Delaware's top truck driver resides in Bridgeville. Eugene Repp Jr. was named the best professional truck driver in Delaware after winning the twins competition and receiving the highest overall score in the eight competing categories at the 2006 Delaware State Truck Driving Championships. The annual event is sponsored by the Delaware Motor Transport Association, Inc. and held at the Delaware State Fairgrounds.
Repp, who works for Yellow Transportation, now qualifies to compete in the American Trucking Associations' (ATA) National Truck Driving Championships Aug. 15-19 in New Orleans, LA -- the "Super Bowl of Safety." The winners from each of the eight categories are also eligible to compete in the national championship.
The national competition includes the individual champions from each of the 50 states. The nearly 400 top professional truck drivers will travel to New Orleans to compete in their respective classes. From 18-wheeler five axle sleepers to tank trucks to twin trailers-they will drive a course that recreates situations truck drivers face daily. These maneuvers will include: an ally dock, a rear line stop, a side park, a scale stop, a right turn, a front line stop, and straight line driving through a diminishing clearance.
On Saturday night, August 19, the contestant with the most points drives away as the National Grand Champion Truck Driver.
Delaware winners for each category included:
Travis Boardman, Fed Ex Ground, Straight Truck
Robert Cross, Fed Ex Ground, Three-Axle
Russell Brady, Jr., Wal-Mart Transportation, Four-Axle
Ernest Powell, Jr., Oriole Chemical Carriers, Five-Axle
Cardale Church, Allen Family Food, Five-Axle Sleeper
John Rickwood, Jr., Wal-Mart Transportation, Tankers
Robert Baker, Jr., Roadway Express, Flatbed
Eugene Repp, Jr., Yellow Transportation, Twins
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