Meet the Judges of the 2026 Shell Rotella® SuperRigs Truck Show

This year's list of Shell Rotella® SuperRigs judges are transportation and subject matter experts who come from a variety of backgrounds in the trucking industry. Get up-close and personal insight into our talented judges include truckers, award winners, radio show hosts, journalists, fleet owners, and advocates.  See their faces and read a short bio about each of them.

Mike Gaffin

Mike Gaffin, also known as “The Boston Trucker” on YouTube

(), is a second-generation trucker with over 30 years of experience behind the wheel. He spent 20 years running all 48 states before his kids were born and has since worked locally for the past 15 years, hauling aggregates and heavy equipment throughout the Boston area.

In the 1990s, Mike competed in national truck shows across the country, earning numerous trophies and lifelong friendships along the way. He even competed at the prestigious 1997 SuperRigs show in Ontario, California—giving him firsthand knowledge of what it takes to compete at the highest level. Today, Mike continues to participate in local truck shows with the Kenworth W900L he proudly drives every day for A. Cardillo & Sons.

Mike lives by the motto, “Every day is a truck show!” So if you see him rolling down the road, put on your sunglasses and give him a wave!

Eric Harley

Eric Harley’s radio career began in 1984. Since 1996, Eric has hosted an all-night radio show for truckers. The show, now known as Red Eye Radio, is aired on hundreds of stations nationwide and is consistently ranked among the top streaming shows in its format.

Eric’s family has a long history of military service as well as a strong history in trucking. Both of Eric’s grandfathers and his father were truckers during and after their military service. As a result, Eric has long been an advocate and volunteer for causes and organizations that benefit veterans as well those that benefit truckers.

Since 2001, Eric has proudly served as a judge for Shell Rotella SuperRigs. He takes the job of judging trucks very seriously and is ever mindful of the time and work that goes in to making a truck look great. He looks forward to the event each year and truly enjoys meeting the people who operate those trucks.

Jami Jones

Jami Jones once planned to be an accountant—until college convinced her otherwise. A summer break, a camera, and some persistence got her hired at a local newspaper, launching years of work as a sports reporter, editor, and photographer. She covered everything from high‑speed police chases to landfill cleanups while finishing school.

In 2000 she discovered trucking journalism and instantly clicked with it. Growing up on an Arkansas farm helping her brother work on vehicles, she already loved big trucks—and the people and challenges of the industry pulled her in.

She joined Land Line in 2004, committed to using her tenacity, advocacy, and research skills to serve professional truckers. With over 15 years in trucking journalism, Jami covers the industry from “lug nuts to legislation,” always with straight talk and the trucker in mind.

Doug Morris, SuperRigs Contest Operations Consultant

Doug Morris is the Director of Safety, Security and State Affairs for the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA), representing more than 154,000 small-business truckers across the U.S. and Canada. He reviews and analyzes regulations and legislation impacting all areas of trucking, including hazardous materials and other security‑sensitive sectors. Doug has testified before the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee and serves as Vice Chairman of the Department of Homeland Security’s Highway and Motor Carrier Sector Coordinating Council.

Before joining OOIDA, Doug spent 25 years with the Maryland State Police, where he earned multiple commendations and led the Transportation Security Section within the Homeland Security and Intelligence Bureau. His oversight included commercial vehicle enforcement, hazmat and radiological inspections, crash investigation units, U.S. Customs port operations, and covert interdiction teams. He has completed more than 1,000 hours of specialized training in hazardous materials, emergency management, counterterrorism, and criminal investigations.

Doug also served as a subject matter expert for TSA’s First Observer counterterrorism program, helping train more than 500,000 transportation professionals in identifying and reporting suspicious activity—training credited with preventing several planned attacks.

He remains active in the law enforcement community as President of the Maryland Troopers Association Lodge 13 and as a member of the National Troopers Coalition and Maryland Law Enforcement Officers. He also serves as Secretary for the Partnership for Critical Infrastructure Security and the Cross Sector Council.

David Mckinney

David McKinney started driving a truck when he was 21 years old. He purchased his first truck at 22 years old. He started out pulling a flatbed then he went hauling air freight coast to coast for about 5 years. Then David came back to flat bedding where he had been having a one truck operation for many years. About 15 years ago he started adding trucks and now is a 20-truck company owned fleet.

David started building and showing trucks in 2016 and has loved showing trucks. He met an extended family in the show truck world.