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WESTLAKE, Ohio -- (Business Wire)
TravelCenters of America LLC (TravelCenters), operator of the TA® and
Petro Stopping Centers® travel center brands, today announced its second
annual “Citizen Driver” Award recipients during the Citizen Driver
ceremony at the 2015 Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky.
The Citizen Driver Award recognizes professional drivers who help bring
respect to the truck driving profession.
TravelCenters launched the Citizen Driver program in 2013 in an effort
to honor the many great, hardworking professional truck drivers that
keep our economy going. Citizen Drivers not only have an exemplary
career in trucking, they are great examples of the kind of people who
honor the great profession of truck driving. By demonstrating their
good citizenship, safety, community involvement, and leadership, they
are shining examples of all of the hard working men and women in this
industry with whom there is pride in being associated.
The 2015 Citizen Drivers are listed below. Each driver has picked their
favorite TA or Petro Stopping Centers location, which will be renamed
after them. Citizen Drivers also received a Citizen Driver Award package
from TA and Petro.
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Micheal Sheeds – Petro San Antonio, TX -- “Micheal Sheeds Stopping
Center”
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Sandy Long -- TA Oak Grove, MO -- “Sandy Long Travel Center”
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Richard Ash – TA Commerce City, CO -- “Richard Ash Travel Center”
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Robert Fernald – TA Willington, CT -- “Robert Fernald Travel Center”
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Gary Buchs – TA Bloomington, IL -- “Gary Buchs Travel Center”
“Citizen Driver is a way to recognize the best of the best in the truck
driving community. It is not just about being good at their jobs, but
for setting the example of being true leaders and individuals that
others admire and respect. We are extremely proud of all our honorees
and to play a role in support of the companies and drivers that make up
the great truck driving industry,” shared Tom O’Brien, President and CEO
of TravelCenters.
TravelCenters accepted nominations for the Citizen Driver Award
throughout last year, and received nominations from a wide variety of
people -- fleet owners and executives, other drivers, friends, husbands,
wives, sons, daughters, mothers, fathers, trucking organization members,
and trucking industry suppliers -- wanting to recognize the deserving
drivers who have touched their lives. Distinguished members of the
trucking industry, Bill Graves, President and CEO of the ATA; Jim
Johnston, President of OOIDA; Ellen Voie, President and CEO of Women In
Trucking; Micah Jackson, Publisher for Target Media Partners; Deborah
Lockridge, Editor, Heavy Duty Trucking; and on air trucking radio
personalities, Eric Harley of Red Eye Radio; Dave Nemo of Road Dog
Radio; and Steve Sommers of America’s Truckin’ Network, judged the
submitted nominations and selected the honorees who excelled in the
identified categories.
The 2016 Citizen Driver Award nomination form, rules and other
information will be posted to the TA and Petro Stopping Centers web site
in May 2015. Nominations will be accepted throughout 2015 and the new
honorees will be announced at the 2016 Mid-America Trucking Show.
In the most recent ‘Voted Best’ professional driver survey, drivers
preferred TA and Petro 6 to 1 in the ‘Best Truck Stop Experience’
category. These results are based on an independent TA/Petro survey of
Overdrive magazine readers. The ratios depict professional driver
preference for TA and Petro versus the next closest truck stop brand.
About TravelCenters of America LLC
TravelCenters of America LLC (TravelCenters), headquartered in Westlake,
Ohio, is a leading travel center business in 43 states and Canada
operating under the TA® and Petro Stopping Centers® brands. With 254
convenient full-service locations off interstate highway exits, TA and
Petro Stopping Centers offer customers diesel and gasoline fueling
services, more than 500 full- and quick-service restaurants, 24-hour
convenience stores, heavy truck maintenance services, RoadSquad Connect™
(24/7/365 emergency roadside service), Reserve-It™ (truck parking
reservations), and many other services – all within large, high traffic
facilities. TravelCenters also operates gasoline/convenience stores
primarily in Kentucky, Tennessee and Minnesota under the Minit Mart
brand name. For more information on TravelCenters, TA, and Petro
Stopping Centers, please visit www.ta-petro.com.
Contacts:
TravelCenters of America
Tom Liutkus, 440-808-7364
tliutkus@ta-petro.com
Source: TravelCenters - General
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