For the fourth consecutive year, Overdrive’s long-running Pride & Polish competition kicks off online, now accepting entries with hopes of bringing together the best of the best from around the nation.
The 2023 virtual Pride & Polish competition opens today, August 1. The entry period will remain open through Labor Day, Sept. 4.
The competition will turn over to a public vote in which Overdrive readers will select their favorites in five categories -- Working Bobtail, Working Combo, Limited Mileage/Show, Antique and Interior.
Enter Overdrive's 2023 Pride & Polish virtual competition via the form at this link through Sept. 4.
Winners and finalists in each of the categories will be unveiled in October to put a bow on the 2023 truck show season. All winners and finalists will receive award plaques, and will be featured with profiles in our long-running Custom Rigs series, highlighting the truck and the owner and/or driver’s trucking career.
Showmotion owner Mike Scherkenbach and driver Harold Smith earned top honors in last year's Pride & Polish in the Working Combo, 2011 & Older class with this 2011 Peterbilt 389 and 2018 Great Dane.
There is no entry fee to participate in the contest.
Enter your rig via the form at this link.
Gary Wasko's 1975 White Freightliner Powerliner, “Dirty Dozen,” won the Antique class in last year's virtual event.
Horace Goldman's 1987 Peterbilt 359 was voted as the top truck in the Working Bobtail, 2014 & Older class in the 2022 Pride & Polish competition.
Robert Hallahan, with his 2022 Peterbilt 389/2022 Great Dane, “Joke’s on You,” won in the Working Combo, 2012 & Newer class last year.
Finally, winning in the Limited Mileage class was Marvin Graves with this 1963 Mack B61.
