Overnite Drivers Win Maryland State Trucking Championships
June 15 2005 - 11:24AM
PR Newswire (US)
Overnite Drivers Win Maryland State Trucking Championships
TIMONIUM, Md., June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Two veteran Overnite
Transportation Company drivers took home top honors at the Maryland
State Truck Driving Championships held here last weekend. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050408/OVNTLOGO ) Baltimore
Road Driver Tony Cesenaro, a former national truck driving
champion, and Hagerstown, Md., Road Driver Robert Hess, each
captured the championship trophy in their division and will go on
to represent the company at the National Truck Driving
Championships this summer in Tampa, Fla. Cesenaro, who was honored
in 1997 as America's No. 1 driver in the same competition class,
will get another shot at earning a national title after capturing
the top prize in the twins class. Hess, who will compete for the
first time in a national arena, took the championship trophy in
Maryland's straight truck competition. With Cesenaro and Hess'
victories, Overnite drivers have earned 16 state championships
titles this season. 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/.
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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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