Truck show curries favor with industry
BRAMPTON, Ont. — In spite of high winds, unseasonably cold temperatures and an early evening rainstorm Saturday, organizers of the first ever Road Today Truck Show have deemed the event an unqualified success.
The event attracted over 8,000 visitors and anyone who attended would agree there’s never been a truck show like it.
Sponsored primarily by Road Today magazine, which is produced for the South Asian segment of the trucking business, the show was held at the Powerade Centre in Brampton, Ont., home to a large population of South Asians.
In addition to indoor and outdoor trade show the Road Today show included, a show’n’shine competition, job fair, a pit crew challenge, a children’s play area, children’s entertainment and an ethnic food court featuring South Asian foods.
truck won for Best Chrome job
Linda Jeffrey, MPP for Brampton Springdale and Brampton Mayor Susan Fennell formally opened the show Saturday. Gurbax Malhi, MP for Bramalea-Gore-Malton and Harinder Takhar, Ontario Minister of Small Business and Consumer Services also visited the show Saturday and presented Road Today Trucking Excellence Awards to several participants.
Andrew Kania, Member Parliament for Brampton West, John Sanderson, Regional Councilor, Gary Collins, CEO, Brampton Board of Trade and Larry Zacher, Executive Director, Brampton Safe City also attended the event. The closing ceremonies on Sunday were presided over by Liberal MP Ruby Dhalla, who represents the Brampton-Springdale riding.
The show’n’shine awards were won by: Sukhwinder Atwal (Best Light Show), Vic Pannu (Best Chrome), Dan Prentice (Best Truck in Show), Harjeet Singh (Best Interior), Avtar Chauhan (Best Dump Truck) and John Composeo (Best Owner-Operator Truck).
The Pit Crew Challenge was won by JBH Truck Centre. The trucking excellence awards were presented to Dara Nagra of Avaal Technology, Harnek Kang of Ontario Best Carrier and Derek Hambly of Western Toronto International in the Entrepreneur, Owner Operator and Technician of the Year categories respectively. The grand prize of two free air tickets to India was won by Sandeep Singh Sidhu.
Sponsors of the show included Newcom Business Media (publisher of Today’s Trucking magazine and this website); SelecTrucks of Canada, Arrow Truck Sales, Western Toronto International, Diesel Truck Centre, Centerline Truck Lube, TransCore Link Logistics, Bluelake Enterprises, Moonstone Transport, , Avaal Technology Solutions, CWC Immigration, Day and Night Cargo, Sailthru Truck Lube to name a few.
The South Asian Trucking Association and the South Asian Press Club of Canada also endorsed the show.
To view pictures of the show, visit www.roadtodaytruckshow.com .
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