Logan, Woodrome Face Off as NTDC Finalists Are Named
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The stage is set for a classic clash of the giants at the finals of the 81st National Truck Driving Championships on Aug. 18.
August 18, 2018Course Trips Up Second Round of Competitors at NTDC
COLUMBUS, Ohio — While the diminishing front stop problem on the course of the 81st National Truck Driving Championships tested most of the country’s elite drivers on the tournament’s second day of competition, a few drivers appeared to figure it out.
August 17, 2018Second-Day Drivers Use Extra Time to Study Course
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Although competing on the second day of the National Truck Driving Championships allows drivers 24 additional hours to stir up nerves about the course, it also gives them extra time to analyze every turn, stop, cone and duck.
August 17, 2018NAIC Inspection Practicals Begin
COLUMBUS, Ohio — In a partitioned section of the Greater Columbus Convention Center, removed from the occasional staccato of horns, the cheers of supporters and the deep voice of the announcer moderating the National Truck Driving Championships, uniformed law enforcement officers began to conduct vehicle inspections.
August 17, 2018Tesla CEO Musk Tells Newspaper He’s Cracking Under Stress
What do you do when your CEO confesses that he’s cracking under the stress of his job? That’s the question that the nine board members of electric car and solar panel maker Tesla Inc. must answer after Elon Musk, the company’s impulsive leader, admitted to The New York Times that work is rattling his nerves in what he described as the most “difficult and painful year of my career.”
August 17, 2018Bridgestone Launches New Drive Tire
Bridgestone Americas Inc. announced the expansion of its Firestone commercial truck tire portfolio with the launch of the Firestone FD711 drive tire.
August 17, 2018Dayton Parts Acquires Security Steel Supply Co.
Dayton Parts announced the acquisition of Security Steel Supply Co., a distributor of steel bars for the leaf spring industry.
August 17, 2018Love’s New Oregon Site to Have 72 Truck Parking Spaces
Love’s Travel Stops opened a facility in Millersburg, Ore., off Interstate 5.
August 17, 2018Pennsylvania Borough Could Be New Home for $7.5 Million, 80-Bay Trucking Facility
JERMYN, Pa. — The borough could be the new home of a $7.5 million, 80-bay trucking facility for R+L Carriers.
August 17, 2018US Threatens More Sanctions, Keeping Alive Turkish Crisis
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey and the United States exchanged new threats of sanctions Aug. 17, keeping alive a diplomatic and financial crisis that is threatening the economic stability of the NATO country.
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