GBATS Frequently Asked Questions

Pre-registering allows you to use the EXPRESS LINE at the Registration Tent saving you time plus you’ll get a coupon for a free t-shirt ($10 off at the CSM Gear Tent). Even though you pre-register your truck, you’ll still need to come to the Registration Tent (see GBATS Schedule & Maps) to pick up your truck number and get staged for parking.

Good news, you CAN bring your own golf cart to the truck show. We’d like true golf carts to be brought, but we understand many people have UTV’s/ATV’s. Whether you bring a gold cart or a UTV, we just ask that you be courteous of pedestrians walking around the show and please pay attention to the signage helping you know where carts are allowed on the property and where they are not. It’s going to be a great show, and we appreciate all your cooperation!

Golf Cart Rental Prices:

1-day: $ Coming Soon
2-day: $ Coming Soon
3-day: $ Coming Soon

Call 417-438-4449 to book your rental. There are only so many rental carts allowed during the show, so the earlier you call the more likely you are to secure yours.

While we don’t have camping spots available on the GBATS grounds, there are a couple of campgrounds very close to the action.

Joplin KOA: I-44 Exit 4, (800) 562-5675, 0.4 miles/2 minute drive, 8-minute walk

https://koa.com/campgrounds/joplin/

Downstream RV Park: I-44 Exit 1 (West of Exit 4), (417) 626-6750, 5.2 miles/8 minute drive

 https://www.quapawtribe.com/372/Downstream-RV-Park

This year there will not be an on-site wash service available as in years past. There are 2 wash options available off-site you can contact to get all washed & prepped before parking on the GBATS show lot if you would like:

Blue Beacon: I-44 Exit 11/3101 S Bedford Ave, Joplin, MO, 64804, (417)206-4186 (Open 24 Hours!)

Truck-O-Mat: I-44 Exit 4/4198 Mo-43, Joplin, MO, 64804, (417)624-7979 (Open 24 Hours!)

The registration booth will close at noon on Friday. However, we strongly encourage you to arrive Thursday evening before 5:00 pm.

This allows for a smoother registration and parking procedure. Most importantly though, early arrival enables you to enjoy the competitor’s hospitality dinner which will be held Trackside on the West side of 43 highway this year at 6:00 pm on Thursday evening.

If you arrive anytime after Friday at noon, feel free to find a parking spot for your truck & just enjoy the show as it is an action-packed weekend!

Everyone is welcome! This is no charge for this hospitality, trucker appreciation event.

You may pre-register for the convoy online by visiting our Registration page, and filling out the registration form. (Click Here)

To register once you arrive, visit the Special Olympics tent located near the retail storefront entrance. They will collect your $100 donation, get you registered, and give you a special decal to place in your windshield so that parking personnel will know you are a Convoy Participant.

There is a mandatory driver’s meeting for all Convoy Participants at 4:30 pm on Saturday evening near the Special Olympics tent.
The convoy will be bobtails only, no trailers.
For questions please email:

Haley Blevins | Development Director SWMO | Special Olympics Missouri

PO Box 14463 Springfield, MO 65814 | Phone: 636.575.3570 (mobile)

www.somo.org | mailto:blevins@somo.org

Absolutely! In fact, we need approximately 40 drivers to provide a “Ride in a Big Rig” for Special Olympics athletes.

You must download a pre-authorization/background check form off our website (link coming soon!), fill it out, and mail it to the Joplin Special Olympics office BEFORE the event.

Your form must be received by September 1st, 2025 in order to be eligible. Please register in advance so that ALL of these athletes get the opportunity to ride in a truck during the convoy.

You certainly can!

The cost for the convoy participation is a $100 donation per truck.

All proceeds will be used for Missouri area Special Olympics activities, needs, and events. Truckers that are not participating in the Truck Show but plan to participate in the Special Olympics Convoy must be pre-registered with Special Olympics by 4:00 pm on Saturday.

All convoy participants must also be present for a mandatory driver’s meeting at 4:30 pm on Saturday evening to be held in the Special Olympics tent.

