Watch: Trucker Talent Search finalists jam in live sessions at GATS

Aug 30, 2017

Updated Jan 5, 2018

Richard Woods played in front of a crowd of GATS attendees, family members and the Trucker Talent Search judges Friday.

The 2017 Overdrive-Red Eye Radio’s Trucker Talent Search concluded at the Great American Trucking Show last week, with the contest’s three finalists performing live in front of show attendees and three judges. Richard Woods, a Mississippi-based owner-operator, was named the winner of this year’s contest. See his performance and the performance of the other two finalists, Michael Lochmiller and Terrance Mathis, below. Read more about the Talent finale at Woods’ victory at this link.

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