Team Arizona 2010 Will Head to Columbus, OH
Team Arizona will be heading to Columbus, OH the first week in August, with most of the members arriving on August 3rd. During the month of July, Team Arizona will have practices at the Shamrock Foods facility at the Encanto Boulevard facility on July 11th, 18th, and 25th, starting at 7:00AM and running until noon.
Practice on July 11, 2010
Coach Rick Lane states "the team is looking very strong this year. The first practice went very good. This is a very deep team as far as years of state champion titles among them (34 titles!). Saying that, lots of work still needs to be done on bringing the pre-trips up to the level I need them to compete at, but we'll get there. There is lots of pure natural driving talent in this group, several high course scores WILL take place at the nationals out of this team....life is good!"
We couldn't agree with you more, coach. The members of Team Arizona 2010 and the number of times they have been State Champions are in parenthesis:
Charlie Woodland (12) Straight truck FedEx Freight
Ina Daly (7) Twins Con-Way Freight
Galen Spangler (5) 3 axle Shamrock Foods
Billy Robidoux (3) 5 axle sleeper Con-Way Freight
Kurt Pedersen (2) 4 axle Con-Way Freight
Sean Saxon (2) Step vam FedEx Ground
Tramel Caldwell (1) Flatbed Shamrock Foods
Lloyd Watkins, Jr. (1) Tanker United Petroleum Products
Rick Androus (1) 5 axle Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Please join me in congratulating and wishing Team Arizona 2010 good luck in Columbus! Come to this page often to see comments on practice, and updates from the competition site straight from Columbus.
ARIZONA’S BEST!
2010 State
Truck Driving Competition Information
A new site, near-perfect weather and more than 100 hard-working volunteers made Arizona's 2010 Truck Driving Championships another acclaimed success!
Congratulations to all the competitors and the finalists! For a list of finalists, click here. For the list of all competitors scores click here.
The 2010 National Truck Driving Championships (NTDC) is set for Aug. 3-7 in Columbus, OH at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.
If you have any questions, please contact the Arizona Trucking Association:
John Backowski, Safety & Compliance Manager at 602.850.6002 (jbackowski@aztrucking.com).