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January 2024

Dozens of Chevys, a few GMCs, and two lonely Fords battle it out at the 6th annual Pro Touring Truck Shootout!

- STEVEN RUPP

TRUCKS ON TRACK!

Time to hit the button on the wayback machine: Arnie Gonzalez grew up in Miami where exotic (code for expensive) cars are the norm. He wanted to stand out, so he ended up gravitating towards trucks. He worked for a race team and wrenched at a shop called California Custom Sport Trucks, and his dad worked at a high-end car dealership. So, as you can see, he was surrounded by custom and performance cars, and when that passion collided with his love of old trucks, well, this event was the result. "My vision of a Pro Touring truck is having one that can hang with a Porsche on some curvy country road in England," Gonzalez recalled.

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