Information for Contestants 

2025 Event Schedule

Thursday, July 3

• 5-10 pm Carnival Uptown Osceola
• Roll In, park, and display any time after 8:00 am
• Food vendors setting up after 1 pm
• Non-judged light show at dusk
• Vendors setting up in the Clarke County Fairgrounds Event Center. Open bar from 5 pm until 11 pm
  

Friday, July 4

• 10 am parade Uptown Osceola
• 11 am-10 pm – Carnival Uptown Osceola
• Pie Auction Following Parade uptown Osceola
• Truck Show Registration begins at 10 am and continues until 6 pm. Truck show Ballot judging starts Friday at noon and continues through Saturday at 11 am
• Judged truck light show Friday night dusk through midnight
• Open ceremonies for the tractor pull with Skydiver presenting the colors at 5:45 pm
• Pro Pulling Truck and Tractor Pull in Grandstand 6 pm
• Fireworks at 10 pm at Lakeside Casino

Saturday, July 5

• 11 am-10 pm – Carnival Uptown Osceola
• Truck Show Registration 8 am-10 am
• Truck Show Rags down at 10:30 am
• Truck Show Ballot counting starting at 11:00 am
• 1:30 – Pedal Pull Registration Uptown Osceola
• 12 pm – Pedal Pull Uptown Osceola
• 4 pm – Outhouse Races Uptown Osceola
• Silent auction items start at 8 am and end at noon. All money raised from the silent auction will go towards SWCC Technical Scholarships
• Awards and presentations starting approximately 12:30-1:00 pm in the Clarke County Events center
• Registration for pedal pulls starts at 1:30 pm
• Grown-up pedal pull starting at 2 pm and kids pedal pull starting at 2:30
• Open ceremonies for the tractor pull with skydiver presenting the colors at 5:45 pm
• Pro Pulling Truck and Tractor Pull in Grandstand 6 pm
• Fireworks begin 10 pm at the Fairgrounds

Judging

Truck show Ballot judging starts Friday at noon and continues through Saturday at 11 am

Judging will include People’s Choice and Trucker’s Choice.

Peoples’s Choice voting will be done with ballots provided to fans at the Truck show. Each truck will have a registration card displayed in the passenger side window of each registered truck. The fans will then be able to walk around with voting ballots and fill out the registration number on the ballots of each class they are voting for. The ballots will then be turned to the ballot box for counting at the JunctionTown Showdown merchandise trailer.

Peoples Choice classes are as follows:

• Top 5 bobtail
• Top 5 Combo
• Top 3 bobtail lights
• Top 3 combo lights

Truckers’ Choice awards are only voted on by contestants in the show! These include:

• Truckers Choice Top 3
• “Old School Kool”  Only one truck to be selected.

 Entry Fees

The Truck Show entry fees will be $75 for the Bob tail and $100 for combo.

With each paid entry to the truck show, the contestant will get 2 meal tickets for Friday night and Saturday night. The meal will be served from 3 pm to 4:30 pm both nights at the Fairground show barn. 

Tentative Schedule

THURSDAY, July 3rd

Competitors can arrive anytime after noon on Thursday, June 27. We will have staff parking both Pullers and Show trucks during the day as some areas may get congested.

If you would like to arrive earlier than Thursday noon call ahead to make arrangements with Jesse at (641) 344-3072.

FRIDAY, July 4th

• Roll In, park, and display any time after 8:00 am.  Food vendors setting up after 1 pm.
• Open to public 3 pm-11 pm.
• 3 pm-6 pm Kids Truck & Treat, kids meet the drivers and get treats from participating trucks. Driver participation highly encouraged!! Kids enjoyed this last year, and we really encourage drivers to bring
  candy for this event!!!
• Non-judged light show at dark (Participation highly encouraged!).

SATURDAY, July 5

• Registration begins at 10 am until 6 pm.
• Ballot judging starts Saturday at noon through Sunday at 11 am.
• Light show judging Saturday night through midnight.
• The judged truck light show is to begin at dusk and continue until 11 pm.

SUNDAY, July 6th

• Registration opens at 8 am until 10 am.
• Rags down at 10:30 am.
• Ballot counting starts at 11:00 am.
• Awards and presentations start approximately 12:30-1:00 pm.