10-4 Magazine August 2023

10-4 Magazine / August 2023 65 thoughts and prayers were lifted that night for those affected by this tragedy. Although this was a wash and show event, a small number of awards were handed out Saturday afternoon in a pavilion near the show field. AMCAN’s Top Ten were presented by Julia Mors and selected by the AMCAN Truck Parts team. Following are the names and trucks of those who were chosen: Andy Smith of BRT Services (1984 Peterbilt 362); Eric Klause of A1 Moving & Storage (1972 Freightliner COE); Kevin Voight of Kevin Voight Trucking (1998 Freightliner COE); Eric Bauer of Eric Bauer Trucking (2022 Peterbilt 389); Derek Bates of James Churchill & Sons (2023 Kenworth W900); Frank Zebell of Tonyan Brothers (2007 Peterbilt 379); Chris Dreyer of Dreyer Trucking (2007 Peterbilt 379); Kiegan Nelson of Rollin’ Transport (2020 Peterbilt 389); John Yohn of Seven Hill Transport (2013 Peterbilt 389); and Steve Sontag of Always Haulin’ (2022 Peterbilt 389). All the top ten award winners were given a custom license plate frame that was designed and produced by Carl Carstens at Rockwood Products. There were four other awards handed out at the awards ceremony. The first of those awards, presented by Julia Mors, was the People’s Choice award chosen by the spectators attending the Truck Fest. Over 600 votes were cast for the People’s Choice award. Aaron Kimball was the winner selected with his award-winning “Lookin’ Mint” 2019 KenworthW900. He was presented with a People’s Choice sign and an Elegance on 18 Wheels spotlight video. I had the privilege of presenting the 10-4 Magazine “Best of the Best Pick” award chosen by Dan Linss and me. The truck (and person) we selected for this award was Travis Sancken and his 2019 Pete 389 from Richmond, IL. Travis was presented with a beautiful trophy made by Carl Carstens at Rockwood Products. One of the other benefits of winning this award is that Travis and his red and blue Peterbilt 389 will be featured in a future edition of 10-4 Magazine! The next award was the Kameron Wilken Memorial Award, chosen and presented by Kameron’s mother, Shelly Wilken, in an emotional presentation. The winner of this award was someone that Kameron was friends with – Osvaldo “Ozzy” Serna Jr. and his 2005 gray Peterbilt 379. The final award was presented by Nick Kimball and chosen by the Kimball family and given to Kevin Kardoskee and his 1979 W900A Kenworth. This truck was originally bought new and owned by the Kimball family, so there was special meaning to both the truck and the award. There were many sponsors that made this event possible and successful. Following is a list of those sponsors who contributed their valuable resources of time, money, services, and products to make this a successful event – 12 Ga. Customs; I29 Custom Truck Parts; Always Haulin; All Trux; Big Strappers; DSD Transport; Dynaflex Products; Hogebilt; Iowa Customs; JX Enterprises; JX Truck Center; Kimball Transport;