Owner/Driver #339

LEGEND
WINS OUT
The 2020 Valvoline Truck of the Year recipient
has been decided and, due to another COVID
lockout, belatedly presented. Warren Aitken
travels to Dalmore, Victoria to hand the prized
trophy to the delighted Inverno family, proud
owners of a sparkling Kenworth Legend 900
WELCOME TO APRIL and, finally,
the announcement of the 2020
Valvoline Owner//Driver Truck of the
Year award. With the high calibre
of Valvoline Truck of the Month
winners it was a pretty tight race to
the flag but, in the end, much like
The Highlander, there can be only
one. Owner//Driver magazine, along
with Valvoline, are proud as punch to award the
trophy to the entire Inverno family and their
stunning Kenworth 900 Legend.
With 2020 being such a strange, screwed-thepooch
kind of year, it seems almost poetic that
it has taken us so long to be able to get down to
surprise the Inverno family and hand over the
Valvoline Owner//Driver Truck of the Year trophy.
In truth, I had snuck down earlier but another
quick-fire Victoria lockdown had me out of the
state before I could get the trophy delivered.
Therefore, it was an absolute pleasure for me and
a bit of a shock for Peppi, Danielle, Jeremy and
Chris, when I finally got to rock up and break the
news to them.
So, a quick rundown on the Inverno 900 Legend.
G&D Inverno runs a fleet of five trucks with
the 900 being the boss’s workhorse. Sorry, I
should clarify, the family will actually tell you
Danielle is the boss, so I should say ‘the 900 is
driven by Peppi’.
There is a custom-built B-double tautliner set
Left: The Kenworth Legend 900’s regular run is Melbourne to
Adelaide
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