TORONTO, (Aug. 5, 2005) — It was extremely hot, but Ontario’s best truckers persevered at the province’s 2005 Truck Driving Championships in North Bay, Ont.

Dan Congdon of Reimer Express Lines and Jose Vergara of J. D. Smith & Sons were the big winners, taking home Grand Champion and Highest Points titles respectively.

All winners are as follows:

STEP VAN DIVISION
— 1st Place: Karen King, Purolator Courier
— 2nd Place: Steve Psiharis, Canpar
— 3rd Place: Steve Allen, Canpar

STRAIGHT TRUCK DIVISION
— 1st Place: Trevor Edgerton, PSC Industrial Services.
— 2nd Place: Danny Gallant, Reimer Express Lines,
— 3rd Place: Trevor-Lee Laronde, Miller Waste

SINGLE-SINGLE DIVISION
— 1st Place: Jose Vergara, J D Smith & Sons Ltd.
— 2nd Place: Brent Rose, SLH Transport Inc.
— 3rd Place: Jason Wingle, Con-Way Canada Express

SINGLE-TANDEM DIVISION
— 1st Place: Roland Webster, SLH Transport Inc.
— 2nd Place: Frank Murphy, Con-Way Canada Express
— 3rd Place: Darcy Groff, Schneider Foods

TANDEM-TANDEM DIVISION
— 1st Place: Dan Congdon, Reimer Express Lines
— 2nd Place: Daniel Bogaert, Schneider Foods
— 3rd Place: Jack Stanton, SLH Transport Inc.

TRAIN DIVISION
— 1st Place: Chris Vanderzwan, Petro Canada
— 2nd Place: Doug Pettitt, SLH Transport Inc.
— 3rd Place: Dan Moreau, Molson Canada

GRAND CHAMPION
— Dan Congdon – Reimer Express Lines.

Highest Points
— Jose Vergara – J. D. Smith & Sons

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Mike Farnworth – PSC Industrial Services

MTO AWARD: Ron Ingles – Harold Sutherland Construction

PERFECT PRE-TRIP
— Ron Ingles – Harold Sutherland Construction
— Trevor Edgerton – SLH Transport Inc.
— Kevin Czeto – PSC Industrial Services
— Ron Derouin – Waste Management