At 129,000 pounds and more than 98 feet, Burningham’s coal ash hauling tandem-trailer combo is one big custom rig

by Hib Halverson

Photos by author and Paul Hartley

The Burningham guys swapped the stock bumper for a smooth-finish Valley Chrome model, along with a VC drop visor. The headlight brackets and front and rear blinker bars are of the Double J variety. Haulin’ Ash has 250 lights, along with blue neon tubes over every axle and beneath the cab.

Half the electricity in the United States comes from coal-fired power plants, the typical power facility in the West burning 50 tons of bituminous an hour –about 1,600 pounds a minute.

Out of the fires comes ash – a lot of ash. Perhaps surprisingly, 43 percent of that ash, about 29 million tons annually, is recycled for use in chemical products and construction materials, primarily cement. It’s usually hauled from generating plant to cement plant by rigs pulling special 30- to 35-foot doubles. Such rigs’ GVWRs can scale as much as 132,000 pounds.

One of the most wicked ash haulers on the road is a rare 2005 Peterbilt 379X called Haulin’ Ash, owned by Burningham Enterprises of American Fork, Utah, located about 20 miles south of Salt Lake City.

Gary and Jeff Burningham started the business in 1988 to pay for college as owner-operators hauling sand, gravel and anything else they could. Today Burningham has grown to 60-truck fleet hauling coal ash and aggregates. Haulin’ Ash is its pride.

“In 2005, Gary and Jeff were looking for a truck for heavy haul projects,” says Brad Rigby, a Burningham dispatcher. “Jeff ordered a 379X Peterbilt and was lucky enough to get one of the last ones.”

What arrived was a rare, special-edition Pete made only in the ’04 and ’05 model years, spec’ed the way many Burningham trucks are: with a

long nose, 270-inch wheel base, 475-hp Caterpillar C15 Acert engine, Eaton 18-speed double-over trans, Dana 46,000-lb. drive axles with 3:58 gears on a Pete air leaf suspension, 295/75R22.5 tires on Alcoa wheels and polished aluminum, four-strap fuel tanks.

“One day, Gary and Jeff put it in a local truck show and won Second,” says Rigby. “ Once they had a taste of the show truck life, they told Kerry McGraw and myself we could customize it.”

Rigby, Mcgraw and Kendall Curtis, all former company drivers, took to the task quite seriously, burning through what might otherwise be a 10-year project budget in just one. This customized ash hauler’s distinctiveness comes from its killer paint job.

Applied over the stock Peterbilt black Imron is some incredible airbrush work by Dan Langston. The owners’ last name provided the theme for the artwork: burning ham. Thus a big, ugly wild hog trailing smoke and blue flames is on the hood and the back of the sleeper. More blue flame and smoke adorns the tractor’s doors, the sleeper sides, the rear fenders and the trailers.

The interior’s a sick combination of chrome, leather and marble. Burningham's shop added chrome gauge covers and jeweled switch extenders while Contempo Tile handled the intricate black marble cab and sleeper flooring.

Prior to airbrushing Haulin’ Ash, Langston, from Albuquerque, New Mexico, known for his work on custom bikes, had never done anything larger than a pickup. Nevertheless, he finished the combo in 12 hours – an astonishing feat. More of Langston’s imaginative work is on the underside of the hood, where an underwater panorama of a hot-looking mermaid, a giant shark, a Kenworth lying on the ocean bottom, a sinking Freightliner and the two owners, Gary and Jeff Burningham, looking on through portholes.

“The scene portrays the sink-or-swim mentality of the trucking industry of late,” Rigby says.

Burningham’s custom rig has a mere 8,000 miles on the odometer. But that may change. With business slow, instead of buying new equipment they may put “Haulin Ash” to work pulling a set of newer trailers. “The truck was built so it can go on the road,” Rigby says. “If that happens, I hope I can dispatch from the driver seat, because nothing is better than driving something like this down the road and seeing the people’s reaction and approval.”

Besides truck beauty shows and work, Haulin’ Ash has another important duty: motivational assemblies at elementary schools around the Salt Lake City and Utah county areas. Burningham drivers challenge school kids to read more pages in books than they drive miles on the road during the school year. So far the race between the two has been close. We’ll have to wait and see whether the kids can keep up if she hits the road in earnest.

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in the Fall 2009 issue of Custom Rigs.

