Going green: Finalist techs troubleshoot trucks

    Dec. 14, 2016
    SAN ANTONIO. This is the money round: the herd thins and not everyone gets a finalist shirt — which was green this year — for the last round of the Rush Truck Centers Tech Skills Rodeo. Technicians gave it their best once again before winners were announced later Tuesday.

    SAN ANTONIO. Ask any of the truck technicians at the start of the Rush Truck Centers Tech Skills Rodeo if they're going to win the competition, and you'll very likely hear the same thing: "Sure!" But this is a best of the best event, and the herd thins for Day 2 of the various truck troubleshooting heats.

    This is the money round — finalists got green shirts this year and gave it their best starting Tuesday morning before wrapping things up around noon. They didn't wait long in suspense, with winners announced later on at Rush's signature bash handing out prizes and a healthy chunk of change for a $225,000 total.

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    Aaron Marsh

    Aaron Marsh is a former senior editor of FleetOwner, who wrote for the publication from 2015 to 2019. 

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