Oklahoma City Resident is state truck driving champion.
Press Release Summary:
Randy Gregory, of Oklahoma City, was named best professional truck driver in Oklahoma after winning the five axle competition and receiving highest overall score in eight competing categories at 2009 Oklahoma Truck Driving Championships. Gregory, who drives for YRC, now qualifies to compete in American Trucking Associations' National Truck Driving Championships August 18-22, 2009 in Pittsburgh, PA, also known as the "Super Bowl of Safety."
Original Press Release:
Oklahoma City Resident is State Truck Driving Champion
Eight Drivers Continue on to National Competition
OKLAHOMA CITY, July 29 /-- Randy Gregory, of Oklahoma City, was named the best professional truck driver in Oklahoma after winning the five axle competition and receiving the highest overall score in the eight competing categories at the 2009 Oklahoma Truck Driving Championships. The annual event is sponsored by the Oklahoma Trucking Association and the Oklahoma Safety Management Council.
Gregory, who drives for YRC, now qualifies to compete in the American Trucking Associations' National Truck Driving Championships August 18-22, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Penn. -- also known as the "Super Bowl of Safety." The winners from each of the eight other categories are also eligible to compete in the national championship.
Nearly 400 drivers from all 50 states will compete in Pittsburgh for four days, challenging their driving skills, and knowledge of safety, equipment and the industry. From 18-wheeler five axle sleepers to tank trucks to twin trailers -- they will drive a course that recreates situations truck drivers face daily. These maneuvers may include: an alley dock, a rear line stop, a side park, a scale stop, a right turn, a front line stop, and straight line driving through a diminishing clearance.
On Saturday night, August 22, one contestant will drive away as the 2009 National Grand Champion Truck Driver.
"The Truck Driving Championships represent the culmination of the industry's dedication to safety," said Oklahoma Trucking Association Executive Director Dan Case. "I congratulate all the contestants and I hope Oklahoma roots for our drivers as they move on to Nationals in Pittsburgh."
Oklahoma participants at National for each category include:
Troy Turtle, United Parcel Service, Ada, Okla. (Straight Truck)
Steve Smalley, ABF Freight System, Edmond, Okla. (Three-Axle)
Billy Harvey, United Parcel Service, Oklahoma City, Okla. (Four-Axle)
Randy Gregory, YRC, Oklahoma City, Okla. (Five-Axle)
LaVern Reimer, Wal-Mart Transportation, Newton, Kan. (Five-Axle Sleeper)
Eric Devore, Sinclair Trucking Company, Broken Arrow, Okla. (Tankers)
John Hunter, Sinclair Trucking Company, Harrah, Okla. (Flatbed)
David Jones, ABF Freight System, Broken Arrow, Okla. (Twins)
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. 18-22 in Pittsburgh, Penn. The NTDC annually attracts over 2,000 cheering friends, family, colleagues and spectators. For more information, visit the 2009 National Truck Driving Championships website: www.truckline.com/Federation/Councils/slpmc/NTDC/Pages/Default.aspx
The American Trucking Associations is the largest national trade association for the trucking industry. Through a federation of other trucking groups, industry-related conferences, and its 50 affiliated state trucking associations, ATA represents more than 37,000 members covering every type of motor carrier in the United States.
The American Trucking Associations leads the effort for safer highways, focusing on greater education, enforcement and enhancement of traffic safety laws for all drivers. ATA also supports slowing down traffic through a reinstatement of a national maximum speed limit of 65 mph for all vehicles and limiting truck speeds at the time of manufacture. www.truckline.com
CONTACT: Eric Reller of American Trucking Associations, +1-703-838-1896
Web Site: www.truckline.com/