Joplin Police Department Officer Brian Henderson will advise us on the driving route and instructions for the convoy. Exit 4 will be extremely congested all weekend.

Convoy Participants who arrive Saturday are asked to “stage up” and line up down the frontage road on the SE corner of exit 4 — this is the area in front of Rapid Roberts/Conoco, KOA Campground, TMC Truck Lines.

Use channel 33 when you get to exit 4 for help in staging your truck. Convoy departure time is 6:00 pm sharp.

Truck Show Participants
You have FREE ACCESS to front row VIP seating-just bring your own lawn chair. There will be no admittance to the VIP seating area unless you bring a chair.

So, bring your lawn chair, relax, and enjoy the show.

Grandstand seating
$10 – CDL Holders
$20 – Non-CDL Adults (ages 13 and up)
$10 – Children (Ages 6-12)
FREE (Children 5 & Under)
$10 – Standing Room Only (No Seating)

** No outside food, drinks or coolers allowed.

** Seating on the grandstands are limited.

All vehicles who participate in the pull are required to pass a basic safety inspection.

This is an invitational event, so classes are “loosely” formed. We will do our best to allow ANY Stock Road Semi Truck an opportunity to pull the sled with no pre-registering required. Simply show up and sign up for the event and you’re good to go.

However, if you have a pickup truck, 4×4 pickup, diesel pickup, farm tractor, Hot Tractor, Pro Semi Truck, Super Modified Tractor, or Street Stock Semi you need to contact social@4Statetrucks.com for information.

A Tentative List Of Classes
2.6 Pro Street Diesel Trucks
Pro Stock 4×4 Pickup Trucks
85 Limited Pro Tractors
Light Pro Tractor
Hot Rod Semi
Street Semi

Truck Show Participants

You have FREE ACCESS to front row VIP seating-just bring your own lawn chair.  There will be no admittance to the VIP seating area unless you bring a chair.

So, bring your lawn chair, relax, and enjoy the show.
<h3>Grandstand seating</h3>
<ul>
     <li>$10 – CDL Holders</li>
     <li>$20 – Non-CDL Adults (ages 13 and up)</li>
     <li>$10 – Children (Ages 6-12)</li>
     <li>FREE (Children 5 &amp; Under)</li>
     <li>$10 – Standing Room Only (No Seating)</li>
</ul>
<strong>** No outside food, drinks, or coolers allowed.</strong>

<strong>** Seating on the grandstands is limited.</strong>

Our hotel partners are LaQuinta and TownePlace Suites. Both hotels will be offering a special CSM rate.</p><p>When you call these hotels, be sure to mention Chrome Shop Mafia Truck Show in order to get the special rates and other perks.</p><p><strong>** No outside food, drinks, or coolers allowed.</strong></p><p><strong>** Seating on the grandstands is limited.

Participants Of The Convoy event are asked to wait until 10:30 pm to leave 26th & Maiden Lane area.

Non-Participants of the convoy event we ask that you stay until the convoy pulls out around 6:30pm on Saturday.

If you are a Spectator you are welcome to come and go as you please. However, please know around 6:30pm we will be pulling the convoy out of the 4 State Trucks area and traffic will be heavy.  We ask that you allow the convoy to finish getting out before leaving.

There is not on site security.  However, there is law enforcement patrolling the lots at night and working the events and traffic.

We are excited to launch our new “Rolling Registration” at GBATS 2025! The registration location has moved to the Petro lot (follow the signs upon arrival) where you will roll up in your rig and we will come to you. No parking your truck to wait in line and get your truck number, we’re streamlining this process for you! Stay tuned for more info on this as we get closer to truck show time.

We’ve got you covered on auto parking!

Unfortunately, There will be no place for cars to park at 4 State Trucks.  We are packing all the amazing show trucks into these areas, but we do have three great parking areas ready to go for you.

Auto parking will be designated behind Rapid Roberts, open area north of Dollar General, and an open area on the west side of 43 Highway (Behind the show truck area.)

All Auto Parking areas will be designated with signage as auto parking, so keep an eye out! 

We’re here to help! We’ll haul you and your purchase back to your vehicle, anywhere around here at Exit 4.