Dallas Pride & Polish Winners Announced

Truck beauty show’s 20 anniversary highlighted by wide range of winning big rigs in Dallas

Jonathan (left) and Pat Eilen brought their working rigs to Dallas from Minnesota and drove home with Best of Show in both Combo and Bobtail classes.

Andy Zary’s ’59 Purple Mack was on the road hauling loads 48 years before Jake Lindamood’s two-tone 379 Peterbilt ever set tire to pavement.

Mitch Larson’s black-and-green, 2010 daycab 389 Peterbilt is a stark contrast to Kevin McIntyre’s white-and-orange 1984 359.

And Jonathan Eilen’s 2010 Peterbilt 389 dump combo is way different from Lindamood’s.

But what all five of these customized big rigs have in common is they hauled away the Best of Show trophies at the end of the annual Custom Rigs Pride & Polish truck beauty show held in conjunction with the Great American Trucking Show (GATS) in Dallas.

This year’s GATS Pride & Polish show drew 53 customized bobtails and combos to the Dallas Convention Center, some coming from as far away as California and Minnesota.

Kevin McIntyre, 1984 Peterbilt 359

“This year’s truck show was one of the best we’ve had,” says Neil Holsomback, the on-site manager of the Pride & Polish events.

“The judges really had their work cut out for them because there were a lot of very nice trucks competing against one another in multiple categories.”

Click here to see the complete list of winners and their photos. –CR

Best of Show  – Builder’s Class: Kevin McIntyre, 1984 Peterbilt 359

Best of Show – Limited Mileage Bobtail: Andy Zary, 1959 Mack B-61

Best of Show – Limited Mileage Combo: Jake Lindamood, 2007 Peterbilt 379/CPS Dump

Best of Show -Working Bobtail: Mitch Larson/Pat Eilen Trucking, 2010 Peterbilt 389

Best of Show – Working Combo: Jonathan Eilen, 2010 Peterbilt 389/Mac Dump

Raul Mendez, Sr, owner of Triple R Diesel, was presented with a special award for having the most custom rigs entered in the show.

GATS show attendees had plenty to talk about as they cruised among more than 50 custom rigs in the Pride & Polish section.