C.R. England awards driver a Harley-Davidson

Jul 1, 2012

Fleet Insider — Briefs

C.R. England has awarded a Harley-Davidson Sportster Iron 883 to company driver Devery Hope for showing improvement in his miles-per-gallon average and idle percentage for the first quarter 2012. Hope was selected as the winner among five finalists. He has been with C.R. England since August 2010 and lives in Sacramento, Calif. His winning scores were 7.48 mpg and a 6.5 percent idle time. He was well above five-tenths greater than his peers in both his fleet and the National Division.

The other finalists were Brad Middlemas, Container Division Driver; Robert Perryman, Dedicated Division independent contractor; Frederick Stadel, National Division independent contractor; and Dale Gibbons, Company Intermodal driver.

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