Overnite Richmond Driver Wins Fifth State Championship
June 21 2005 - 10:16AM
PR Newswire (US)
Overnite Richmond Driver Wins Fifth State Championship LEXINGTON,
Va., June 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Overnite Transportation Company's
Dennis Kendrick, a Richmond, Va., city driver, stepped into the
winner's circle once again at the Virginia Truck Driving
Championships held here this weekend. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050408/OVNTLOGO ) Kendrick, a
32-year company veteran, took the top prize for the three-axle
competition. This victory marks his fifth state championship title.
Kendrick will join 16 other Overnite drivers in representing the
company at the National Truck Driving Championships this summer in
Tampa, Fla. Coming in second in their competition class, a pair of
Roanoke, Va., drivers also gave a strong showing at the event.
Eddie Meadows, a 2004 Virginia state champ, was the three-axle
division's runner-up, while Ed Hurley came in second place in the
five-axle class. Three additional Overnite drivers also delivered a
solid performance for the company. Roanoke Road Driver Marty Hogan,
a 2004 National Champion, came in third in the straight truck
competition. Richmond drivers George "Doug" Johnson and Charles
"Skip" Goodrich, Jr., came in third, respectively, in the tanker
class and the sleeper truck division. At its awards banquet
following the state championships competition, the Virginia
Trucking Association also honored Goodrich with a special
achievement award for his work as a member of America's Road Team,
an elite group of the nation's best professional drivers selected
by the American Trucking Associations to represent the trucking
industry and promote highway safety. 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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