Oklahoma Woman Wins the Last Peterbilt Model 389x Built
The last Peterbilt 389x manufactured was given away at MCE. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — An Oklahoma woman won Rush Truck Centers’ sweepstakes to give away the last Peterbilt Model 389x produced.
The winner, Jennifer Best of Pryor, Okla., was presented the keys to the shiny red tractor by Rush Enterprises CEO W.M. “Rusty” Rush during an Oct. 14 news conference at American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition.
Roughly 8,000 tickets were bought for the raffle. The proceeds for the sweepstakes — about $500,000 — were donated to the Wounded Warrior Project.
Jennifer said she bought the $50 raffle ticket on a whim at a recent trucking show.
It was an honor to present the keys to the last and only 2025 Peterbilt Model 389X to its winner, Jennifer Best, and her family during the American Trucking Associations' Management Conference and Exhibition in Nashville. #winthelast389
Read more: https://t.co/ceUTfNCZUQ pic.twitter.com/ejjs6aD2BH — Rush Truck Centers (@rushtruckcenter) October 17, 2024
Jennifer and her husband, Shane, own a small trucking company, Shane Best Trucking, of mostly dump trucks. Jennifer said she’ll add the new 389x to the fleet.
“Trucking runs in our family," Jennifer said. “We took over the business from Shane’s mother. My dad was a truck driver, and both of our boys are in the business.
Jennifer Best, winner of the Rush Truck Centers sweepstakes. She and her husband, Shane, took home the Peterbilt 389x. They own Shane Best Trucking. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
“When I got the call that we’d won, I was in shock. We were happy to support Wounded Warrior Project, but to win this incredible truck is unbelievable.”
Trucking has been in Best’s family for 25 years. Jennifer and Shane bought out Shane’s mother’s firm, Best Dump Trucking, about three years ago.
Rush Truck Centers secured the final Model 389 with a winning bid of $1.25 million at an auction hosted by Peterbilt in February 2023. The funds from that bid were split evenly as donations to Wreaths Across America and TAT, formerly known as Truckers Against Trafficking. In addition, Peterbilt split the proceeds from selling the truck — $250,000 — between those two charities, resulting in a total donation of $750,000 to each charity.
Rush
“This is a unique and very special truck, and we knew we could do a lot of good for a lot of people with it,” Rush said. “We are immensely proud that this sweepstakes generated $500,000 for Wounded Warrior Project and the life-changing programs and services they provide at no cost to America’s injured veterans.”
“The effects of war and military service can last a lifetime for wounded veterans,” said Brea Kratzert Todd, Wounded Warrior Project vice president of business development. “Supports like Rush Enterprises and the Best family fuel the life-changing programs and services that Wounded Warrior Project delivers to warriors and their loved ones.”
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