10-4 Magazine May 2022

22 10-4 Magazine / May 2022 our past editions), and the list goes on and on. It was pretty cool, I have to say, to be affiliated with all these great people and nice trucks. Other big winners included Adam Johnson of K&D Transpor t and their red 1994 Kenwor th W900L, Troy Massey and his red and silver 2005 Peterbilt 379 and matching tank trailer, Todd Gribble and his dark blue 2012 Peterbilt 389 and polished MAC pneumatic trailer, and Chad Sand and his black and green 2005 Peterbilt 379 and matching (polished and pinstriped) MAC end dump. A few other winners and crowd favorites were Josh Burch and his blue and black 1999 Peterbilt 379, Kate Whiting and her red 1973 Kenwor th W900A, and Josh Van Wagoner’s black and magenta 1998 Peterbilt 379 and matching 2012 Great Dane reefer, which is covered in glass watermelon lights from front to back! After the awards, we headed outside to take pictures of the winners with their trophies. Once we finished that, we headed back inside to our booth, where not much was happening. Turns out, Saturday was not crazy busy. In fact, it was the slowest day of the show. By now it was late in the afternoon, so we star ted tearing everything down and packing our booth up for home. A big thank you goes out to our March 2022 cover trucker Ron Beer for bringing our two pallets out to Louisville and bringing one back to California. The show came to an end at 4:00 PM and by 5:00 PM we were packed and ready to go. The final official event of the show was a truck and tractor pull on Saturday night, but we were all too exhausted to go to that. Held inside Freedom Hall, the vehicles had to use special piping connecting their exhaust to a filtration system on the pulling sled to keep from filling the building with smoke. We would like to thank Anna Galloway of A. Galloway Photography (she specializes in tractor pulls) for attending this event on our behalf and taking some pictures. There were four classes. The winners were: Unlimited Super Stock – Mike Chizek; Mini Rod Tractors – Bruce Slagh; Pro Stock Tractors – Danny Schmucker; and Pro Stock Semi/Hot Rod Semi – Chris Wood. And just like that, MATS 2022 was over! But this was one for the books, for sure. It may not have broken records in a lot of categories, but it was the best MATS we have ever been to, and it had the most (and best) trucks we’ve ever seen in the PKY Truck Beauty Championships outside. All in all, OEMs or not, our hats go off to the entire crew at MATS and PKY for a job well done. Reaching a 50-year anniversary is a huge milestone, and we would like to congratulate Toby Young and the MATS staff for producing a stellar event that was cer tainly wor th the wait! The dates for 2023 are set for March 30 through April 1. We hope to see you there. n