10-4 Magazine January 2025

up that day, which was sponsored by our friend and past cover trucker Jake Bast, and all the sponsor banners were hung, as well. Huge thanks to Double E Trucking, Mike Lowrie Trucking, Central Valley Transport, Cain Trucking, George Van Dyke Trucking, KT Charboneau Trucking, Maggini & Son Trucking, Rogue Truck Body, Ten West Towing, and Pickett Custom Trucks for sponsoring all the individual events. There is no way we could have pulled off an event this size without tons of help. In addition to the folks already mentioned, on Friday the rest of our crew arrived, many of which also help at TFK in SoCal in the spring. Those helpers included Tammy Hinkey, Pete Zamora, Anthony Avila, Leo Monteon, Sean and Kimberly Westover, Greg and Ray Algorri, Bob Watkins (Bob 1) and his son (Bob 2) and his grandson (Bob 3), along with our friends JT and Jed, who flew out all the way from Florida to help. Thanks also go out to Okie Dan (Dan Jacobson), Marty Miles, Leon Murillo, and Pierson Gravance for helping here and there throughout the weekend. We had never produced an event like this, and we had never held an event at this location, so we were flying blind going into this. Thankfully, the trucking community, along with our friends and supporters, were excited about the show concept – and their attendance and participation reflected that. By the end of the day, we had over 20 vendors set up and about 150 trucks parked on the lot, but what we were most excited and anxious about was seeing how the skills competitions would go the next morning and what kind of participation we would get. Our early registration numbers were okay, but we weren’t sure what to expect. Thankfully, many folks signed up for events on Friday after they parked and got their registration packets. As mentioned before, Saturday morning started off with a pretty good rain shower that lasted about 45 minutes. Thankfully, the trucks were parked and not moving during the rain, and it stopped before any puddles or mud could accumulate. Actually, the rain turned out to be a good thing, because it knocked down the dust in the parking lot for the entire day. In addition to the vendors, Kid’s Zone, food concessions, and the mechanical bull (sponsored by our friend Evan Steger at Time 2 Shine polishing products), Saturday featured six of our ten competitions including three backing classes, transfer dump, tire changing, and loudest stereo. Emceed by myself and our weekly webcast host and digital 10-4 Magazine / January 2025 21