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50 CUSTOM RIGS Fall 2009 No other truck beauty contest offers the fame and monetary rewards bestowed upon winners of the annual SuperRigs competition ake Eilen was a fixture of the custom rigs commu-nity. He had a passion for customizing, and his drive for individualism and perfection in his working rigs spilled over on those within Eilen & Sons Trucking of Hampton, Minnesota, as well as custom truck owners across the country. When Eilen was killed in a vehicle accident last November, it cast a pall over the close-knit customizing brotherhood. As a tribute, his family, friends and co-workers set out to honor him in the way custom rig owners know best: show his truck and those of the company at a few high-profile events this year. But Shell Rotella's SuperRigs event in Oak Grove, Missouri, wasn't on the to-do list until By Photos by author & David Purdy