FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 1, 2011
Contact: Heather DeBaillie
563-284-6965
WALCOTT, IOWA -- Iowa 80 Truckstop, The World's Largest Truckstop, along with the Iowa
80 Trucking Museum are featured on the Speed Channel's new series American Trucker. In the
very first aired episode, entitled Robb and the Bear, Robb Mariani visits Iowa 80 Truckstop and
the Iowa 80 Trucking Museum during the Walcott Truckers Jamboree; the largest celebration of
truckers in the country.
"We are pleased that the American Trucker series shines a positive light on trucking and
professional drivers, says Delia Moon Meier, Iowa 80 Group Senior Vice President. "And are
equally pleased to have the opportunity to share Iowa 80 with Speed Channel viewers."
Based in Walcott, Iowa, Iowa 80 Truckstop and Iowa 80 Trucking Museum are both part
of the Iowa 80 Group that also owns and operates Joplin 44 Petro Truckstop, Joplin, Missouri;
Oak Grove 70 Petro Truckstop, Oak Grove, Missouri; Kenly 95 Petro Truckstop, Kenly, North
Carolina; Truckomats in: Little Rock, Arkansas; Temple, Georgia; Effingham, Illinois;
Indianapolis, Indiana; Walcott, Iowa; Joplin, Missouri; Oak Grove, Missouri; Kenly, North
Carolina; Hebron, Ohio; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Laredo, Texas; Wytheville, Virginia;
IOWA80.COM mail-order catalog and e-commerce web site based in Walcott, Iowa and CAT
Scale Company.