National Truck Driving Championships set for mid-August

The "Super Bowl of Safety" is sponsored annually by the American Trucking Associations.

The Trucker News Services

8/6/2008

ARLINGTON, Va. — Nearly 400 top professional truck drivers from all across the U.S. will soon be heading for Houston for the 2008 National Truck Driving Championships (NTDC), to be held Aug. 19 – 23 in the George R. Brown Convention Center.

The "Super Bowl of Safety" is sponsored annually by the American Trucking Associations.

The NTDC contestants are state champions from all 50 states. States send winners from each class of competition — from 18-wheeled five-axle sleepers to tank trucks to twin trailers to straight trucks — eight competing classes in all.

Drivers will compete for four days, challenging their driving skills, and knowledge of safety, equipment and the industry. The test course recreates real world obstacles that drivers encounter daily, such as an alley dock, a rear and/or front line stop, a scales stop, a right or left turn, parallel parking, or straight line driving through a diminishing clearance.

When it is all over on August 23, the U.S. will have a new National Grand Champion professional truck driver, individual champions in each class, and a state champion team.

ATA’s Truck Driving Championships include top professional truck drivers from around the nation competing at state and regional levels to make it to the national competition Aug. 19-23 in Houston. The NTDC annually attracts over 2,000 cheering friends, family, colleagues and spectators. For more information, visit the 2008 National Truck Driving Championships Web site.