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TDC Grand Champion Larry Gorby

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A Complete Wrap-Up of the

2017 West Virginia Truck Driving Championships
and Safety Awards Banquet
to all drivers who participated in
the 62nd Annual West Virginia
Truck Driving Championships

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 Forty-four professional truck drivers, representing eight West
Comments from Virginia-based motor freight companies, competed in the
West Virginia Trucking Associations Annual Truck Driving
Championship (TDC) on June 17, 2017, at Winjean Trucking
the President Company in Buckhannon, WV. I would like to take this
opportunity to thank Winston McHenry for allowing us to
hold this event at Winjean. His kindness and generosity are
matched by no one! Also, a big shout out to Winston, II, and all the folks at Winjean for their
hard work leading up to and during the event! You guys are the best!

I would also like to thank our TDC Chairman Gary Richard of Pitt Ohio. While Gary makes this
event look like it is easy to pull off, Im here to tell you that he puts in countless hours before the
event ever happens! Also, thanks to all of our other wonderful volunteers too! Without you guys,
this event would not be possible!

As you know, this event was held just two weeks after we lost Jan Vineyard. I know for me and
for many others this event was not quite the same this year. I kept looking for her throughout
the day and listening for that infectious laugh. While she may not have been there physically, I
know that she was watching out for us and she was so proud, as she always had been, of our
West Virginia drivers. Because the trucking industry had no bigger champion than Jan Vineyard,
we changed the name of the Grand Champion Award to the Janet Smith Vineyard Grand
Champion Award. Congratulations to Larry Gorby for being the first recipient of this award!

Our member companies and their drivers represent the best of the best in West Virginia. We
could not be prouder of you! Thank you for keeping our highways safe and being the faces of the
trucking industry in West Virginia!

Traci

Congratulations to our Truck Driving Championship Winners!

First Place Straight Truck First Place Flatbed

Larry Gorby, Jr., Charleston, WV, XPO Logistics Jim Beall, Summersville, WV, Winjean Trucking Co.

First Place 3-Axle First Place Twin Trailers

Matt Meadows, Culloden, WV, ABF Freight System Greg Brooks, Barboursville, WV; FedEx Freight

First Place 4-Axle First Place Sleeper

Randy Thomas, Cross Lanes, WV, FedEx Freight William Adkins, South Point, OH, FedEx Freight

First Place 5-Axle Van First Place Step Van

Jason Smith, Valley Bend, WV, Walmart Robert Vance, Chapmanville, WV; FedEx Ground
Transportation

First Place Tank

Kenneth Grimmett, Fayetteville, WV, XPO Logistics

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 We would like to gratefully
acknowledge our TDC Sponsors:

Platinum
Walmart Transportation
Gold
Pilot Thomas Logistics
UPS
Trucks, Inc.
Winejean Trucking Co.
Silver
FedEx Ground
FedEx Trucking Co.
Worldwide Equipment, Inc.
ABF Freight System, Inc.
Burns Motor Freight, Inc.
Bridgestone Commercial Solutions
Cummins
Preston Contractors
Bronze
Arnett Carbis Toothman LLP
J. J. Keller & Associates
New River Trucking LLC
Petersburg Oil Company

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 Board of Directors
Officers
Chairman
John Burns Immediate Past President
Burns Motor Freight, Inc. Daniel Harmon
XPO Logistics
1st Vice Chairman
Aaron Stowers President
Stowers Trucking Traci Nelson

2nd Vice Chairman ATA State Vice President

Bryan Christian John Burns
Pilot Thomas Logistics Burns Motor Freight, Inc.

Secretary/Treasurer
James Murphy
Walmart Transportation

Jim Boswell Tim Matheny Lifetime Members:

Boxley Trucking Matheny Motor Truck Co.
Fred C. Burns, Jr.
Chuck Bradley Thad Ours Burns Motor Freight, Inc.
Worldwide Equipment, Inc. Petersburg Oil Company
Charlie Cook
Scott Pauchnik Concept Freight
Jeff Branham
New River Trucking LLC FedEx Charles Henderson
General Delivery, Inc.
Nick DAndrea Gary Richard
UPS Pitt Ohio Robert Hartley
Hartley Trucking Company, Inc.
Proctor Dean Mike Smith
Appalachian Tire Products William R. VanGilder
Eagle Transport Corp.
W. S. Thomas Transfer, Inc.
Charlie Hamrick John Snyder
Keith Weatherholt
Lightning Trucking Services Cummins Crosspoint LLC
Keikar Services
Mark Jeffries Tony Woods Charles H. Hinkle
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC A.C.M. Inc. TC Transport, Inc.
Todd Young Andy Yost
Paul Skeeter Laskody, Jr.
Trucks, Inc. Bonded Carriers
Austin Powder
Barry Zink Bernie Young
H. Winston McHenry Trucks Inc.
Wayne Power Systems
Winjean Trucking Company

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 TDC Awards

Straight Truck Winners

Charles Randolph of Pitt Ohio (Second Place), Larry Gorby of XPO Logistics (First Place)
and Aaron Belcher of FedEx Freight (Third Place)

