TravelCenters of America Announces 2015 “Citizen Driver” Award Recipients (Corrected)
March 28 2015 - 8:33AM
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.
- Micheal Sheeds – Petro San Antonio, TX
-- “Micheal Sheeds Stopping Center”
- Sandy Long -- TA Oak Grove, MO --
“Sandy Long Travel Center”
- Richard Ash – TA Commerce City, CO --
“Richard Ash Travel Center”
- Robert Fernald – TA Willington, CT --
“Robert Fernald Travel Center”
- 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.
TravelCenters of AmericaTom Liutkus,
440-808-7364tliutkus@ta-petro.com
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