24 10-4 Magazine / January 2026 competitions, is the fact that it is truly a grass roots movement – our sponsors are mostly local trucking companies and friends, and everyone who helps us put it together and run it are all volunteers, friends, and family. And let me tell you, it takes a lot of folks to run an event like this, as we had almost 40 people onsite for the weekend, not counting the track personnel. Special thanks to Tim and Will and their crew at Kern Raceway for all their help and support. Some final “thank yous” would include Kris and Angelina Gaare for all their help before, during, and after the show, along with “Okie Dan” Jacobson, Marty Miles, and Pierson Gravance. Also, thanks to DeVries Transport for providing the portable cattle chutes, B&G Hay for bringing some of the hay and helping us with the hay squeeze and boom competitions, Chavira & Sons for providing hay and helping with the squeeze contest, West Coast Equipment for providing the trailers for the hay squeeze competition, Jimmy Perry at Fresno Equipment for donating the John Deere pedal tractors and trailers, and Central Valley Transport for providing the trailer and extra tires for the tire changing contest. Lastly, thanks to our new friends at Heavy Power Systems (HPS) and Keep It Running Mobile Truck Repair for stepping up at the last minute and helping us with the tire changing contest. You guys were super awesome and a lot of fun. Typically, at a truck show, I take my own pictures, but obviously, running this one, I was not able to do that. With a few of our key contributors not able to be at the event, we were forced to hire some outside help, but I am sure glad we did. BringinginJimmyMillerofMiller Media and Kara Mathews of Bar M Media, these two were running around all weekend, working their butts off, taking photos and videos of as much as they could. I cannot personally thank them enough for their help, and they get all the credit for the pictures you see here (and the videos you will see later). One more person to mention would be John “JT” Testa, my right-hand man out on the track all weekend, helping emcee and doing the play-by-play during all the trucker skills competitions. To address the space and dust issue for next year, the track has already begun expanding the parking lot space and is committed to having it paved, to some degree,bynextyear. Ourfingersare crossed for that to happen, and we will keep you posted about that throughout the year. Next year’s dates are set for November 6-8, 2026, once again at the same location, and we are committed to keep learning, growing, and improving this event. If you want to have a good time that is drama-free and reminiscent of the shows of yesteryear, we invite you to come out and attend and/or participate in the 10-4 Trucker Rodeo & Show in 2026 – you will not regret it! n
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