Martin-Brower Driver Named America’s Best
Two days after being named America’s safest truck driver, Thomas C. Turner was still feeling a bit overwhelmed.
Interviewed Aug. 14 from Atlanta after participating in a highway safety press conference with American Trucking Associations, Turner said he had no idea that winning the National Truck Driving Championships would be so eventful.
Turner received the title of Grand Champion at an Aug. 12 banquet that marked the end of the competition in New Orleans. He returned to his home in Carrollton, Ga., about 30 miles west of Atlanta, the next day to a nonstop barrage of congratulatory telephone calls and picture-taking sessions.
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| 2000 NTDC Grand Champion Tom C. Turner |
“It’s wild. I thought I would get it and leave,” he said of his experience so far.
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