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Thursday, June 14, 2012 Show Daily News THURSDAY Show hours: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. SMART SUMMIT SEMINARS SAILING THROUGH YOUR BIT 8 a.m., Room 303 Covers BIT audit preparation.The seminar will emphasize the four most frequent problem areas – driver qualifi cation and discipline, hours of service, maintenance and out-of-service rules. A BIT kit will be provided to each attendee. Members* $99; Nonmembers $139 CSA WORKSHOP 8 a.m., Room 304 For interstate carriers. FMCSA and the California Trucking Association will cover what CSA means to your business and what drivers can do to help improve their safety scores. Members* $129; Non-members $169 REASONABLE SUSPICION TRAINING 1 p.m., Room 303 Covers recognition of signs and symptoms of drug and alcohol abuse. Includes role playing to help train attendees in basic interview tactics and covers two-hour training requirement for safety positions. Members* $129; Non-members $169 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS CERTIFICATION 1 p.m., Room 304 For hazmat shippers, transporters and handlers. Covers general hazmat requirements, tables, shipping papers, packaging, marking and labeling, loading, emergency response and security. Each attendee will receive a Hazardous Material Regulation Manual. Members* $149; Nonmembers $189 *California Trucking Association members. Follow along online Harley and McNamara kick off summer tour Get the latest show news and happenings at OverdriveOnline.com. For the most up-to-date information, follow Overdrive on Twitter, @OverdriveUpdate. To join in the conversation, Like Overdrive on Facebook: facebook.com/ OverdriveTrucking. Red Eye Radio Network hosts Eric Harley and Gary McNamara kick off their summer 2012 tour here in Booth 2928, before heading to Walcott, Iowa, July 12-13 for the Iowa 80 Truckstop's Walcott Jamboree. #GWTS12 Custom trucks Winners of the Pride & Polish show will be posted online at CustomRigsMag.com, along with photos of the Best of Show winners and various other items Saturday. For more show truck information, follow @CustomRigsMag on Twitter and Like the Custom Rigs Facebook page (facebook. com/CustomRigsMagazine). Attendees are invited to stop by participating sponsor booths to pick up a Red Eye Radio King of Hearts card and bring it to the RER booth to play a spin-to-win game. Prizes are available from the wheel and attendees can register to win $1,000 cash. Red Eye Radio's sponsors include Mercer Transportation, Chevron Delo, Progressive, Motel 6, Pilot Flying J and Uniden America Corporation. At the Walcott Jamboree in July, drivers can wish cash, too, and ride the free sponsor shuttle to and from the festivities. Eric Harley will be at the show both days to meet with attendees and pick a winner for a $500 cash giveaway. Visit redeyera- dioshow.com for more information. Red Eye Radio Network redeyeradioshow.com Booth #2928 John Gonzales of Yamko Truck Lines placed third in the Limited Mileage Bobtail category in last year's GWTS with his 2009 Peterbilt 388, owned by Yamko Truck Lines. Gonzales is the fl eet's manager. pen to all show visitors is the second stop of the 2012 Pride & Polish season, where some of the country's top show and working trucks are on display. The show brings in the best-looking trucks the country has to offer and pits them against one another in a contest of custom touches and cleanliness. The show is presented by Overdrive and Custom Rigs magazines. Like last year's event, there's much at stake, as the contest's four Best of Show winners will be invited to Dallas in August to compete in the second annual Pride & Polish National Championship held at the Great American Trucking Show. In last year's GWTS competition, Scott Diller and his 1981 Kenworth W900A won its second Pride & Polish Best of Show in a O Ryan Hooten's 1995 Peterbilt 379 won fi rst in Interior: OEM Sleeper and second in Working Combo: 2000 & Older in the 2011 GWTS show. He uses the truck to haul hay and grain for his Santa Ynez, Calif.-based Ryan's Feed and Trucking. row in the Limited Mileage Bobtail category. Jerry Kissinger's 1991 Mack Superliner and '06 Great Dane refrigerated trailer won Best of Show, Working Combo, and Yamko Truck Lines' '09 Peterbilt 389 won Best of Show, Working Bobtail. Isaac Aguilar of Sandvik Trucking won Best of Show in Limited Mileage Bobtail. Bill Sandvik, the company's owner, won the inau- gural Pride & Polish National Championship in the Working Bobtail category with his 2005 Peterbilt 379. The competitors spend weeks preparing their trucks and give them one last deep clean and polish on the show fl oor. They're on display in Halls B and C, and the awards ceremony – also open to all show visitors – will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. Friday seminar offers sound business advice Owner-operators need not miss Overdrive's Partners in Business seminar. The free seminar offers solid business advice to current and prospective owner- operators. PARTNERS IN BUSINESS A BUSINESS MANUAL FOR OWNER-OPERATORS PRODUCED BY OVERDRIVE AND ATBS Held Friday from 2-4 p.m. in Room 401, the seminar will help strengthen your opera- tion by offering basics in cutting costs and increasing revenue. Owner-operator busi- ness services provider ATBS representa- tives Jeff Amen and Richard DeForest will cover monitoring costs, building emergency funds, choosing loads, improving fuel mile- age and keeping up with industry trends. Attendees will receive complimen- tary refreshments and a copy of the 2012 Partners in Business Manual. Partners in Business 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Room 401 equipment to meet operational needs, fi nancing environmentally compliant ve- hicles and navigating alternative fuel options. It was sponsored by Bridgestone Tires, Chevron Delo and Freightliner Trucks. The Great West Fleet Executive Confer- ence was held Wednesday and Thursday and offered attendees sessions on com- plying with regulatory changes, spec'ing Edition 2012 Wild West Beauties The custom show and working trucks on display have national champ aspirations 12PIB_FC_COMBO.indd 111 4/13/12 10:20 AM

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