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2012 LMTA Truck Driving Championships
Renaissance Hotel Baton Rouge 2011 LMTA Truck Driving Championships
Click here for 2011 TDC pictures… The 2011 Louisiana Motor Transport Association (LMTA) Truck Driving Championships were held in Baton Rouge, LA on June 3-4. Ninety-one (91) drivers totaling approximately 114,236,739 accident free miles participated in this year’s event. The following winners will represent LMTA and the state of Louisiana in the 2011 American Trucking Associations’ National Truck Driving Championships in Orlando on August 9-13. The Truck Driving Championships is designed to test a driver’s knowledge and skill in a three-part challenge consisting of a written examination, pre-trip inspection and field test. The written exam is an hour-long, four-part test that measures a driver’s knowledge of the trucking industry, safe driving rules, first aid and fire-fighting. The pre-trip inspection tests the driver’s ability to make a thorough pre-trip inspection requiring them to find seventeen (17) defects planted on test vehicles within a limited time. Finally, on the field test course the driver must drive their vehicle through a course with six problems designed to simulate conditions they may encounter during their everyday operation of a truck. The driver is judges on his or her ability to handle the vehicle and ability to just distances and clearance. This year’s problems included the Rear Stop, Serpentine, Right Turn, Side Stop, Right Steer Tire Scale and Front Stop. The winners in each class are determined by totaling the scores of all three tests. The Mechanics Award is given to the person who has the highest score on the pre-trip inspection. The Rookie of the Year is the driver with the highest score among those who are participating in a truck driving championships for the first time. The Team Award if given to the company has the overall highest average score based on the scores of all drivers competing from that company. The Grand Champion is the driver who receives the highest overall score during the competition. 2011 Tuck Driving Championships Winners by Class Step-Van 1st Place Paul Book Moss Bluff, LA FedEx Ground 2nd Place Craig Korkosz Walker, LA FedEx Ground 3rd Place Richard Davis Slidell, LA FedEx Ground Straight Truck 1st Place Keith Courville Maurice, LA Wal-Mart Stores 2nd Place Marco Becerra, Jr. Carriere, MS Con-way Freight 3rd Place Michael Brian Bossier City, LA FedEx Freight 3 Axle Van 1st Place Allen Worster Eros, LA Brookshire Grocery 2nd Place Brad Wederstrandt Covington, LA Con-Way Freight 3rd Place Eric Courville Breaux Bridge, LA FedEx Freight 4 Axle Van 1st Place Leroy Williams Zachary, LA Con-way Freight 2nd Place Brian Landry Maurice, LA FedEx Freight 3rd Place Daniel Pereira West Monroe, LA Brookshire Grocery 5 Axle Van 1st Place Jerry Farmer Ida, LA Con-way Freight 2nd Place Joseph Guidry Rayne, LA Wal-mart Stores 3rd Place Huey Davenport Sterlington, LA Brookshire Grocery 5 Axle Tank 1st Place Milton Hebert Lafayette, LA FedEx Freight 2nd Place Kyle Mitchell Baton Rouge, LA FedEx Freight 3rd Place Sylvester Carroll Greensburg, LA Ergon Trucking 5 Axle Flatbed 1st Place Jaye Hebert Thibodaux, LA Martin Brower 2nd Place John Johnston Port Allen, LA FedEx Freight 3rd Place Brain Brown Monroe, LA Brookshire Grocery Twins 1st Place Xavier Theriot Shreveport, LA FedEx Freight 2nd Place John Chaisson Duson, LA FedEx Freight 3rd Place George Burns III Alexandria, LA Con-way Freight Sleeper 1st Place Patrick Rudesill Hammond, LA FedEx Ground 2nd Place Gary Tyler Monroe, LA Brookshire Grocery 3rd Place Larry Peltier Brusly, LA Martin Brower Mechanics Award: James Robert, Jr. Glynn, LA Con-way Freight Rookie of the Year: Donald Williams West Monroe, LA FedEx Ground Team Trophy: FedEx Ground Grand Champion: Allen Worster Eros, LA Brookshire Grocery Co. ***************** Louisiana Motor Transport Association Fleet Safety Award Winners The Louisiana Motor Transport Association (LMTA) held its 21st Annual Safety Banquet at the Baton Rouge Marriott in Baton Rouge on June 4. Among those honored were the 2010 Great West Casualty Fleet Safety Award winners. The Great West Fleet Safety Awards recognize companies with outstanding safety records in various mileage categories in Louisiana. Additionally, awards were presented to the company with the greatest improved safety record for 2010 compared to 2009 and the President’s Trophy went to the company with the best overall record in all categories. The 2010 Great West Fleet Safety Award winners for Louisiana were: Under 1,000,000 Miles: Innovative Waste Systems, Inc. 1,000,001 – 3,000,000 Miles: Turner Industries Group Groendyke Transport, Inc. 12,000,001 – 20,000,000 Miles: Quality Transport, Inc. Most Improved: Turner Industries Group President’s Trophy: Groendyke Transport, Inc. 1,000,001 – 3,000,000 Miles |