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The judges have spoken: Winners of 2024 MATS PKY Truck Beauty Championship named

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The judges have spoken: Winners of 2024 MATS PKY Truck Beauty Championship named
This classic Kenworth cabover was one of the more popular rigs at this year's event. (The Trucker/Linda Garner-Bunch)

 

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Named in honor of the Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) founder, Paul K Young, the PKY Truck Beauty Championship is an elite annual competition hosting the best of the best custom show trucks in North America.

Each year, competitors participate in the competition, light show awards ceremony, close of show parade and several exclusive competitor events.

Following are some of the top winners of the 2024 event, held March 21-23 at the Kentucky Expo Center in Louisville.

Antique Original – Bobtail

  • First: Greg Kendall, 1982 Kenworth K100, Cabover
  • Second: Brian Stevens, 1976 Peterbilt 352, Cabover
  • Third: Tanner Stroup, 1984 Peterbilt 359

Antique Custom — Bobtail

  • Tied for first: Jason Sanders, 1994 Kenworth W900L
  • Tied for first: Andrew Goettsch, 1979 International 4078B, Cabover
  • Second: Raiko Graveran, 1995 Freightliner FLD120
  • Third: Jarret Landry, 1988 Peterbilt 379

Antique — Paint

  • First: Greg Kendall, 1982 Kenworth K100, Cabover

Antique — Interior

  • First: Brian Stevens, 1976 Peterbilt 352

New Truck — Bobtail

  • First: Austin Gottman, 2024 Peterbilt 389
  • Second: Matt Strottman, 2024 Peterbilt 389
  • Third: Austin Duffield, 2024 Peterbilt 389

New Truck — Combo

  • First: Chase Hartman, 2022 Peterbilt 389/2019 MAC Dump

First Show — Bobtail

  • First: Adam Long, 2006 Kenworth W900L
  • Second: Thomas Christoferson, 2011 Peterbilt 389
  • Third: Rodney Griffin, 2024 Peterbilt 389X

First Show — Combo

  • First: Daryl Koch, 2024 Peterbilt 389/2024 MAC Flatbed
  • Second: Samuel Brown, 2023 Peterbilt 389/2024 MAC Dump
  • Third: Derick Allen, 2024 Peterbilt 389X/2024 East

Working Truck — Company Owned

  • First: David Ruhkamp, 2024 Peterbilt 389/2024 Landol 455
  • Second: Nick Lierz, 2020 Peterbilt 389/2023 Western Belt
  • Third: Paul Dillon, 2023 Peterbilt 389
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Linda Garner-Bunch has been in publishing for more than 30 years. You name it, Linda has written about it. She has served as an editor for a group of national do-it-yourself publications and has coordinated the real estate section of Arkansas’ only statewide newspaper, in addition to working on a variety of niche publications ranging from bridal magazines to high-school sports previews and everything in between. She is also an experienced photographer and copy editor who enjoys telling the stories of the “Knights of the Highway,” as she calls our nation’s truck drivers.

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Linda Garner-Bunch has been in publishing for more than 30 years. You name it, Linda has written about it. She has served as an editor for a group of national do-it-yourself publications and has coordinated the real estate section of Arkansas’ only statewide newspaper, in addition to working on a variety of niche publications ranging from bridal magazines to high-school sports previews and everything in between. She is also an experienced photographer and copy editor who enjoys telling the stories of the “Knights of the Highway,” as she calls our nation’s truck drivers.
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