47th Missouri Truck Driving Championships 2014

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47th Missouri Truck Driving Championships 2014
T
he 2014 Truck Driving
Championships, sponsored
by the Missouri Trucking
Association’s Council of Safety
Supervisors, were held at the
DoubleTree in Chesterfield,
Missouri.
T
he 2-day event saw 168
drivers put their skills to the
test. They were given a written
exam, completed a federal pretrip inspection and then took to
the driving course that consisted
of six obstacles.
D
rivers compete as the
spectators cheer them on.
D
rivers are instructed
on the activities of the
Championships during
orientation and have the
opportunity to see the
skills course for the first
time.
P
re-trip inspections are
completed by drivers
under the watchful eye of
industry experts.
T
he skills driving
course was kept
very busy during the
2-day event.
K
eynote speakers were Missouri
members of America’s Road Team:
● Stephanie Klang, Con-way Truckload
● Thomas Miller, Prime, Inc.
● Byron Bramwell, YRC Freight
● Steven Fields, YRC Freight
T
he coveted
trophies.
F
irst & second place winners
were invited to a breakfast
along with past winners who went
on to Nationals. They shared
information with the new winners
to help prepare them for the
National competition that will be
held in Pittsburg, PA in August.
And the Winners are . . .
TANK TRUCK CLASS
FLATBED CLASS
STEP VAN CLASS
Jack Lovan Harold Augustine Kenny Wulf
Walmart
Solar Transport
Associated
Transportation
Wholesale Grocers
Chris Luther
Doh Vreeland Mitch Stegner
Mueller
Barlow Truck Lines UPS Freight
Transportation
Jared Weidmann Nick Frazier Steven Campbell
FedEx Ground FedEx Ground FedEx Ground
STRAIGHT TRUCK CLASS
THREE AXLE CLASS
FOUR AXLE CLASS
Ben Williams
Paul Tyler James Houghton
Con-way Freight Con-way Freight FedEx Express
Terry Burke Robert Bramwell Wayne Darnell
FedEx Freight
ABF Freight
Con-way Freight
Wayne Pierce Albert Hockett
UPS Freight
Con-way Freight
Donald Cook
Prime
Joplin, MO
TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
SLEEPER BERTH CLASS
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FIVE AXLE CLASS
Buddy Gray
Prime
Joseph Hartsell
UPS Freight
Rex McCoy
D & D Sexton
TWIN TRAILERS CLASS
Glen Horack Wyatt Hooper
Rod Cheneworth
Prime
Con-way Freight Walmart Transportation Jason Budd Anthony Fengel Phillip Wampler
FedEx Freight
FedEx Freight
FedEx Freight
PRE-TRIP
INSPECTION AWARD
ROOKIE
OF THE YEAR
WRITTEN TEST
AWARD
GRAND
CHAMPION
Albert Arriola
Con-way Truckload
Thomas Wood
YRC Freight
Regnald Ansbach
ABF Freight
Wyatt Hooper
Con-way Freight