Oklahoma City Overnite Driver Takes Top Trucking Title
11 June 2005 - 12:18AM
PR Newswire (US)
Oklahoma City Overnite Driver Takes Top Trucking Title OKLAHOMA
CITY, June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Overnite Transportation's Bob Akers,
an Oklahoma City road driver, won his fifth state title and another
trip to compete in the national arena when he captured the winner's
trophy in the twins division at the Oklahoma State Truck Driving
Championships held here this weekend. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050408/OVNTLOGO ) Also
delivering a strong performance for Overnite, Oklahoma City driver
Joe Conner won the competition's pre-trip award for identifying
hidden safety defects on a truck. Conner also came in third place
in the three-axle competition. Akers, one of the nation's most
celebrated professional truck drivers who has more than 4 million
miles of safe driving to his credit, will join a dozen other
Overnite state champions in representing the company at the
National Truck Driving Championships to be held in Tampa, Fla., in
August. In 2003, the American Trucking Associations (ATA) presented
Akers with its Professional Excellence Award, the industry's
highest honor. A 39-year Overnite veteran, Akers also is a former
ATA America's Road Team Captain and is a member of the Overnite
All-Star Road Team. In addition, he was named Oklahoma's Driver of
the Year in 2000. 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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