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Overnite Drivers in Winner's Circle at Tarheel State Driving Championships SMITHFIELD, N.C., May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- A pair of Overnite Transportation Company drivers from Greensboro, N.C., took top honors at the North Carolina State Truck Driving Championships held here last weekend. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050408/OVNTLOGO ) Greensboro, N.C., City Driver Brian Walker, now a four-time state champion, won first place in the sleeper truck class. Walker, a member of the 2004-2005 North Carolina Road Team and prior member of Overnite's annually appointed All-Star Road Team, an elite corps of the company's top professionals, is the son of former national truck driving champion and retired Overnite driver Linwood Walker. Winning his competition class and another shot at a national title was Greensboro City Driver Ty Bentley, who earned the top score in the four-axle division. This will mark Bentley's third trip to the Nationals having won state titles previously in 2000 and 2001. As state title-holders, Bentley and Walker will represent the company at the National Truck Driving Championships this summer in Tampa, Fla. Also delivering a strong performance in his rookie year at the competition was fellow Greensboro driver Jose Medina, who came in third in the five-axle division. A team of eight drivers represented the company at the Smithfield event. In addition to negotiating the competition course, all competitors are rated on their driving skills, scored on a written test and a personal interview, and must have excellent safety records. On May 16, UPS (NYSE:UPS) announced a definitive agreement to acquire Overnite Corporation for $1.25 billion. Overnite Transportation Company, which provides a complete menu of regional, interregional and long-haul services, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Overnite Corporation (NASDAQ:OVNT), which also owns Motor Cargo Industries. Together, they form one of the largest less-than-truckload carriers in the United States with more than 200 service centers and a fleet of over 6,000 tractors and more than 22,000 trailers, covering all 50 states and providing customers with direct access to more than 45,000 cities in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Mexico. More information is available on the company's Web site, http://www.overnite.com/. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050408/OVNTLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Overnite Transportation Company CONTACT: Laurie Beasley, Editor, Corporate Communications of Overnite Transportation Company, +1-804-291-5889 Web site: http://www.overnite.com/

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