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  After awaited anticipation, in 1987 the Joplin Petro was built. Today, Joplin Petro carries many unique driver amenities, like the only truckstop in the world to have the first and only revolving door. The truckstop also contains a newly remodeled Iron Skillet with a Trucker's Buffet, and Blimpies. Joplin Petro has so many amenities, it truly is a driver's dream. Drivers can watch movies in the Dolby Surround Sound theater, relax in the Drivers Den, do your wash in the laundry facilities, play video games or take your pick from the 26 private showers. Joplin Petro also features Petro:Lube Service Center, CAT Scale, and Truckomat truck wash.
  It all started when trucking was just a gleam in some of today's drivers' eyes and Interstate 80 was not yet completed, the Iowa 80 Truckstop was founded. In 1964, Standard Oil built and opened the truck stop, and in September 1965, Bill Moon took over management of the truckstop for Amoco. Like many of the truckstops in existence at the time, Iowa 80 was a small facility that only took up a fraction of what it does today, housing a small truckers store, one lube bay and a restaurant run by the Peel family.



Iowa 80 Truckstop - 1964

Bill Moon
-Bill Moon
  Under Mr. Moon's keen management, the truckstop began to grow and in 1984 Bill Moon purchased the truckstop from Amoco, that like the industry itself, has been a flurry of activity and expansion ever since. Now that it was theirs, the Moon family was able to remodel, update and expand the restaurant and truckers store. The shop bays were closed to build state of the art private showers and a driver's area, both of which were very rare in a truckstop at this time. In 1989, Iowa 80 added a new store probably most famous for, other than its chrome selection, the 1918 Oldsmobile hoisted above the cashier island.

  Iowa 80 Group owns Iowa 80 TA Truckstop, Walcott, Iowa; Joplin Petro, Joplin, Missouri; Oak Grove 70 Truckstop, Oak Grove, Missouri; Kenly 95 TA Truckstop, Kenly, North Carolina; Truckomats in: N. Little Rock, Arkansas; Temple, Georgia; South Holland, Illinois; Effingham, Illinois; Indianapolis, Indiana; Walcott, Iowa; Hebron, Ohio; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Laredo, Texas; CAT Scale Company and IOWA80.COM mail-order catalog and e-commerce web site.