this moron jackknifed in Georgia just north of Atlanta, on an exit from from the I-75 NWC Express Lanes (locally known as the Lexus Lanes) which are strictly no tractor-trailers allowed. (Thank you LuckyPunchy!)

 at least other traffic can just get to the next exit and double back to get on with their day

the new Evel Knievel Experience in Las Vegas is set to open June 27 (thank you George!)

the new museum will be similar to the original Topeka museum, but much larger because it was too small to display all the Knievel items that had been collected

https://www.kmbc.com/article/evel-knievel-mack-truck-las-vegas-museum/71329573

the Ford Total Performance Show rig

A batch of The Going Thing Mustang and Fairlane Cobra Sports Roofs (plus a handful of low-performance hardtops) was collectively special-ordered by several Cleveland-area dealers for the Ford Total Performance Show at Thompson Drag Raceway in Ohio.

 The May 3, 1969, event featured Ford Drag Team members Hubert Platt and Randy Payne plus a traveling "supercar clinic" that included competitive drag runs, a specialty car display, and an exhibition of hi-po equipment. 

The Going Thing Mustangs were available in special-order Petty Blue (remember, the King was with Ford in 1969) or white, all built with both pedestrian and performance Ford engines; they also featured an unusual stripe that resembled the Boss 302's yet included "THE GOING THING" stenciled at the bottom of the stripe, plus a huge Ford decal on the trunk lid.

https://www.oldcarsweekly.com/inside-the-ford-total-performance-show

https://www.hotrod.com/features/going-thing-peek-inside-mustang-marketing-1960s-display-mcacn-2017

in a scene from Waterworld

Theres something intriguing abuot the Mad Max genre of post apocalyptic vehicles 

the biggest problem with Tuesday morning at SEMA? Too damn many booths have car covers over the cool stuff because they want to have "reveals" at some appointment time

 but I went back a couple hours later and the cover was off

It's been a while since I've seen an old Kenworth

Ricky Rudd's former big rig race hauler, from 1996-97, is currently being used by a tobacco farm in Roxboro NC.

https://www.thedrive.com/news/found-this-old-nascar-semi-truck-now-works-in-the-tobacco-fields-of-north-carolina

https://x.com/ryandaleydesign/status/1905630202413138263

Three circus elephants pull a semi-truck across a field in Cedar City, Missouri

taken by Edwin Martin who documented six traveling circuses from 1983 to 1986.

https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2025/04/the-greatest-show-on-mud-edwin-martins-photographs-of-traveling-circuses/?loclr=eaptb

https://petapixel.com/2025/04/20/photographers-stark-images-of-circus-life-in-the-1980s/

enjoy the eye candy of 60's race track cargo delivery trailer with an unusual set of axles, and look at those huge exhaust pipes!

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/dog427435/3019339031/in/photostream/lightbox/

some kid who didn't know their future would be working as an automotive journalist photographed a LOT of the semis at a rest area off I-5 in 1972!

 

https://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/vintage-trucks/a-gallery-of-vintage-long-wheelbase-west-coast-coe-trucks-why-did-they-do-this/

interesting semi, it's not a Welder Up rig, but looks like that's what inspired this look

the Phoenix’s last ever run in 2003 at Bonneville, set the current record for the Unlimited Diesel Truck class at 272.685 mph! (With a junkyard find ’47 International K-7 semi !)

http://www.ugofadini.com/phoenixstory.html

R.B. Slagle, who thus became the first trucker to enter the prestigious 200 Club. 

For Speed Week 2003 the streamlining was extensively improved by adding a "wing" at the front and a new long tail to reduce the turbulence at the back, somewhat in the style of "long tail" versions of sports racing cars for Le Mans. The modifications must have been effective, because Carl Heap improved on his record again early in the week (272.685 mph)

 

Skip the first 8 minutes 

Or see this WAY too short video that cuts out the semi truck used as a pusher that was spinning tires like made to make speed 

The Phoenix made its debut pass at Bonneville in 1989, running 158 mph. Eventually, the truck went 188 mph, then 212 mph, then broke 250 mph -- and the streamliner record. 

Carl Heap proved just how far a determined team can come with some effort (and a lot of streamlining). 

The truck now resides in Hastings, Minnesota, at the Stagecoach Diesel Motorsports Museum.

First race above, and 13 years later, the evolved and streamlined last race

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/slagle-heap-43-international-detroit-diesel-bonneville-race-truck-tribute-page.526065/

interesting and a bit aerodynamic. Willéme LD610 circa mid-1950s - France

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=395469940150852&set=a.174812662216582

Snapping necks in Brisbane Australia (I've been there! WONDERFUL people!) 28-liter V12 Cummins 1710 with twin turbos, rated at 900 hp and able to spit out 4,000 lb-ft of torque.

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/filthy-is-a-one-of-a-kind-big-rig-rubber-shredder-with-more-power-than-should-be-legal-233193.html#

If you ever go there, see if the Bellowing Bull Bar and Grill is still there. 

this 1966 Peterbilt 281 won the Overdrive.com Pride and Polish Antique category

https://www.overdriveonline.com/pride-polish/article/15638707/winning-1966-peterbilt-281-a-piece-of-trucking-history-and-more

https://www.tenfourmagazine.com/2021/10/show-reports/fun-for-frenchy/

truck driver reuinted with his grandpas '72 Peterbilt!

the most famous semis in tv shows and movies

yes, there are others, but I agree with the guy that got these together for this photo, these are the most famous, most memorable icons of tv and movies from the mid 70s to early 80s, the cultural trucking fad time

https://www.overdriveonline.com/custom-rigs/article/14891467/five-famous-popculture-trucking-classics-all-together-in-one-place

https://www.dealsonwheels.co.nz/trucks/features/1707/cover-story-duel-peterbilt-truck

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/120403-bj-and-the-bear-kit/

No, I really don't want to know what others you think are more famous... make your own blog and send me a link. 

I-70 near Denver shut down for hanging semi truck at Glenwood Canyon between Dotsero and Glenwood Springs

the overturned semi truck blocking traffic in one direction and hanging off the interstate in the other direction. 

https://cdllife.com/2023/i-70-near-denver-shut-down-for-hanging-semi-truck/

cool 1967 GMC COE with a custom sleeper and twin-turbo Detroit Diesel 12V92 . The cab is only 48 inches deep

https://www.thedrive.com/news/the-ultimate-gmc-crackerbox-project-truck-with-a-v12-detroit-is-just-waiting-to-be-finished

1955 Bullnose Kenworth rescued from a scrapyard in Wichita for only $300 in the 1970s, was reunited after 36 years, with the guy that saved it from the junkyard

 

https://www.hotcars.com/kenworth-semi-junkyard/