. 5-6: CHARLOTTE DIESEL SUPER SHOW, including Custom Rigs Pride & Polish, zMax Dragway Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, N.C., www.dieselsu- pershow.com. 14 OVERDRIVE MAY 2012 Family tradition Newkirk, Okla., native Clint Mantz uses his 2012 Peterbilt 389 to haul raw feed, propane and butane for Acord Trucking. Mantz has added 6-inch drop panels, Rockwood flooring and extra lights to the truck, which began its life as a factory glider kit with a 2006 625- hp Caterpillar and 18-speed transmission installed by Kansas City Peterbilt. "My dad did it before me," Mantz says of his work. "I've taken over the tradition." Twang Thang The hit song by country music artist Terri Clark inspired the name of Tommy Roach's 1999 Peterbilt 379. The truck is powered by a C12 Caterpillar and 13-speed transmission. The pop song "fit my lifestyle," says the past Overdrive Pride & Polish contestant (in 2009, his combo unit bagged Third in its class). He's added a custom enclosed headache rack, stainless steel fenders and doors and panel light bars. "Even the trailer is custom," he says, which he uses to haul jet engines and chemicals. SUBMIT YOUR PHOTO To display your truck online and have it considered for Overdrive's Truck Gallery, go to the Reader Truck Gallery at www.OverdriveOnline.com. TRUCK GALLERY Poor Man's Pete Independent owner-operator Rob Hale of Wynne, Ark., hauls oversize and flatbed freight all over the South with his Poor Man's Pete, this 2001 379. It's powered by a 550-hp Caterpillar and an 18-speed transmission. Hale says his wife thinks he's spent "way too much money" adding interior upgrades and "all the stainless I could afford," he says.