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Michigan trucks in the final championship don’t clinch the grand championship title, but one driver does capture the best-in-class win.
COLUMBUS, OHIO – Michigan trucks competed in the “Super Bowl of Safety” otherwise known as the 73rd Annual American Trucking Associations’ National Truck Driving Championships, but only one of seven went home with victory in his pocket.
Out of the seven Michigan trucks and drivers represented, driver Steve Elliston of Sparta, M.I., and winner of the 2010 Michigan Truck Driving Competition, was the only one to win first place.
Elliston won the 5-Axle Class beating out Ray Jackson of H-E-B Grocery (San Antonio, Texas), and Steve Limas of ABF Freight System (Belen, N.M.).
The overall winner and grand champion who finished ahead of all Michigan trucks and more than 400 other professional drivers from all across the country was Carl Krites based out of Wapakoneta, Ohio. Krites is a Con-way Freight professional truck driver with 31 years of experience and more than three million miles behind the wheel.
The complete results of the championship are posted below:
2010 National Truck Driving Championship Winners:
Grand Champion: Carl Krites – Con-way Freight (Wapakoneta, Ohio)
National Rookie of the Year: Joseph Hicks – Con-way Freight (Johnston, R.I.)
State Team Trophy: Oregon
Vehicle Condition Award: Will Chrvala – New Penn Motor Express (Whitehall, Pa.)
Neill Darmstadter Professional Excellence Award: Dennis Day – Con-way Freight (Lawrenceville, Ga.)
Life-Time Volunteer Award: Dave Knobloch (La Crosse, Wis.)
National Champions:
Straight Truck Class
First Place: Scott Watts – FedEx Express (Anchorage, Alaska)
Second Place: Jay Miller – FedEx Freight (Bonner Springs, Kan.)
Third Place: Daniel Norgaard– Norgaard Trucking (Arlington, S.D.)
3-Axle Class
First Place: Heladio Fernandez – FedEx Freight (Portland, Ore.)
Second Place: Ken Jensen, Jr. – Con-way Freight (Pasco, Wash.)
Third Place: Brian Singelais, Sr. – A. Duie Pyle, Inc. (Webster, Mass.)
4-Axle Class
First Place: Jason Matte – FedEx Freight (Richland, Miss.)
Second Place: Will Chrvala – New Penn Motor Express, Inc. (Whitehall, Pa.)
Third Place: Richard Seigle – YRC (Orland Park, Ill.)
5-Axle Class
First Place: Steve Elliston – Wal-Mart Transportation (Sparta, Mich.)
Second Place: Ray Jackson – H-E-B Grocery (San Antonio, Texas)
Third Place: Steve Limas – ABF Freight System (Belen, N.M.)
Flatbed Class
First Place: John Smith, Jr. – FedEx Ground (Mooreville, Miss.)
Second Place: Ray Barlow – Wal-Mart Transportation (Niles, Mich.)
Third Place: Scott Woodrome – FedEx National LTL (Middletown, Ohio)
Tank Truck Class
First Place: Carl Krites – Con-way Freight (Wapakoneta, Ohio)
Second Place: Leo Flack – A. Duie Pyle, Inc. (West Chester, Pa.)
Third Place: Dale Duncan – Con-way Freight (Spring Valley, Calif.)
Twins Class
First Place: Don Logan – FedEx Freight (Eskridge, Kan.)
Second Place: Chris Outen – FedEx Freight (Vancouver, Wash.)
Third Place: David Mogler – FedEx Freight (Brighton, Colo.)
Sleeper Berth Class
First Place: Bruce Quaal – YRC Freight (Farmington, Minn.)
Second Place: Clarence Jenkins, Jr. – UPS Freight (Poca, W.Va.)
Third Place: Tom Pietrzak, Jr. – Werner Enterprises, Inc. (Lansdale, Pa.)
Step Van
First Place: Sean Saxon – FedEx Ground (Mesa, Ariz.)
Second Place: Aryn Pittaway – FedEx Express (Arlington, Texas)
Third Place: Jody Arnall – FedEx Freight (Hartville, Mo.)
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[Source: American Trucking Associations]
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