North Dakota Truck Driving Champions Announced

BISMARCK, N.D., July 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The North Dakota Motor Carriers Association, Inc. today announced the winners of its 2008 North Dakota Truck Driving Championships. The annual event is composed of eight competing truck categories, all vying to move on to the National competition. To be eligible drivers must have maintained an accident-free record during the previous year.

The eight winners, one from each category, now qualify to compete in the American Trucking Associations' National Truck Driving Championships August 19-23, 2008 inHouston, Texas -- also known as the "Super Bowl of Safety."

Nearly 400 drivers from all 50 states will compete inHouston for four days, challenging their driving skills, and knowledge of safety, equipment and the industry. From 18-wheeler five axle sleepers to tank trucks to twin trailers--they will drive a course that recreates situations truck drivers face daily. These maneuvers will include: an alley dock, a rear line stop, a side park, a scale stop, a right turn, a front line stop, and straight line driving through a diminishing clearance.

On Saturday night, August 23, one contestant will drive away as the 2008 National Grand Champion Truck Driver.

"The Truck Driving Championships represent the culmination of the industry's dedication to safety," said North Dakota Motor Carriers Association Managing Director Tom Balzer. "I congratulate all the contestants and I hopeNorth Dakota roots for our drivers as they move on to Nationals in Houston."

North Dakota winners for each category included:

Roger Mullenberg, GMR Transportation,West Fargo, N.D. (Straight Truck)

Robert Fiest, Con-way Freight,Bismarck, N.D. (Three-Axle)

Brad Morrow, Con-way Freight,Fargo, N.D. (Four-Axle)

Daniel Bartelson, Con-way Freight,Barnesville, Minn. (Five-Axle)

Steven Johnson, Con-way Freight,Lake Park, Minn. (Five-Axle Sleeper)

Bryan Wold, Con-way Freight,Reiles Acres, N.D. (Tankers)

Albert Fischer,Coon Rapids, Minn. (Flatbed)

Jon Simonson, Con-way Freight,Moorhead, Minn. (Twins)

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 inHouston, 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: www.truckline.com/aboutata/ntdc/2008

The American Trucking Associations is the largest national trade association for the trucking industry. Through a federation of other trucking groups, industry-related conferences, and its 50 affiliated state trucking associations, ATA represents more than 37,000 members covering every type of motor carrier inthe United States.

The American Trucking Associations leads the effort for safer highways, focusing on greater education, enforcement and enhancement of traffic safety laws for all drivers. ATA also supports slowing down traffic through a reinstatement of a national maximum speed limit of 65 mph for all vehicles and limiting truck speeds at the time of manufacture. www.truckline.com

SOURCE American Trucking Associations

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