TravelCenters of America Announces 2017 Citizen Drivers
March 24 2017 - 2:00PM
Business Wire
TravelCenters of America LLC (TravelCenters), operator of
the TA® and Petro Stopping Centers® travel center brands, today
announced its fourth annual “Citizen Driver” honorees during the
Citizen Driver luncheon ceremony at the 2017 Mid-America Trucking
Show in Louisville, Kentucky. Citizen Driver recognizes
professional drivers who help bring respect to the truck driving
profession.
TravelCenters launched the Citizen Driver program in 2013 in an
effort to honor the many great, hardworking professional truck
drivers that keep our economy going. Citizen Drivers not only have
an exemplary career in trucking, they are great examples of the
kind of people who honor the great profession of truck driving. By
demonstrating their good citizenship, safety, community
involvement, and leadership, they are shining examples of all of
the hard working men and women in this industry with whom we are
proud to be associated.
The 2017 Citizen Drivers are listed below. Each driver has
picked their favorite TA or Petro Stopping Centers location, which
will be named after them. Citizen Drivers will also be the
recipients of individual banquets and unveiling ceremonies hosted
by TA executives at their chosen locations.
- Marty Ellis – TA Rogers, MN –
“Marty Ellis Rogers Travel Center”
- Idella M. Hansen – Petro North Little
Rock, AR – “Idella M. Hansen North Little Rock Stopping
Center”
- Evan (Buddy) Haston – Petro Amarillo,
TX – “Evan (Buddy) Haston Amarillo Stopping Center”
- Dick Pingel – TA Madison, WI – “Dick
Pingel Madison Travel Center”
- Jim Wilcox – TA Albuquerque,
NM – “Jim Wilcox Albuquerque Travel Center”
With this group of honorees, there are now 24 TA or Petro
Stopping Centers locations across the country named to honor
professional truck drivers.
“We are extremely proud of all our honorees this year and want
to identify the drivers that have gone above and beyond to become
the best of the best in the trucking industry. These individuals
truly set the example for how to be a leader within their career
and community and we are honored to have them be part of our TA
family,” shared Tom O'Brien, President and CEO of
TravelCenters.
TravelCenters accepted nominations for the 2017 Citizen Drivers
throughout last year, and received nominations from a wide variety
of people – fleet owners and executives, other drivers,
friends, husbands, wives, sons, daughters, mothers, fathers,
trucking organization members, and trucking industry suppliers
– wanting to recognize the deserving drivers who have touched their
lives. Distinguished members of the trucking industry, Chris
Spear, President and CEO of the ATA; Jim Johnston, President
of OOIDA; Ellen Voie, President and CEO of Women In
Trucking; Micah Jackson, Publisher for Target Media
Partners; David Cullen, Executive Editor of Heavy Duty
Trucking; and on air trucking radio personalities, Eric
Harley of Red Eye Radio; Dave Nemo of Road Dog
Trucking; and Steve Sommers of America's Truckin'
Network, judged the submitted nominations and selected the honorees
who excelled in the identified categories.
The 2018 Citizen Driver nomination form, rules and other
information will be posted to the TA and Petro Stopping Centers web
site in June 2017. Nominations will be accepted throughout
2017. In an effort to spread the word about the great professional
drivers out there, beginning next year, the new honorees will be
announced at the 2018 Drivers Award Ceremony at the TA branded Iowa
80 location in Walcott, IA.
About TravelCenters of America
LLCTravelCenters of America LLC (TravelCenters),
headquartered in Westlake, Ohio, conducts business in 43
states and Canada, principally under the TA® and Petro
Stopping Centers® travel center brands and the Minit Mart®
convenience store brand. For more information on TravelCenters, TA,
and Petro Stopping Centers, please visit www.ta-petro.com. For
more information on Minit Mart, please
visit www.minitmart.com.
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TravelCenters of AmericaTom Liutkus,
440-808-7364tliutkus@ta-petro.com
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