Donne Cornellison’s instructions to the guys at the Chrome Shop Mafia were pretty self-explanatory when he dropped off his just-purchased, burgundy ’07 “big bunk” 379: He wanted it all “jazzed up” when he returned in a couple weeks to put it on the road. Part of the “jazz” included a big, in-your-face exhaust to make his rig look cool and give the pre-DPF-era, twin-turbo C15 ACERT Cat a little nicer growl.

Cornellison is typical of truckers coast-to-coast who take a lot of pride in their ride and want their truck to be more distinctive than the run-of-the-mill factory model.

Upgrading the exhaust system is part of the basic holy trinity of customizing (wheels, bumpers and stacks), which has its roots in the earliest days of hot-rodding, when the “Go big, go loud, be proud!” mantra prevailed.

The cost of a “jumbo” exhaust upgrade isn’t cheap. The going rate for an 8-inch full upgrade kit runs $2,500-$3,500 depending on the brand and accessories. Installation, if you choose not to do it yourself, can add another $600 for the all-day job.

But the cost is worth it for more than just cosmetic appeal; a bigger, more free-flowing exhaust system improves both power and fuel economy.

“Bigger stacks alone don’t do much to boost power. But when combined with performance mufflers it’s a different story,” says Bruce Mallinson, president of Pittsburgh Power. “Performance mufflers reduce exhaust backpressure, which in turn takes the pressure off of the piston during the exhaust stroke and allows more of the horsepower to be used by the crankshaft.”

A freer-running engine making more power usually results in an increase in fuel economy, something Pittsburgh Power says it’s documented as high as 0.5 mpg on some installations.

Speaking of installations, check out these shots of 4 State Trucks’ Michael Forst as he slipped a set of Lincoln Chrome 8-inch “jumbo” pipes and a shorty under-cab muffler on Cornellison’s ’07 Pete. Maybe seeing how easy it is will get you headed in a similar direction.

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Shop Notes

Time required: 6-8 hours

Tools: floor jacks; cutting torch; miscellaneous air tools; basic hand tools; anti-seize; tape measure

Parts needed:

• Lincoln Chrome Jumbo 8-in. Exhaust Kit w/ “Y”-pipe (#01-089114100 / $3,200)
• 36-in. length standard 5-in flexible exhaust pipe
• (4) 5-in. saddle clamps
• 30-in. “Shorty” muffler (#87Q500674 / $85)

by Todd Dills

Dino Guadagni is no stranger to custom vehicle work, having been reared in the family that four generations ago founded Western Distributing and Transportation Corporation as the first distributor of Coors beer. Guadagni’s father, Vieri Gaines, is a prominent NHRA Pro Stock driver and mechanic who had him and his two brothers “into cars and other stuff” from a young age.

But “I kind of took to the trucks,” says Guadagni. His first was an antique 1953 Peterbilt he rebuilt from the ground up for his own personal truck – he runs about a load a week, he says, shuttling empty trailers from Western’s yard in Colorado to customer facilities and dropping loaded trailers back at the yard.

“But I also wanted to do a Kenworth,” he said, and he got his chance after saying so on Western’s website (www.wdtc.net).

Washington State resident Linda Shanks called and told Guadagni about a 1954 Kenworth 524 her father had “always wanted to fix up, but he was getting on in age,” She offered it to him and he eagerly accepted the challenge.

As it would turn out, the truck’s original owner would get quite a treat in pictures of the custom-rebuilt unit, as Guadagni and crew did a number on it, working to answer this question with its design: “What would this 50-year-old truck look like if built today using its style while keeping my love of long, clean, smooth, uncluttered lines?”

They started by moving the cab, hood, grille, fenders and more over to a 1994 Kenworth chassis with front/rear air suspension and outfitted with a rebuilt 425hp Cat 3406 backed by a 18-speed.

Old-school KW cabs were “shorter in height,” says Guadagni, than current models, so after stripping the daycab and installing new sheet metal and floor, the crew “sunk buckets into the floor to lower the seats.”

The entire interior superstructure was welded back together, the dash filled, and the exterior reworked to accentuate the long lines.

Of particular note are the custom running boards, which extend from the front fenders to the fuel tanks and on into the tank skirts. The smooth metal acts as an artist’s applet to seamlessly carry a uniquely airbrushed flame pattern from the fenders all the way down the length of the frame.

The truck was painted a custom color Guadagni calls “Western Blue” by Denver-based Diversified Body & Paint,. Then long-time friend Johnny Pugh, who painted Guadagni’s 1953 Pete, Miss Behavin’, handled the air-brush artistry.

Pugh (www.artofjohnpugh.com) is a Denver native known for his public murals and air-brush work on drag-racers, motorcycles and big rigs.

