Circuses are a dying breed. After providing decades (and sometimes even centuries) of entertainment to both the young and old, this type of traveling variety show…
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The modern-day travel plaza with a movie theater, food court and gym has its roots in the Old West. It can be traced back to the…
Although Norway has consistently been rated as one of the world’s best countries to live in, trucking there is no easy task, thanks to endless snow…
The seventh annual Color & Chrome Fantasy Truck Show is in the books, and it was a great time. Held on July 29-31, 2016, alongside the…
Every year Paul Riggle has a show at their yard in Apollo, PA held as a gathering to raise money for various charities, and also to…
The next stop on the ChampTruck World Series tour was wet and wild! Held at New Jersey Motorsports Park (NJMP), which sits on over 500 acres…
The ChampTruck World Series traveled to VIR (Virginia International Raceway), nestled in the rolling green hills of Alton, VA, for stop two of the 2016 season…
Although I did not know it at the time, the trip I drove west from Wisconsin to California during the winter of 1968 would be the…
The ChampTruck World Series kicked off it’s 2016 season at Palm Beach International Raceway (PBIR), located just minutes from the beautiful white beaches of West Palm…
There’s something about the way things were done in the “old school” trucking industry that has always captured my imagination. The way older trucks look, sound…
Improvement and innovation are a constant force always moving things forward. Unfortunately, for good or bad, some things get left behind in the dust. The two-stroke…
I’ve been attending the uphill tractor trailer drag races in St. Joseph de Beauce in Quebec for a few years, and if you can take your…
About the Author: Robert W. Stieg graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1940 with a degree in mechanical engineering and started with FWD immediately. He…
Drag racing has always been a fairly consistent procedure… line up two vehicles side by side, drop the hammer, and the first one across the finish…
Sadly, the show truck community has suffered yet another devastating loss. A dear friend, one that we personally spent many hours with over the years, lost…
