Overnite Driver Claims Georgia Championship
May 09 2005 - 4:45PM
PR Newswire (US)
Overnite Driver Claims Georgia Championship STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga.,
May 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Overnite Transportation Company's Todd
Hester, an Atlanta road driver, captured first-place honors this
weekend in the Georgia Truck Driving Championships held here.
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Hester, who has driven for Overnite for more than a decade,
out-scored all other drivers to take the five-axle championship.
The victory earned Hester a trip to Tampa, Fla., in August, where
he will compete with other state titleholders in the 2005 National
Truck Driving Championships. Also delivering a strong performance
at the Georgia championships this weekend were Overnite Atlanta
driver Paul Foster, who placed second in the four-axle class, and
Scott Cain, who operates out of the company's North Atlanta service
center, who took third in the tanker division. In all, 10 Overnite
drivers competed at this year's Georgia Truck Driving
Championships. In addition to negotiating the competition course,
all competitors are rated on their driving skills and scored on a
written test and a personal interview. All drivers taking part in
the state championships also must have excellent safety records.
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/.
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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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