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Trucker of the Year
Owner-Operator of the Year finalist Bryan Smith adept at balancing life and trucking
Bryan Smith is one of three finalists for the 2017 Owner-Operator of the Year award, produced by the Truckload Carriers Association and Overdrive. The winner, who will receive a $25,000 cash prize, will be announced in late March at TCA’s annual convention in Orlando, Florida.
February 27, 2018
Trucker of the Year
Three drivers named finalists in Owner-Operator of the Year contest
Owner-operators Bryan Smith, Kevin Kocmich and Phillip Keith are up for a $25,000 cash prize after being named finalists for the Owner-Operator of the Year award Wednesday. The winner will be announced March 27 at the Truckload Carriers Association Annual Convention.
January 10, 2018
Trucker of the Year
Four days remain to enter Owner-Operator of the Year contest, winner gets $25k cash
Overdrive, in partnership TCA, is seeking nominations for the 2017 Owner-Operator of the Year, an annual contest that awards a safe, professional and successful owner-operator with a $25,000 cash prize. The contest is sponsored by Cummins and Love’s Travel Stops. Nominations will be accepted until November 10.
November 7, 2017
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Landstar System’s Gary Buchs isn’t just an owner-operator, he’s one of the best. Among a variety of aspects of his business plan, he’s worked out a meticulous system that dictates which loads he chooses, based on his annual and less-frequent goals for earnings and downtime.
April 19, 2017
Trucker of the Year
Landstar contractor wins $25,000 as year’s top owner-operator
Landstar Systems’ Gary Buchs won $25,000 Tuesday night when he was named 2016 Owner-Operator of the Year by the Truckload Carriers Association and Overdrive.
March 28, 2017
Trucker of the Year
Oversized freight hauler Kevin Kocmich a finalist for Owner-Operator of the Year
Kevin Kocmich, 55, of Litchfield, Minnesota, averages 115,000 miles a year — pretty good, he says, considering he’s hauling mostly oversized loads with curfew restrictions.
March 17, 2017
Trucker of the Year
Philip Keith, Owner-Operator of the Year finalist, has done it all in trucking
The native of Long Beach, Miss., has been driving trucks for 33 years, amassing more than 4 million accident-free miles. He’s leased to WEL Companies out of De Pere, Wisconsin, and hauls mostly food products in reefers.
March 15, 2017
Trucker of the Year
Owner-Operator of the Year finalist Gary Buchs finds value in people
Gary Buchs, 62, of Colfax, Illinois, has spent many solo hours logging 2.3 million accident-free miles in his 27-year driving career. His success comes from being able to interact with so many people daily. Buchs is one of three finalists for the 2016 Owner-Operator of the Year, produced by the Truckload Carriers Association and Overdrive.
March 13, 2017
Trucker of the Year
Owner-Operator of the Year finalists named
Owner-operators Gary Buchs, Philip Keith and Kevin Kocmich have been named finalists for the Owner-Operator of the Year award, which carries a $25,000 cash prize. The winner will be announced March 28 at the annual meeting of the Truckload Carriers Association in Nashville, Tennessee.
January 5, 2017
Trucker of the Year
Owner-operator Gary Buchs’ ‘plan for success’
“People complain about the rates,” says owner-operator Gary Buchs, but “not everybody’s losing money.” Buchs suggests too much emphasis is placed on an aspect of the business that owner-operators have only partial degrees of control over. “It’s better,” he says, “to have your costs in line — I have total control over that.”
July 26, 2016
Trucker of the Year
Big G Express driver named TCA-Truckers News Company Driver of the Year
Danny Smith, a dry van driver for Big G Express of Shelbyville, Tennessee, was honored at the TCA’s 78th annual convention as the TCA-Truckers News Company Driver of the Year, announced March 8 in Las Vegas.
March 14, 2016
Trucker of the Year
Overdrive names 2015 Owner-Operator of the Year, winner of $25,000 prize
Edward Mark Tricco, leased to Bison Transport, was named the 2015 Owner-Operator of the Year by the Truckload Carriers Association and Overdrive Tuesday night. He won a $25,000 cash prize.
March 8, 2016
Trucker of the Year
Owner-Operator of the Year finalist Glen Horack details what makes a successful owner-operator
For the second year in a row, Horack is a finalist for the Truckload Carriers Association and Overdrive Owner-Operator of the Year award, the winner of which will receive $25,000.
March 7, 2016
Trucker of the Year
Owner-Operator of the Year finalist Mark Tricco talks 4 million safe miles, work-life balance
“As long as you can balance home life and work, and having a good wife at home helps, you’ll have a good career,” he says. Tricco is up for the $25,000 prize that comes with the Overdrive-TCA Owner-Operator of the Year award. The winner will be announced Tuesday, March 8.
March 4, 2016
Trucker of the Year
Driver of the Year finalists competing for two $25,000 prizes
Owner-operators Edward Tricco and Glen Horack are competing for a $25,000 prize to be awarded in March to the Owner-Operator of the Year by the Truckload Carriers Association and Overdrive.
December 29, 2015
Trucker of the Year
Overdrive accepting nominations for Owner-Operator of the Year award, winner to get $25k
Safe, involved drivers can compete for one of the industry’s top honors by entering the annual Driver of the Year Contest. The deadline is Nov. 6.
November 4, 2015
Trucker of the Year
Prime Time: How does an owner-operator win $25,000?
A look, via photos, at Thomas Miller’s 2014 Owner-Operator of the Year victory and how he earned it.
April 23, 2015
Trucker of the Year
Prime owner-operator Thomas Miller named Overdrive’s 2014 Owner-Operator of the Year, wins $25k cash
Thomas Miller of Bunker Hill, Ill., leased to Prime, Inc., won $25,000 in cash from sponsors Love’s and Cummins.
March 10, 2015
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