• Great American Insurance Group's Big Rig Giveaway

    • Big-hearted trucker known as "Granny" pays it forward after big win

    • Full Article

    • MATS 2009 a tremendous success

    • With the support of Exhibitors, Attendees and the Heavy-Duty Industry, Mid-America proved that it is, without doubt, "Tried and True".

    • Full Article

    • Road Ready Electric Vehicles debut at MATS

    • The first ever “Road Ready” commercial transport EVs and HEVs to hit the U.S. market will be debuted at the Mid-America Trucking Show

    • Full Article

    • SIRIUS XM's Live Broadcast

    • A newly expanded Road Dog Trucking will be broadcasting live in booth 16116.

    • Full Article

Industry News

    • Swift Names Richard Stocking President


    • Swift Corp. said that Richard Stocking has been promoted to president and chief operating officer of its truckload carrier Swift Tran...

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    • Editorial: Dwindling Infrastructure Funds?


    • This Editorial appears in the Jan. 12 print edition of Transport Topics. Full Article

    • Gasoline Rises After Five Months of Decline, Lundberg Says


    • The national average price of regular gasoline increased for the first time since early July, rising 11.7 cents to $1.779 a gallon du...

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List of years

1973

The Mid-America Trucking Show began in the early 1970's, when a private management group was formed by Paul K. Young, to create the largest and most diversified trucking show in the United States of America. The first Mid-America Trucking Show was held in 1972 with 80 Exhibitors and 4000 visitors in attendance. The show occupied a portion of the West Wing of the original Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center.