Nation’s Top Drivers Rewarded at Championships

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LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – The National Truck Driving Championships were held in Lethbridge, Alta. recently, with

the winners of each provincial championships on-hand to represent their province.

The Grand Champion was Michel Laplante of Hector Larivee in Quebec. Lapllante pulled off the top prize driving in the straight truck category.

Rookie of the Year was Labatt’s Brewery’s Stephane Cousineau in the single-single competition, also of Quebec.

And Quebec won the Team Championship.

This year’s winners included: Kevin Pasini, Sokil Group, Alberta, step van; Laplante, Hector Larivee, Quebec, straight truck; Harvey Gording, Reimer Express Lines, Saskatchewan, single-tandem; Cousineau, Labatt’s Brewery, Quebec, single-single; Don Mason, Loblaws Co. East, Ontario, tandem-tandem; Doug Pettitt, SLH Transport, Ontario, b-train.

Next year’s National Truck Driving Championships will take place in Moncton, N.B. where they’ll be hosted by the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association.

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