Four YRC Worldwide Professional Drivers Emerge in Top Five Runoff at 2019 National Truck Driving Championships
August 19 2019 - 10:03AM
YRC Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: YRCW) announces that four of its YRC
Freight professional drivers rose to the top five final runoff at
the 2019 National Truck Driving Championships (NTDC), the
“Superbowl of Safety,” at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania this past weekend.
Those four YRC Freight professional drivers were: Randy Ebinger,
4-Axle, Virginia; Alphonso Lewis, 5-Axle, Alabama; Neil Nogues,
Straight Truck, New Hampshire; and Jeff Slaten, 3-Axle,
Florida.
After the final runoff, Jeff Slaten earned second-place at NTDC
in 3-Axle class.
Final results shared that Alphonso Lewis earned third-place
nationwide in 5-Axle at NTDC. Lewis, based in Montgomery, Alabama,
was named National Truck Driving Championships Grand Champion in
2007. He has placed first in the Alabama Truck Driving
Championships five times and earned the title of State Grand
Champion in 2005. He is also an America’s Road Team Captain.
YRC Freight professional driver Jimmie Wisley had a perfect
score in the Highest Written Exam Award.
“We are very proud of our twenty-one professional
drivers who competed at the 2019 National Truck Driving
Championships,” said Darren Hawkins, YRC Worldwide Chief Executive
Officer. “They are outstanding leaders and professionals, committed
to safety and dedicated to serving our customers. It takes a lot of
hard work and focus to emerge as a state safety champion and
compete at this elite nationwide level. YRCW drivers competed with
the best of the very best professional drivers in the United
States. We congratulate you! We are all winners when our
roads are traveled by drivers with such a strong safety focus.
Thank you to all of the Team YRC Worldwide drivers traveling the
nation’s highways today for your safety focus and dedication.”
The 2019 NTDC YRC Worldwide team included sixteen drivers from
YRC Freight, two drivers from Holland and three from Reddaway.
Simply qualifying for NTDC means drivers must first take top honors
in class at their respective state competitions, maintain
continuous employment with a motor carrier fleet for a period of at
least one year, and remain accident-free, regardless of fault, for
one year prior to NTDC.
The National Truck Driving Championships is sponsored by the
American Trucking Association. It brings the nation’s drivers, the
“best of the best,” dedicated safety professionals and their
families together for a special week of safety superiority,
enhanced knowledge, pride and comradery. Most drivers who attend
say that it is one of the greatest, proudest highlights of their
careers.
About YRC Worldwide
YRC Worldwide Inc., headquartered in Overland
Park, Kan., is the holding company for a portfolio of
less-than-truckload (LTL) companies including Holland, New Penn,
Reddaway and YRC Freight, as well as the logistics company HNRY
Logistics. Collectively, YRC Worldwide companies have one of the
largest, most comprehensive logistics and LTL networks in North
America with local, regional, national and international
capabilities. Through their teams of experienced service
professionals, YRC Worldwide companies offer industry-leading
expertise in flexible supply chain solutions, ensuring customers
can ship industrial, commercial and retail goods with
confidence.
Please visit our website at www.yrcw.com for
more information.
Media Contact:
Mike Kelley913-696-6121mike.kelley@yrcw.com
SOURCE: YRC Worldwide Inc.
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