Alabama State Truck Driving Championships

Grand Champion Mark Knight of AAA Cooper Transportation (center) with Alabama Trucking Association Chairman Terry Kilpatrick (left) and ATA Safety & Maintenance Management Council Chairman Tony Smith (right). (Photo courtesy of the Alabama Trucking Association)

3-axle first-place finisher Alphonso Lewis of YRC Freight (center) with Alabama Trucking Association Chairman Terry Kilpatrick (left) and ATA Safety & Maintenance Management Council Chairman Tony Smith (right). (Photo courtesy of the Alabama Trucking Association)

4-axle first-place finisher Cecil Salter of FedEx Freight (center) with Alabama Trucking Association Chairman Terry Kilpatrick (left) and ATA Safety & Maintenance Management Council Chairman Tony Smith (right). (Photo courtesy of the Alabama Trucking Association)

5-axle first-place finisher Mark Knight of AAA Cooper Transportation (center), who was also Grand Champion, with Alabama Trucking Association Chairman Terry Kilpatrick (left) and ATA Safety & Maintenance Management Council Chairman Tony Smith (right). (Photo courtesy of the Alabama Trucking Association)

Flatbed division champion Thomas "Ross" Garner of FedEx Freight (center) with Alabama Trucking Association Chairman Terry Kilpatrick (left) and ATA Safety & Maintenance Management Council Chairman Tony Smith (right). (Photo courtesy of the Alabama Trucking Association)

Sleeper Berth division champion Russell Cottingham of FedEx Freight (center) with Alabama Trucking Association Chairman Terry Kilpatrick (left) and ATA Safety & Maintenance Management Council Chairman Tony Smith (right). (Photo courtesy of the Alabama Trucking Association)

Step Van first-place finisher Robert Moore of FedEx Freight (center) with Alabama Trucking Association Chairman Terry Kilpatrick (left) and ATA Safety & Maintenance Management Council Chairman Tony Smith (right). (Photo courtesy of the Alabama Trucking Association)

Straight Truck division champion David Hawk of FedEx Freight (center) with Alabama Trucking Association Chairman Terry Kilpatrick (left) and ATA Safety & Maintenance Management Council Chairman Tony Smith (right). (Photo courtesy of the Alabama Trucking Association)

Tank Truck division first-place finisher Kenneth Lockhart of FedEx Freight (center) with Alabama Trucking Association Chairman Terry Kilpatrick (left) and ATA Safety & Maintenance Management Council Chairman Tony Smith (right). (Photo courtesy of the Alabama Trucking Association)

Twins division champion Dan Thompson of FedEx Freight (center) with Alabama Trucking Association Chairman Terry Kilpatrick (left) and ATA Safety & Maintenance Management Council Chairman Tony Smith (right). (Photo courtesy of the Alabama Trucking Association)

Photo coverage of winners and scenes from the 2018 Alabama Truck Driving Championships June 1 in Pelham, Ala. (Photo courtesy of the Alabama Trucking Association)

Photo coverage of winners and scenes from the 2018 Alabama Truck Driving Championships June 1 in Pelham, Ala. (Photo courtesy of the Alabama Trucking Association)

Photo coverage of winners and scenes from the 2018 Alabama Truck Driving Championships June 1 in Pelham, Ala. (Photo courtesy of the Alabama Trucking Association)

Photo coverage of winners and scenes from the 2018 Alabama Truck Driving Championships June 1 in Pelham, Ala. (Photo courtesy of the Alabama Trucking Association)

Photo coverage of winners and scenes from the 2018 Alabama Truck Driving Championships June 1 in Pelham, Ala. (Photo courtesy of the Alabama Trucking Association)

Photo coverage of winners and scenes from the 2018 Alabama Truck Driving Championships June 1 in Pelham, Ala. (Photo courtesy of the Alabama Trucking Association)

Photo coverage of winners and scenes from the 2018 Alabama Truck Driving Championships June 1 in Pelham, Ala. (Photo courtesy of the Alabama Trucking Association)

Photo coverage of winners and scenes from the 2018 Alabama Truck Driving Championships June 1 in Pelham, Ala. (Photo courtesy of the Alabama Trucking Association)

Photo coverage of winners and scenes from the 2018 Alabama Truck Driving Championships June 1 in Pelham, Ala. (Photo courtesy of the Alabama Trucking Association)

Photo coverage of winners and scenes from the 2018 Alabama Truck Driving Championships June 1 in Pelham, Ala. (Photo courtesy of the Alabama Trucking Association)

Photo coverage of winners and scenes from the 2018 Alabama Truck Driving Championships June 1 in Pelham, Ala. (Photo courtesy of the Alabama Trucking Association)

Photo coverage of winners and scenes from the 2018 Alabama Truck Driving Championships June 1 in Pelham, Ala. (Photo courtesy of the Alabama Trucking Association)

Photo coverage of winners and scenes from the 2018 Alabama Truck Driving Championships June 1 in Pelham, Ala. (Photo courtesy of the Alabama Trucking Association)

Photo coverage of winners and scenes from the 2018 Alabama Truck Driving Championships June 1 in Pelham, Ala. (Photo courtesy of the Alabama Trucking Association)

Photo coverage of winners and scenes from the 2018 Alabama Truck Driving Championships June 1 in Pelham, Ala. (Photo courtesy of the Alabama Trucking Association)