10-4 Magazine October 2023

22 10-4 Magazine / October 2023 Several forms of entertainment were provided on Friday and Saturday night. J&M Displays sponsored the Saturday night fireworks that lasted almost 30 minutes. It’s cool to see the effects of the fireworks exploding in the night sky and reflecting off the highly polished trucks and trailers parked on the show field! Of course, the final few minutes of the fireworks show are the best, with many fireworks going off at the same time (the big finale). After two days of activities and viewing trucks, two bands provided entertaining music in the HD Equipment building, with Jammer providing music Friday night and Wild Oatz on Saturday night. Prior to the scheduled Saturday evening activities of the driver’s dinner, fireworks, and music, one of the most memorable and significant activities took place in the C&J truck shop. It was the Dirty Business charity auction for items donated by many contributors who provided several cool and unique items for sale. Justin Steward was the live auctioneer who added color, energy, and humor to the entire event. It took an hour and a half to get everything auctioned off. There was everything from polished stainless half fenders to a large selection of gift baskets, Yeti coolers, tickets for various football games, 12 packs of beer, truck parts, and yes, even a custom-made handgun and rifle. The bidding action was spirited and fast-paced, and $86,550 was raised from the auction! Proceeds were divided between the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital ($59,550) and No Foot Too Small ($26,833). This year’s total was over double of what was raised in the 2022 show auction. Just guessing, I think $100,000 is a very doable amount to raise in the auction next year. Just throwing that challenge out there for the 2024 truck show. It was yet another amazing Dirty Business truck show. It is one of my favorites of all the shows that I attend each season. Because it’s not a judged show, it’s naturally a fun and laid-back event. This event has everything you desire for a great truck show – beautiful trucks, trailers, cars, and motorcycles, great food, good music, fireworks, incredible people, and an awesome staff of people who put on a great show at HD Equipment. Guthrie, Kelly, and Cathy Hawthorne organized the entire event. There were many volunteers who also contributed their efforts and made this truck show the must see and attend event of the truck show season. If you have not attended this show, make it a priority to attend next summer, and be ready to do good things for charity! n