Three-Axle Winners
Tim Bailey of XPO Logistics (Second Place), Matt Meadows of ABF Freight System (First Place)
and Nickolas Backes of Pitt Ohio (Third Place)
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 Tank Winners
Jeremy Thomas of FedEx Freight (Second Place) Kenneth Grimmett of XPO Logistics (First Place) and
John Gibson of ABF Freight System (Third Place)

Flat Winners
Eric Page of Winjean Trucking (Second Place), Jim Beall of Winjean Trucking (First Place) and
Jason Avington of Winjean Trucking (Third Place)

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 Four-Axle Winners
Travis Gibson of ABF Freight System (Second Place), Randy Thomas of FedEx Freight (First Place) and
Michael Underwood of FedEx Freight (Third Place)

Five-Axle Van Winners

Daryl England of FedEx Freight (Second Place), Jason Smith of Walmart Transportation (First Place)
and Joe Boyles of XPO Logistics (Third Place)

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 Step Van Winners
Lance Schultz of FedEx Ground (Second Place), Robert Vance of FedEx Ground (First Place) and
Andrew MacDonald of FedEx Ground (Third Place)

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 Twins Winners
James Priddy of FedEx Freight (Second Place), Gregory Brooks of FedEx Freight (First Place) and Mark
Harmon of FedEx Freight (Third Place)

Sleeper Winners
Clarence Jenkins, Jr. of UPS Freight (Second Place), Bill Adkins of FedEx Freight (First Place) and Matt
Smith of Walmart Transportation (Third Place)

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 2017 Team Champions
XPO Logistics
Joe Boyles, Larry Gorby, Kenneth Grimmett and Tim Bailey

Thank you to all our UPS

Freight drivers who are
committed to keeping our
highways safe.

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 Safety Awards

Top Driver Awards

2016 Driver of the Year

Award Winner
Kevin Tucker of
XPO Logistics
He has driven for 25 years and
2 million miles.

2016 West Virginia State

Police Safety Award Winner
Paul Newman of
Pitt Ohio
He has driven for 31 years and 2.9
million miles.
2016 WV Public Service
Commission
Driver of the Year Award
Winner
Tony Sutherland of
XPO Logistics
He has driven for 25 years and
2.6 million miles.
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 January 2016 Driver May 2016 Driver July 2016 Driver
of the Month of the Month of the Month
Clarence Jenkins Jr. of Larry Goby of Jeffrey Purdue of
UPS Freight XPO Logistics Pilot Thomas Logistics

October 2016 Driver November 2016 Driver

of the Month of the Month
Joe Boyles of Jeffrey Scott Jones of
XPO Logistics Pilot Thomas Logistics
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 Outstanding Driver Awards

2016 Outstanding Drivers

Front from left to right: Charles Randolph of Pitt Ohio, Nickolas Backes of Pitt Ohio,
Dennis Farrish of Burns Motor Freight, Kenneth Grimmett of XPO Logistics, Jay Thompson
of UPS Freight, Steve Looney of Pilot Thomas Logistics. Back from left to right:
Michael Adkins of FedEx Express, Roger Trescott of Burns Motor Freight,
Tim Bailey of XPO Logistics and James Young of Pilot Thomas Logistics.

Drivers Not Pictured

Drivers of the Month: February - Keith Miller of Burns Motor Freight, March - Paul Goldizen of
Burns Motor Freight, April - Jeff Smith of XPO Logistics, June - Richard White, III of Pilot Thomas
Logistics, August - Warren Lacy of XPO Logistics, September - Joe Green of XPO Logistics and
December - Travis Engle of XPO Logistics.

Outstanding Drivers: Mark Godbey of XPO Logistics, Donald Gillispie of XPO Logistics,
Jeff Shahan of XPO Logistics, Mark Fisher of XPO Logistics, Brian Smith of XPO Logistics,
Rex Lorrison of XPO Logistics, Greg Adkins of Pilot Thomas Logistics, James Bailes of Burns Motor
Freight, Eugene Collins of Burns Motor Freight and Michael Goldizen of Burns Motor Freight.

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 Fleet Safety Awards
(Awards Sponsored by Great West Casualty Company)

Fleet Safety Grand Champion Award

Pilot Thomas Logistics

Fleet Safety Winner
750,000 - 2,000,000 Miles
Fleet Safety Winner Local
0 - 750,000 Miles Local Pitt Ohio
ABF Freight Systems (Award accepted by
(Award accepted by Gary Richard )
Randy Meek) 15
NOT PICTURED
Fleet Safety Winner
2,000,000 - 2,500,000 Miles
Local
Burns Motor Freight
 Fleet Safety Winner Fleet Safety Winner
3,025,000 - 5,000,000 Miles 3,025,000 - 9,000,000 Miles
Combined Combined
Walmart Transportation FedEx Freight
(Award accepted by James Murphy)

Pre-Trip Inspection Winner Rookie of the Year

Kenneth Tresselt of Jeremy Thomas of
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