A record crowd attended the truck show on Saturday at Victoria Park.

Organising committee member Shirl McCosker said the positive response has paved the way for big plans ahead.

“We are going to go from one to two days next year,” Mr McCosker said.

“At this stage, the Saturday will be the big rig competition with everything else happening on the Sunday. 

“It is back to a long weekend next year so we think the two days will work well.”

The truck show had to overcome some hurdles on its way to being such a successful event in 2017.

It did not fall on the Australia Day long weekend and had some competition from some similar events.

“We were rapt with the crowd given the other things that were on,” Mr McCosker said.

“There was a truck show in Melbourne and the auto-fest in Portland which is a pretty popular event. We still managed to get trucks come down from Melbourne even though there was a show on down there.”

The Koroit Truck Show falls on the same weekend as the Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic at Premier Speedway.

This has worked in favour of the truck show with many speedway fans making their way out to Koroit on the Saturday. With over 200 trucks on display, the Koroit Truck Show looks after its core market well.

But as Mr McCosker explains, the organising committee has a broader vision.

“We are rapt that it has become a real family day out,” Mr McCosker said.

“We worked in the planning to make sure there were no big gaps in things happening on the day, we want to to be a hive of activity.

“The committee we have got is unreal, the stuff that people do behind the scenes is amazing. You need the right people on board and that’s what we have got.”

Auctions of truck tyres and hay at the truck show raised more than $5000.

This will be shared between the Beyond Blue and Leila Rose Foundation charities.

Mr McCosker said the wider benefits of the event is part of what makes the truck show so worthwhile.

“It’s great to be able to give some money to these charities,” Mr McCosker said.

“Also, you hear about businesses doing well thanks to the extra people in town. That’s what it’s all about, we want to bring people into Koroit, it’s great for everyone.”

The event has strong community links with the Koroit Lions Club manning the gate and the Koroit Cricket club doing the catering.