LOUISVILLE, Ky. The 50th Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) is honoring the men, women and companies who built the industry and made MATS the largest and
Retired trucker
It s been 42 years since the mixed blessing of celebrity came to Tennessee-born wildcat trucker Mirah Lesa Yo-Yo Worley.
The petite brunette in the big black cowboy hat was featured on the popular NBC show Real People in 1979. She drove a 359 Pete with a KTA 600 , 3:55 rears, and a 13 over.
That episode, which recently found its way onto Youtube, etched Ms. Worley into the iconography of trucking myth and legend. It depicts a stunning Southern belle in the prime of her youth, strutting out of a tricked-out Peterbilt, dressed to the nines in trucking boots and regalia, with a Winston Ultra Lite 100 in her hand.