22 10-4 Magazine / January 2026 for the show early. Thanks to Valley Chrome, A&L, Hogebuilt, and Dane Nelson Bugshields for donating some great prizes. Another contest we had this year included our vendors. Attendees were given “Vendor Stamp Cards” and, if they got all the vendors to stamp their card, they were entered to win a cool custom table, made by our friend Tom Donaldson, out of a polished truck wheel, encircled in wood strips (like a barrel), with a glass top. Big thanks to Tom for donating this super cool table, worth about $600! Once the raffle prizes were handed out and the Vendor Stamp Card winner was announced, it was time to reveal the winners of the Show & Shine trophies. Four of these five awards, which were all determined by a competitor’s choice vote, were made by Rockwood Products. These same four were all sponsored by our friends Troy and Tanya Charboneau ofKTCharboneauTrucking. Thefifth award, for best engine, which was also determined by a competitor’s choice vote, was sponsored by Chris Rocha of C. Rocha Enterprises and made by our friends at Pickett Custom Trucks. The beautiful custom belt buckles for all the competition winners were, for the second year in a row, sponsored by our friend Jeff Botelho of Botelho Custom Trucks. We would like to thank all these sponsors for helping us have an event we are proud to host and produce. For the Hay Boom competition, this year we had five teams of two, all running at the same time, competing for the buckles. Having to “boom on” 48 small bales, then jump in the truck and back up about 80 yards, then hand unload and stack them, it was a fierce and fun competition, with the winning team finishing just a few seconds before the second place team. Yes, there was some blood, sweat and tears (literally), along with a puke or two, but these guys put on one hell of a show for the fans. And those old boom trucks, mostly from the 70s and 80s, are just the coolest. The final event was the burnout contest, and Mark Tarascou in his old Peterbilt 359 transfer proved he is a hard guy to beat. After his burnout, he left a big steaming pile of rubber on the track, and as he did his victory lap, it caught fire, forcing the track’s safety crew to go out and extinguish it. And this was no small fire – the flames were like three feet in diameter and two or three feet high. It was a pretty intense way to end the day and the show, but everyone loved it. And, as an added bonus to the belt buckle, Mark was awarded (4) Pirelli drive tires once again from Nick and Dylan at Cost Per Mile Tire in Fresno, CA. We can’t thank CPM enough for deciding to donate all these tires, and I’m sure Mark will be needing a set after that smokin’ burnout he did! In addition to all the companies and individuals that sponsored and/or donated the items mentioned before, we also had sponsors for each of our competition events. These sponsors included Double E Trucking, Hettinga Trans, Central Valley Transport, Interstate Truck Sales, Hammett Excavation, Fletcher’s Diesel, Lagomarsino Transport, Silva Trucking, Rollin’ R Enterprises, Maggini & Son Trucking, Kimm Hay, and Ten West Towing. We also had 27 vendors that came out to support the event, and we can’t thank them enough. Ten West Towing also provided the American flag on the edge of the track, as well as a huge American flag out in the parking lot, held up by two of their amazing rotators, and flanked by several of their cool heavy duty wreckers. Thank you!! What makes this event so unique, in addition to all the fun trucker skills • Live Special Guests • 10-4 Magazine News • Truck Show Coverage • Trucking Discussions • Interact w/Team 10-4 • And Much More Fun! Join John Testa for the “Studio 10-4 LIVE!” Weekly Update on Facebook & YouTube! Wednesdays @ 5:00 pm (PST) @“Ten Four Magazine”
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