Virginia-based owner-operator Chad Blackwell, hauling cattle, we featured in this spread in the second issue of Custom Rigs magazine (which has of course been brought back into the Overdrive fold directly in recent times — find ongoing custom-truck coverage here). I haven’t been able to catch up with
The touring awards marks the first public event showing of the new calendar (cover pictured at right), produced on the heels of Rotella’s big SuperRigs 30th anniversary show in Joplin, Mo., this year — catch a 12-minute vid produced in conjunction with other event sponsors at the bottom of this post. It details the efforts attendees and sponsors have made to provide relief to the city of Joplin following the May 2011 tornado, which destroyed the SpeedCo location where SuperRigs would ultimately take place after rebuild. Shell “worked with SpeedCo to establish the All Roads Lead to Joplin foundation,” says Shell Lubricants’ Chris Guerrero, to benefit a local YMCA.
In any case, others among you may have seen the calendar already: It’s become available to those who get a Rotella oil change at participating locations, including the SpeedCo network, among others, and it will be available to the general public at the start of December via http://rotella.com.
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