Auto Moto Show

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!

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:
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. .
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. .
American Trucking Associations