22 10-4 Magazine / June 2025 Delacy builds and donates to TFK each year (this year’s truck was a Freightliner cabover truck and trailer), and a luxury suite, along with ten entry tickets, for our Trucker Rodeo this coming November. Big thanks to Justin Mascaro who paid $2,200 for that suite, and to Chad Ellison who paid $2,000 for the one-of-a-kind TFK keepsake wood truck! Like always, the “Bonus Buckets” that we give to the first 200 people who register their trucks online before the show were once again a big hit. These brightly colored (yellow or blue) buckets were filled with all sorts of goodies like Time 2 Shine polish, BullSnot spray tire butter, Zephyr polish, a bottle of VPR (Vinyl, Plastic, Rubber) spray cleaner from Sic Rigz, microfiber towels, air fresheners, stickers, a notepad and pen, a duffle bag, a grocery tote, a voucher for a free event shirt, keychains and more. Thank you to A & L Truck Supply for donating the bucket itself, and everyone who contributed to filling it. We had a few no-shows, so the remaining five or six buckets will be sold at upcoming truck shows this summer. Lined up along a fence and facing the trucks, the vendors had great exposure to the people walking around the show. Famoso is a somewhat isolated location, so we were worried a bit about getting spectators to come, but they did. Not as many as we would have in Irwindale, but still a good amount – maybe even more than we expected. As time goes on and we put some roots down at Famoso, we are sure the crowds will come. Thanks to all the amazing vendors that came out and supported the cause. There is so much more space at this location, competitors were also able to drop their trailers in a separate area if they wanted to, at no charge, and we were also able to add onsite mobile washing and polishing. Thanks to the brothers at Reyes Polishing & Detailing for coming out on Friday and Saturday and washing as many trucks as they could – those boys were busy! Next year we might need to add a few more detailers to the mix, just to ensure that everyone who wants a wash can get one. Our Kid’s Zone was expanded this year, too. In addition to all the fun bright green games we bring each year and a larger tent for shade, our friend and past cover trucker Ron Ver Steeg brought out four little kiddie rides, and these things were a huge hit. Like what you used to see outside of the grocery stores years ago, these little rides were a boat, a race car, a truck and a dinosaur, and they didn’t cost a thing – just push a button and away you went. And these old rides were tough enough to accommodate both young children and adults who are still young at heart to get on them. Next year, we will have even more of these fun little kiddie rides, including a 10-4 truck, according to Ron. Another fun thing we do for the kids at TFK is offer a coloring contest on both days of the show. On Saturday, we give away six bikes (3 boys and 3 girls in different age classes), and then on Sunday, we give away six more! We would like to thank our supporters and friends at Premier Paving in Ontario, CA for once again supplying the twelve assembled bicycles, along with gift cards, so they can buy a helmet. Also, thanks to Polly Kasper (my mother in law) for managing the coloring contest, and two of my kids, Parker and Paige, and their friends Kenan and Jordyn, for picking the winners each day. This year, the TFK show was also honored to be added to the short list of qualifying events for a new national championship series, which culminates at Atlanta Motor Speedway in November. Our friend Evan Steger of Time 2 Shine and Evan’s Detailing & Polishing came out from Wisconsin to pick trucks to be invited to compete in the championship finale. He ended up inviting seven trucks to go to Atlanta. Being chosen is an honor, and those seven truckers were very happy, to say the least. Thank you to Evan for coming out and being a part of TFK. For more information about the national championships, search Stars, Stripes and White Lines Truck Show. After a long but fun Saturday, the sky put on a light of show of its own by sharing a beautiful sunset with us. Then, it was time to “Light the Lot” and make some noise (TFK is known for having one of the loudest light shows out there). And light the lot, they did. Wow, what a spectacle! We cruised around on the golf cart, took pictures, talked to friends, and just enjoyed the perfect evening. By 10:00 PM, things had settled down, so we packed up and headed to the hotel. Partway through the light show, a very short rain shower came through, but it wasn’t even enough to make the ground really wet – it was just enough to make everyone have to wipe down their trucks again on Sunday morning. Speaking of golf carts, something else that was offered this year that wasn’t available in the past was golf cart rentals to the general public. JM Precision of Bakersfield brought out not only the carts for the TFK staff and volunteers, but a bunch to rent, as well. They kept running out, so they kept bringing more! The Famoso lot is a large area to cover on foot, so I am sure many folks were happy to have the option of renting a cart
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