Nomination period open for Overdrive’s Owner-Operator of the Year contest, winner gets $25k cash

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2015-Driver-of-the-YearThe nomination period for the Owner-Operator of the Year and Company Driver of the Year contests, each of which carry a $25,000 cash prize, is open until Nov. 6.

Overdrive’s 2015 Owner-Operator of the Year, Mark Tricco.Overdrive’s 2015 Owner-Operator of the Year, Mark Tricco.

The owner-operator contest is produced by the Truckload Carriers Association and Overdrive. The company driver contest is produced by TCA and Truckers News. The contests are sponsored by Cummins and Love’s Travel Stops.

Rules and the contest applications can be found at this link.

The contest is intended to recognize winners for their ability “to operate in a safe manner on the public highways, efforts to enhance the public image of the trucking industry, positive contributions to the community in which he/she lives,” and in the owner-operator contest, the “ability to run a successful business.”

The three finalists in each contest will receive a trip to TCA’s annual meeting March 26-29 in Nashville, Tennessee, where the winners will be announced. Each of the four finalists will receive $2,500.

This year’s owner-operator winner was Mark Tricco, leased to Bison Transport in Canada.

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