“Johnny beat me up about wanting to do a flame job on something large,” Guadagni says. “This was an idea he wanted to do real bad. But I didn’t have a bunch of money for graphics on this one. So we made a deal.”

During the painting process Pugh asked Guadagni what his CB handle was, and Guadagni replied, “Hotshot.”

The handle came from when Guadagni first started shuttling trailers for his father’s company and his impressive acumen for backing the rigs into tight loading docks.

“When other companies came to our warehouse and took forever to get backed in,” recalls Guadagni, “my dad and his friends would say, ‘Hey Hotshot, we ain’t got all day — go show them how to do it.’”

Pugh heard this story and said, simply, “Interesting. Well, you’re no longer Hotshot – you’re Inferno Joe now.”

And that, of course, is where this old KW got her name.

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Specs

Owner: Western Distributing and Transportation/Dino Guadagni, Denver, Colo.

Model: 1954 Kenworth 524 Conventional

Engine: 425-hp Caterpillar 3406

Transmission: Eaton Fuller 18-speed

Interior mods: All custom; wood floors and dash by Rockwood Products; black leather/ostrich upholstery custom-made by Empire Upholstery; Double J gauges; custom flame patterning in the doors, ceiling, dash and rear of the seats, also by Empire; and more

Exterior mods: Chrome nuts, bezels, front bumper and other accessories; 1994 Kenworth chassis; fenders chopped 3-4”; new running boards and tank side skirts; custom visor; rear “street rod” window; new mirror brackets; modified WTI fenders; 8” Dynaflex stacks with custom bracketry; rear T plate and bumper by Interstate Turbo; and more

Scott Diller’s 1981 Kenworth W900A is vying for the inaugural Pride & Polish national championship. His truck qualified by winning Best of Show at the 75 Chrome Shop’s Pride & Polish event in Wildwood, Fla., in April.

The inaugural Custom Rigs Pride & Polish National Championship will be named Saturday at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas as 20 of the top rigs in the country compete for the title. The show is held Aug. 25-27 in Dallas at the Dallas Convention Center.

The contenders were chosen at four preliminary contests from different areas of the United States: the 2011 Great West Truck Show, the 2011 Wildwood 75 Chrome Shop show, the 2010 Truckin’ for Kids show and the 2010 Charlotte Diesel Super Show. The last preliminary, the Great America Trucking Show Pride & Polish, will take place at GATS this week, and its Best of Show winners will be entered into the National Championship judging round.

The Best of Show winners from the four Pride & Polish preliminaries will be showcased in a special viewing area during the show. The owners who win the top three spots in the National Championship contest will each receive a trophy and $1,500, $1,000 or $500 for first, second or third place. Robb Marianni, host of Speed network’s American Trucker will be on hand judging in both the preliminary round and the championship round.

Also at the show, singer-songwriter Jamey Johnson will perform a free concert, sponsored by Mobil Delvac, on Friday at 5:30 p.m. Tickets will be given away on a first-come, first-served basis at 9 a.m. Friday under the Mobil Delvac’s tent in the GATS main registration lobby.

Armando Burguan's 2009 Peterbilt 389

The Pride & Polish National Championship field just got a little larger, as the four Best of Show winners from the Great West Truck Show Pride & Polish events were announced at the show in early June. Here’s the entire list of winners from the show:

BEST OF SHOW LIMITED MILEAGE COMBO: John Silva, Chowchilla, Calif. – 2000 Red Peterbilt 379/1975 Utility Double Flatbed

BEST OF SHOW WORKING COMBO: Jerry Kissinger, Stoughton, Wis. – 1991 Burnt Orange Mack Superliner/2006 Great Dane Reefer

BEST OF SHOW WORKING BOBTAIL: Armando Burguan/Yamko Truck Lines, Long Beach, CA – 2009 Black Cherry Peterbilt 389

John Silva's 2000 Peterbilt 379

WORKING COMBO – FIRST SHOW

1^st Place – Ronald Perry, Oxnard, Calif. – 1999 Red & White Peterbilt 379/2011 Western Flatbed

2^nd Place – Tommy Larsen/Ryan Hooten – 2008 White & Red Peterbilt 379/2012 Western Drop Deck

3^rd Place – Bobby Turley/Tradewinds Transport, Grants Pass, Oreg. – 1997 Red Freightliner COE/2012 East Curtaintop

1^st Place – Juan Henriquez/Yamko Truck Lines, Long Beach, Calif. – 2010 Black Cherry Peterbilt 388/2002 Hyundai Container

