10-4 Magazine December 2022

74 10-4 Magazine / December 2022 outside was where the (mostly) working show trucks were hanging out. With clouds and some light rain on Saturday afternoon and evening, the weekend was not your typical Southern California weather. On Sunday morning, everyone outside was wiping down their trucks while more clouds loomed overhead, but fortunately, no rain fell that day. Like the attendance from last year, this year saw an increase in the number of trucks from last year, as well. The 50 trucks on display outside that were judged were all bobtails and dump trucks, due to the size of the parking lot (remember that prime real estate I spoke of earlier). Working class trucks and a few show trucks filled the lot ready to be judged. This year, there were two trucks beautifully painted and wrapped in honor of our veterans, which was awesome. The rigs outside participated in a fun and friendly judged competition that was hosted again by our friend Laura Machuca and her crew from Truck Club Magazine. 10-4 Magazine once again sponsored the People’s Choice Award and provided a beautiful trophy made for us by our friends at Rockwood Products. As she usually does, Laura put on a great show, and awarded the drivers with an array of plaques for different categories. But before the awards, a raffle was held for just the drivers of the show trucks. These raffle prizes included headlights, Bluetooth speakers, air horns, apparel certificates from Stay Loaded, a basket of detail products, a steering wheel, two 55” Smart TVs, and more to the lucky drivers that had the winning tickets. After the raffle drawings were complete, the awards were given out by Laura and friends. Judging was done for several categories, and wooden plaques were presented for first place and runner up for each class, along with trophies for the Best in Show and People’s Choice. For the second year in a row, both the People’s Choice and Best in Show awards were won by the same truck. Last year, C.G. Soza won both with his red and blue 2016 Kenworth W900L (our December 2021 cover feature), and this year the winner of both awards was Jorge Bucio of Flying Nimbus and his classy black 2022 Peterbilt 389. So, as I put a pin in my final truck show for the 2022 season, I am very optimistic by the rise in numbers both in attendance and trucks at the California Trucking Show this year. It seems this event just gets bigger and better every year. We hope to see you in Ontario next year, as the show dates have already been scheduled for October 14-15, 2023. Come out and enjoy some of that prime real estate with us. I would also like to wish our readers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! n