ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The America's Road
Team will have 12 Captains competing at the National Truck Driving
Championships this year in Houston, tying the record number set last year.
The National Truck Driving Championships, considered the "Super Bowl of
Safety," will allow the America's Road Team to showcase their millions of
accident-free miles and superb driving skills to thousands of attendees and
participants. In addition, Road Team Captains will collect money for the
Texas-based charity Associa Cares, an organization that helps neighborhoods
across America who are in financial crisis due to natural and man-made
disasters. Captains will also assist in the NTDC blood drive again this
year.
The American Trucking Associations created the America's Road Team in
1986 as a national public outreach program to promote safety and
professionalism within the industry and educate the general public.
Sponsored by Volvo Trucks North America, America's Road Team is led by a
small group of professional truck drivers who travel the nation sharing
their superior driving skills, remarkable safety records and strong desire
to spread the word about highway safety, driver professionalism and the
essentiality of the trucking industry.
"Volvo is very proud of the America's Road Team program and the
professional drivers who are its safety ambassadors," said Scott Kress,
senior vice president - sales & marketing, Volvo Trucks North America. "The
qualities which led them to be chosen for the Road Team are some of the
same qualities which make them such effective and skillful drivers. We wish
the participating Road Team Captains and all other competitors good luck,
success and happy memories for this year's NTDC."
ATA's Truck Driving Championships include top professional truck
drivers from around the nation competing at state and regional levels to
make it to the national competition Aug. 19-23 in Houston, Texas. The NTDC
annually attracts over 2,000 cheering friends, family, colleagues and
spectators. For more information, visit the 2008 National Truck Driving
Championships website: http://www.truckline.com/aboutata/ntdc/2008
2008 NTDC America's Road Team Competitors:
Wayne Crowder, FedEx Freight (Lanesville, IN) '07-'08 America's Road
Team
Jerry Cudmore, Yellow Transportation (Castlewood, SD) '91 America's
Road Team
Kent Durant, Roadway (Cheney, KS) '07-'08 America's Road Team
Ralph Garcia, ABF Freight System, Inc. (Rio Rancho, NM) '05-'06
America's Road Team
Scott Harris, ABF Freight System, Inc. (North Greenbush, NY) '99
America's Road Team
Clarence Jenkins, UPS Freight (Poca, WV) '07-'08 America's Road Team
Roger Lanham, UPS Freight (Winfield, WV) '96 America's Road Team
David May, Con-way Freight (West Seneca, NY) '05-'06 America's Road
Team
Daniel Poole, The Boeing Company (Ravensdale, WA) '01 America's Road
Team
Larry Shelton, Old Dominion Freight Line (King, NC) '07-'08 America's
Road Team
Tony Spero, ABF Freight System, Inc. (Stratford, CT) '07-'08 America's
Road Team
Bernard Zadrozny, Roadway (Bristol, CT) '96 America's Road Team
The America's Road Team, sponsored by Volvo Trucks North America, is a
national public outreach program led by a small group of professional truck
drivers who share superior driving skills, remarkable safety records and a
strong desire to spread the word about safety on the highway.
http://www.americasroadteam.com.
American Trucking Associations, the national trade association for the
trucking industry, is a federation of affiliated state trucking
associations, conferences and organizations that includes more than 38,000
motor carrier members representing every type and class of motor carrier in
the country. http://www.truckline.com.
SOURCE American Trucking Associations
Saturday, August 23, 2008
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