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PHOTOS: It’s a Truckers Jamboree at Walcott
Drivers have fun in ‘Olympic’ events, compete for most beautiful truck
Jul. 15, 2022 6:00 am
Trucker Brent Miller of Allenwood, Pa., participates in the tire roll event Thursday at the Trucker Olympics during the Truckers Jamboree on at the Iowa 80 Truckstop in Walcott. The jamboree continues through Saturday. The truckstop — 45 miles east of Iowa City and, according to its owners, the world’s largest truck stop — has eight restaurants, stores, a barbershop, a service center, a movie theater, laundry, truck wash, showers, a dentist, a chiropractor and a trucking museum. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)
Trucker Jeff Vargas pulls an antique cement truck during the truck pull event at the Trucker Olympics during the Truckers Jamboree on Thursday at the Iowa 80 truckstop in Walcott. The jamboree, which continues through Saturday, includes a display of antique trucks and a “Super Trucks Beauty Contest.” A schedule of events is at iowa80truckstop.com/trucker-jamboree. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)
Trucker Kay Quinaxx celebrates Thursday as she crosses the finish line in the Trucker Olympics coffee cup relay at the Truckers Jamboree, going on through Saturday, at the Iowa 80 Truckstop in Walcott. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)
Trucker Chad Miller of Allenwood, Pa., wins the tire roll event of the Trucker Olympics during the Truckers Jamboree on Thursday at the Iowa 80 Truckstop in Walcott. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)
Truckers and twin brothers Kendall and Ken Weaver of Wooster, Ohio, participate in the coffee cup relay event of the Trucker Olympics during Thursday’s Truckers Jamboree at the Iowa 80 Truckstop in Walcott. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)
Truckers Kay Quinaxx (right) of Texas and Christina Bustos of Albuquerque, N.M., laugh after losing the coffee cup relay Thursday at the Trucker Olympics. They were among the truckers at the Truckers Jamboree, which continues through Saturday, at the Iowa 80 truckstop in Walcott. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)
