Carlisle All-Truck Nationals was held the first weekend in August this year, and it brought out over 1,600 trucks to the Fairgrounds. This show used to be one of the top minitruck shows in the community, but with the lack of quality rides that are being built today, the show was dominated by 4X4s and big-rigs.

The show offered a little something for everyone, including the customary high/low contests, burnout competitions and the hydraulic hop. Furthermore, a rock crawl was available where 4-wheel rides could perform by mastering the boulders that were precisely assembled. Rides in the Virginia Giant and the Hulk entertained the kiddies, a wing-eating contest filled contestants up, and a performance by Cledus T. Judd on Saturday evening caused the audience to roar.

New to All-Truck Nats this year was the National Association of Show Trucks. They gave entrants extra outlets to perform in with the Non-Working, Working Bobtail, and Working Combination classes.

For attendees that were still working on making their rides show worthy, a swap meet brought 581 vendors selling multitudes of parts that can only be found at such a meet.

So, now that you know the “official” happenings of All-Truck Nationals, check out the second part of the article where the unofficial story unfolds!