2^nd Place – Stephen Ashburn, Sanger, Calif. – 2005 Peterbilt 379/2006 Boydstun Car Carrier

Bill Sandvik's 1992 Burgundy Peterbilt 379

WORKING COMBO – 2000 & OLDER

1^st Place – Jerry Kissinger, Stoughton, Wis. – 1991 Burnt Orange Mack Superliner/2006 Great Dane Reefer

2^nd Place – Ryan Hooten, Santa Ynez, Calif. – 1995 Black Cherry Peterbilt 379/1994 Double Flatbed

3^rd Place Tie – Ray Rodriguez Jr/Lil Rays Transport, Salinas, Calif. – 1988 Purple Peterbilt 379/2003 Fontaine Flatbed

3^rd Place Tie — Ray Rodriguez Jr/Lil Ray’s Transport, Salinas, Calif. – 2000 Purple Peterbilt 379/2006 Transcraft Flatbed

1^st Place – Cory Radtke/Vinnie Diorio, Richfield, Wis. – 2007 Black & Orange Peterbilt 379/2007 Mac Tarpside Trailer

2^nd Place – Charlie Sarver/Tradewinds Transport, Grants Pass, Oreg. – 2005 Red Peterbilt 379/2008 Black Wilson Curtainvan

3^rd Place – Tony Lewis/Golden State Foods, Las Vegas, Nev. – 2010 International ProStar/2010 Utility

Jerry Kissinger's 1991 Mack Superliner

WORKING BOBTAIL – COMPANY TRUCK

1^st Place – Randy Reza/Golden State Foods, Upland, Calif. – 2011 White Peterbilt 386

2^nd Place – Tuffy Yeary/KRY Trucking, Weatherford, Texas – 2001 Blue Kenworth W900L

WORKING BOBTAIL –

1^st Place Tie – Ken Drake, Fortuna, CA – 2003 Green Peterbilt 379

1^st Place Tie – Chuck Prigge/Sandvik Trucking, Valley Center, Calif. – 2005 Red & Brown Peterbilt 379

2^nd Place – Armando Burguan/Yamko Truck Lines, Long Beach, Calif. – 2009 Black Cherry Peterbilt 389

3^rd Place – Theresa DeSantis, Apache Jct., Ariz. – 1985 Red & Orange Peterbilt 359

ANTIQUE BOBTAIL -

1^st Place – Kenny Yeary/KRY Trucking, Weatherford, Texas – 1978 Red & Brown Kenworth W900L

INTERIOR – CAB ONLY

1^st Place – Armando Burguan/Yamko Truck Lines, Long Beach, Calif. – 2009 Black Cherry Peterbilt 389

2^nd Place – Stephen Ashburn, Sanger, Calif. – 2005 Peterbilt 379/2006 Boydstun Car Carrier

3^rd Place – Juan Henriquez/Yamko Truck Lines, Long Beach, Calif. – 2010 Black Cherry Peterbilt 388/2002 Hyundai Container

INTERIOR – OEM SLEEPER

1st Place – Ryan Hooten, Santa Ynez, Calif. – 1995 Black Cherry Peterbilt 379/1994 Double Flatbed

2^nd Place – Cory Radtke/Vinnie Diorio, Richfield, Wis. – 2007 Black & Orange Peterbilt 379/2007 Mac Tarpside Trailer

3^rd Place – Tuffy Yeary/KRY Trucking, Weatherford, Texas – 2001 Blue Kenworth W900L

INTERIOR – AFTERMARKET  SLEEPER

1^st Place – Jerry Kissinger, Stoughton, Wis. – 1991 Burnt Orange Mack Superliner/2006 Great Dane Reefer

BEST INTERIOR – LIMITED MILEAGE

Isaac Aguilar/Sandvik Trucking, Valley Center, Calif. – 1992 Burgundy Peterbilt 379

ENGINE –WORKING TRUCK

1^st Place – Juan Henriquez/Yamko Truck Lines, Long Beach, Calif. – 2010 Black Cherry Peterbilt 388/2002 Hyundai Container

2^nd Place – Jerry Kissinger, Stoughton, Wis. – 1991 Burnt Orange Mack Superliner/2006 Great Dane Reefer

3^rd Place – Armando Burguan/Yamko Truck Lines, Long Beach, Calif. – 2009 Black Cherry Peterbilt 389

BEST ENGINE – LIMITED MILEAGE

Bill Sandvik, Valley Center, Calif. – 1998 White, Blue & Green Peterbilt 379/2000 Wildside Transporter

