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RIGS CONTESTS * USA - Truck drivers show their skills and vie for a spot in state match
Any fool on the road can drive fast, commercial truckers say
Houston,TX,USA -The Houston Chronicle, by CAROLYN FEIBEL -May 17, 2009: -- When truck drivers compete, their maximum speed tops out at about 1 mph. They inch tankers, double trailers and step vans forward, with scientific precision, through an obstacle course of orange cones and snaking lines of tennis balls... Because it’s not about speed. Or aggression. Forget NASCAR. Any fool on the road can drive fast, commercial truckers say... It’s about dealing with those fools and the road’s surprising twists and turns. That takes a meticulous instinct for the geometry of truck movement and a deep background in safety gear and preparation... 
Houston’s best truckers gathered Saturday to compete for a chance to advance to the state contest in June. The all-day event began with a written test, continued with truck inspection skills and finished with a 300-point obstacle course in the parking lot of San Jacinto College in Pasadena... (Photos by Julio Cortez/Chronicle - 1. The competition also involves searching for planted defects in the trucks. Among the competitors are David Bolden, right, and Raul Mendoza, bottom left - 2. Art Trevino, a truck driver for HEB, straddles his 18-wheeler over an obstacle course marked by tennis balls at San Jacinto College on Saturday)* Old rivals meet at truck-driving contest - Drivers demonstrate safety, promote professionalism
Bangor,Maine,USA -The Bangor Daily News, by Judy Harrison -17 May 2009: -- The battle of the big rigs raged Saturday as truckers from across the state descended on Dysart’s Trailer Shop in Hampden to battle for top honors in this year’s Maine Professional Truck Driving Championship... Both men agreed that the contest, sponsored by the Maine Professional Drivers Association, was about promoting and practicing courtesy, safety and professionalism on the road. To compete in the annual contest that has been held since 1949, drivers must not have been in an ac-cident or issued a speeding ticket or cited for any other violation in the previous year... 
(Photos from BANGOR DAILY NEWS/by KATE COLLINS: 1 -above-: Volunteer Roxann Gargac of Dexter checks competitors in to the 2009 Maine Professional Truck Driving Championship on Saturday at Dysart’s Trailer Shop in Hermon. Sponsored by the Maine Motor Transport Association Inc., with assistance from the Maine Professional Drivers Association, the event featured trucks from throughout Maine competing in several classes including five-axle, tank truck, flat, sleeper and twin trailers. - Photo 2 -below-: Frank Anglin of Con-Way Freight holds the score earned by a participant in the side park portion of the 2009 Maine Professional Truck Driving Championship held on Saturday at Dysart’s Trailer Shop in Hampden. The Championship, which was presented by the Maine Motor Transport Association Inc. with assistance from the Maine Professional Drivers Associa-tion, featured driving competitions in a variety of truck classes, including five-axle, tank truck, flat and step van delivery trucks)Labels: truckers' skills
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