Winton Motor Raceway in North-Eastern Victoria lived up to its reputation as ‘The Nation’s Action Track’ as it played host to the second round of the 2022 Hi-Tec Oils Australian Super Truck Nationals on July 9-10.
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The ‘Waterboy’ earns star billing at Fred’s Transport
The Kenworth T909 could arguably be branded with the title of the ‘King of the Road’ on Australian highways with the long-bonneted PACCAR product a popular choice for many fleet owners and owner-drivers across a wide range of haulage applications.
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Staying true to Blue Oval
The famous ‘Blue Oval’ logo of the Ford Motor Company is one of the most easily recognised, and revered brands around the world, and prior to its demise, trucks bearing the Ford nameplate built up a strong following over a number of decades in Australia.
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Plenty of bark left in Risto’s beloved Bulldog
As is often the case wherever big rigs gather at a show, convoy run or other public display, the historic trucks are always a popular drawcard with visitors checking out a wide range of vehicles that have travelled the highways in times past.
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Siblings have diesel in their veins
“We were both born into it – we tried to do other things but here we both are!”
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Home base is Australia
In most cases when a truck is sign written with the owner’s name, their hometown is also featured, but in the case of Jye Savage, who operates under the banner of JS Haulage, his address is simply ‘Australia’.
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Customising for the customer at Kennedy’s
Innovation. Grit. Integrity. Respect. Four simple words printed on the coffee mugs at the Kennedy Trailers manufacturing facility in Bairnsdale which could be interpreted as a mantra that has served the company well since its inception in 1986.
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Flannagan’s fleet keeps the wheels moving
In every direction from the remote high country Victorian township of Omeo, the roads out go up over a range of mountains or along a river valley, with the annual variations in weather keeping road crews busy keeping the roads open and maintained.
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Built in ’78 and resto still going great
“I only ever drove one 3070 in my life, around 1973-1974…Willaton’s in Morwell owned one. It was a single drive, but I always had a bit of an attraction to them, and this one came up.”
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Trucking timber for 40 years
For four decades, trucks adorning the Blair and Campbell name and blue and white paint scheme have been a familiar sight throughout Eastern Victoria as they haul timber and woodchip out of the bush and to mills and ports over both sides of the Great Dividing Range.
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