Awards & Recognition

PEAK is Giving Away a Year’s Supply of BlueDEF

PEAK Commercial & Industrial wants to acknowledge the hard-working truckers out there by awarding a smaller fleet a year’s supply of BlueDEF Diesel Exhaust Fluid. In order to enter, the fleet size must be between 1 and 20 trucks, with between 1 and 50 employees, and must operate vehicles somewhere…


Jill Maschmeier is TCA’s Safety Professional of the Year

During the Truckload Carriers Association Virtual Safety & Security Meeting, they named the 2020 Safety Professional of the Year. This year, the Clare C. Casey award went to National Carrier’s Director of Safety/Compliance Jill Maschmeier. This award is given to those in the industry who go above and beyond to…


Pilot Flying J is Looking for the Next Road Warrior

For its seventh year, Pilot Flying J is starting up its annual Road Warrior contest. Starting on June 22 and running through July 26, you can nominate a professional driver to be named the 2020 Road Warrior who will win a prize of $10,000. This contest is put on to…



Transition Trucking Award gets Kenworth T680

For the fifth year in a row, Kenworth has teamed up with FASTPORT and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Hiring Our Heroes initiative to find America’s top rookie military veteran trucker. The Transition Trucking Driving for Excellence award recognizes the positive impact veterans have on the transportation industry and…



Top 10 Announced in Trucker Talent Search

Overdrive Magazine’s Red Eye Radio has put out its Trucker Talent Search announcement and got back over 50 entries. The long list of talented truckers has now been narrowed down to 10 and will be reviewed by a panel of judges sometime this summer. These 10 will be narrowed down…


ATA is Looking for America’s Road Team Captains

American Trucking Associations is asking for nominations for the next round of captains for America’s Road Team. Since 1986, this elite group of professional drivers put a safe and positive face on the trucking industry. They go out and educate people all over the country regarding how the trucking industry…


NTTC Names Finalists for Tank Driver of the Year Contest

National Tank Truck Carriers has announced a group of eight professional tank truck drivers as finalists for the Professional Tank Truck Driver of the Year Award. The finalists will be advancing to the final round where their performance, safety knowledge, community efforts, and tank truck driving, will be judged by…


TravelCenters Hands out 2020 Citizen Driver Awards

For its seventh year, Travel Centers of America has announced the winners of its Citizen Driver Award. This year, the honor goes to Hershel Evans, a trucker out of Georgia driving for Holland, and Jerry Seaman, a trucker out of South Dakota driving for NTA Trucking. This award is to…