CUSTOM PAINT – COMBO

1^st Place Tie – Juan Henriquez/Yamko Truck Lines, Long Beach, Calif. – 2010 Black Cherry Peterbilt 388/2002 Hyundai Container

1^st Place Tie– Cory Radtke/Vinnie Diorio, Richfield, Wis. – 2007 Black & Orange Peterbilt 379/2007 Mac Tarpside Trailer

2^nd Place– Ray Rodriguez Jr/Lil Rays Transport, Salinas, Calif. – 1988 Peterbilt 379/2003 Fontaine Flatbed

3^rd Place – Stephen Ashburn, Sanger, Calif. – 2005 Peterbilt 379/2006 Boydstun Car Carrier

BEST  PAINT – LIMITED MILEAGE COMBO

John Silva, Chowchilla, Calif. – 2000 Red Peterbilt 379/1975 Utility Double Flatbed

CUSTOM PAINT – BOBTAIL

1^st Place – Armando Burguan/Yamko Truck Lines, Long Beach, Calif. – 2009 Black Cherry Peterbilt 389

2^nd Place  – Theresa DeSantis, Apache Junction, Ariz.  – 1985 Red & Orange Peterbilt 359

3^rd Place – Tuffy Yeary/KRY Trucking, Weatherford, Texas – 2001 Blue Kenworth W900L

BEST PAINT – LIMITED MILEAGE BOBTAIL

Scott Diller, Bethel, Pa. – 1981 Red & Black Kenworth W900A

LIMITED MILEAGE COMBO

3^rd Place – Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Ignacio, Colo. – 2002 Black & Gray Sterling 9500/2011 New Horizon Trailer

2^nd Place – Bill Sandvik, Valley Center, Calif. – 1998 White, Blue & Green Peterbilt 379/2000 Wildside Transporter

LIMITED MILEAGE BOBTAIL

2^nd Place – Scott Diller, Bethel, Pa. – 1981 Red & Black Kenworth W900A

3^rd Place – John Gonzales/Yamko Truck Lines, Long Beach, Calif. – 2009 Black Cherry Peterbilt 388

4^th Place – Bob Orton, Panguitch, Utah – 2006 Black Peterbilt 379

Mike Hug's 2007 379 "Rollin' for Jake" won Best of Show-Combo at the 2011 Pride & Polish season opener in Wildwood, Fl

The first Custom Rigs Pride & Polish show of the 2011 season is in the books, and Ron Huey’s 2010 International ProStar and Mike Hug’s ’07 Peterbilt 379 took home the Best of Show honors in the Working Bobtail and Combo categories, respectively, at the 75 Chrome Shop’s annual show in Wildwood, Fla., held April 8-10.

Here’s a complete list of winners from both the Pride & Polish show and the more casual Wash & Show competition.

Pride & Polish Winners

Working Combo, 2004 and Older

1st Place – #156 Paul Rissler – “Rissler Built” – 1996 White Peterbilt, 1999 Great Dane Trailer

2nd Place – #151 Ryan Derrickson – “Flight 305” 1993 Peterbilt w/ 2003 Great Dane Trailer

3rd Place – #154 Wayne Hollingsworth – 2004 Blue Peterbilt 379 w/ Reitnouer Trailer

Working Combo 2005 and Newer

1st Place – #155 Mike Hug – “Rollin 4 Jake” – 2007 Peterbilt 379

2nd Place – #153 Shawn Cielke – “Lead Sled” – 2006 KW W900

3rd Place – #152 Jeremy Leavitt – 2005 Peterbilt 379, 2003 step deck trailer

OEM Sleeper

1st Place – #151 Ryan Derrickson – “Flight  305” – 1993 Peterbilt, 2003 Great Dane Trailer

2nd Place – #155 Mike Hug – “Rollin 4 Jake” – 2007 Peterbilt 379

3rd Place – #153 Shawn Cielke – “Lead Sled” 2006 KW W900

Combo Lights

1st Place – #155 Mike Hug – “Rollin’ for Jake” – 2007 Black and Orange Peterbilt 379

2nd Place – #152 Jeremy Leavitt – “Haysled” 2005 Peterbilt 379 with step deck trailer

3rd Place – #154 Wayne Hollingsworth – 2004 Blue Peterbilt 379 with Reitnouer Trailer

Cab Only

1^st Place –  #152 – Jeremy Leavitt – “Haysled” – 2005 Peterbilt 379, step deck trailer

