In this week's Overdrive Radio, drop back into more from host Todd Dills' November run with Oakley Trucking-leased owner-operator John McCormick out of Robards, Kentucky, near Henderson. Regular readers and listeners will recall the prior podcast, where we dug into McCormick's Pride & Polish-winning 2021 Kenworth, christened "Bandit" given its paint scheme’s resemblance to the Snowman’s rig in the 1970s classic movie Smokey & the Bandit.

There, we heard plenty about just how that rig got its name, McCormick’s approach to financing -- in this case direct through the finance arm of MHC Kenworth, the dealer group from which he bought the W900L late in 2020 -- and more. Today we pick up with more about the two rounds he makes daily, between Cresline Plastic Pipe in Henderson, where he unloads PVC powder picked down in Calvert City, Kentucky, from the manufacturer there.

Dills spoke with McCormick this morning and, after a few OTR runs farther afield over the holidays, when the plant he hauls from was shut down for annual maintenance as usual, he’s back in gear on this his bread-and-butter run, no sign of business slowing down. Hear more about just how the owner-operator got to where he is today -- and the other McCormicks he's managed to bring along for the ride. His "little brother" Bill and his father, Charlie, are part of the team working the PVC runs, both also now leased to Oakley. While John McCormick's been leased there going on 15 years, that's not the case for the rest of the family.

Follow this link for pictures of Charlie McCormick's 2020 Peterbilt 567, likewise video and more with the 2021 "Bandit" W900L: https://www.overdriveonline.com/15306419

Overdrive profiled John's truck more in-depth at this link: https://www.overdriveonline.com/pride-polish/podcast/15303882/custom-champs-a-run-in-the-bandit-21-w900l