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Winnipeg-based owner-operator, Ryan Danylchuk has captured the "Best of Show" at the 26th annual Shell Rotella SuperRigs competition.

The National Association of Show Trucks had its second show of the season in Tecumseh, Mich., where thunder and lightning lit up the sky during Friday night's light judging.

Ryan Danylchurch of Winnipeg, Man., captured the "best of show" top prize, winning $10,000 at the 26th annual Shell Rotella SuperRigs competition, which was held June 5 to 7 at the Iowa 80 truck stop.

Don't let anybody tell you big trucks don't make good RVs. Paul Landry of Landry Truck Bodies in Cap Pele, N.B., gets better mileage in his RV than his son Mario gets with his.

The words "television receiver" and an entire paragraph of text were highlighted... Minutes earlier on Sunday, May 25 , Cook had pulled into Arizona's Sam Simon Port of Entry scale house while traveling ...

Semitrailers with boxy hoods, flat grilles and towering exhaust pipes are aerodynamically flawed, so Navistar's International brand has developed a line of trucks with 5 percent to 15 percent better fuel ...

“But as costs of fuel rise higher, that's changing.”

If you think gas is expensive, be thankful you're not a trucker. Filling up their 18-wheel, 80,000-pound leviathans can cost more than $1,300 these days. via Los Angeles Times

The cover of the 2008 SuperRigs calendar features Curtis Christians' 2005 Peterbilt 379 and 2005 Great Dane trailer, a combo that won Best of Show in 2007. via Truckers News