Engine

1st Place – #155 Mike Hug – “Rollin’ for Jake” – 2007 Peterbilt 379

2nd Place – #300 Ron Huey – LB Trucking – 2010 International ProStar

3rd Place – #153 Shawn Cielke – “Lead Sled” – 2006 KW W900

Custom Paint Combo

1st Place – #155 Mike Hug – “Rollin’ for Jake” – 2007 Peterbilt 379

2nd Place – #152 Jeremy Leavitt – “Haysled” – 2005 Peterbilt 379 with step deck trailer

3rd Place – #153 Shawn Cielke – “Lead Sled” – 2006 KW W900

Limited Mileage Bobtail

Best of Show – Limited Bobtail  – #502 Scott Diller – 1981 Kenworth W900

2nd Place – #501 Charlie Turner – “Untouchable” 1953 Peterbilt

3rd Place – #500 Brent Greer – 1996 Peterbilt

Limited Mileage Combo

Best of Show – #700 Vinnie Diorio – “Picture Me Rollin” – 2005 Peterbilt 379 with Mac Trailer

2nd Place – #701 Tom Doty – “Freshly Squeezed” 1999 Peterbilt 379

Best of Show – Working Bobtail

#300 – Ron Huey – LB Trucking – 2010 ProStar Gray International

Best of Show – Working Combo

#155 – Mike Hug – Rollin’ for Jake – 2007 Black and Orange Peterbilt 379 w/ Mac Trailer

Wash & Shine Winners

Bobtail 2004 and older

1st Place  – #408 William Fowler, Fowler Trucking, 2004 Peterbilt 379

2nd Place – #405 Garry Walker – 2000 Peterbilt 379

3rd Place – #407 Roger and Tonia Brown –2003 Kenworth W900

Bobtail – 2005

1st Place – Bob Tarezynski – 2005 Freightliner Coronado

2nd Place – #409 Jon Davis – “Dixie Whistler” – 2005 Peterbilt 379

3rd Place – #400 Bryan Bedwell – 2005 Peterbilt 379

Bobtail – 2007 and newer

1st Place – #404 – Mike Awker – 2007 Peterbilt

2nd Place – #401 Dick Bedwell – 2008 Peterbilt 389

3rd Place – #412 David Dill – 2007 Peterbilt

Specialty Class

1st Place – #413 Marcus Copeland – 2007 Peterbilt Emergency Service Truck

2nd Place – #411 Scott Roboski – 2006 Peterbilt Dump Truck

Combo – 2003 and older

1st Place – #100 Derek Schrader – 1997 Peterbilt 379

2nd Place – #104 Scott Hogan – 2003 Peterbilt 379

3rd Place – #105 Wayne Hollingsworth – 1995 Red Peterbilt, Reitnouer trailer

Combo – 2006 and newer

1st Place – #102 Robert Cullen – Badlands Trucking – 2006 Peterbilt 379

2nd Place – #101 Curtis Jean – 2009 Kenworth W900 with 1998 Phoenix Horse Trailer

3rd Place – #103 Larry Diller – 2007 Kenworth with 2011 MAC Trailer

Lights – Bobtail

1st Place – #409 – Jon Davis – “Dixie Whistler” – 2005 Peterbilt 379

2nd Place – #300 – Ron Huey – 2010 International

3rd Place – #404 – Mike Awker – “Keepin it Simple” – 2007 Peterbilt 379

Lights Combo

1st Place – #102 Robert Cullen – Badlands Trucking – 2006 Peterbilt 379

2nd Place – #105 Wayne Hollingsworth – 1995 Peterbilt

3rd Place – #100 Derek Schrader – 1997 Peterbilt 379

Best of Show

Bobtail – #404 – Mike Awker – 2007 Peterbilt 379

Combo – #100 – Derek Schrader – 1997 Peterbilt 379

The Lone Star Large Car Gathering will be held April 30 at the San Antonio Raceway on Santa Clara Road at Exit 597 of I-10. The show will be open at 10 a.m. and shut down at 2 a.m. A Show & Shine competition will be held at the show’s opening and shut down at 5 p.m., and drag racing will take place later that evening.

A $30 entry fee is required to participate in all of the day’s activities and grants entry to compete in the Show & Shine and the drags. A $10 donation to the St. Christopher fund is also required to run the drags.

General admission to the show is $10 for adults and children 13 years and older. Children 12 and under get in free, and donations to the SCF are encouraged.

For more details, visit sanantonioraceway.com or email lonestarlargecars@gmail.com.

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