Year  Winner Location
1940

Orville Hoffert

Transamerican Freight Lines 

Indianapolis, IN 

Chicago, IL
1941

Charles Goins 

Trucking Inc. 

Indianapolis, IN 

New York, NY
1946

Charles Goins 

Trucking Inc. 

Indianapolis, IN 

Chicago, IL
1947

Alex Adamski 

Geo. H. Alger Co. 

Chicago, IL 

Los Angeles, CA
1948

Thomas Bennane 

Trucking Inc. 

Detroit, MI

Washington, D.C.
1949

S.L. Moon

Georgia Highway Express

Atlanta, GA 

Boston, MA
1950

Richard Wold 

Glenndenning Motorways 

Minnesota

New York, NY
1951

James E. Tucker 

Great Southern Trucking Inc. 

Charlotte, NC

Chicago, IL
1952

Perry H. Reid 

Pilot Freight Carriers 

Winston-Salem, NC 

New York, NY
1953

Perry H. Reid 

Pilot Freight Carriers 

Winston-Salem, NC 

Minneapolis, MN
1954

Aubrey L. Harper 

Super Service Motor Frt. Co. 

Chattanooga, TN

Los Angeles, CA
1955

Aubrey L. Harper 

Super Service Motor Frt. Co. 

Chattanooga, TN

Washington, D.C.
1956

Leeland H. Hellestad 

Express Freight Lines 

Milwaukee, WI

New York, NY
1957

Aubrey L. Harper 

Super Service Motor Frt. Co. 

Chattanooga, TN

Chicago, IL
1958

Leo W. Ford 

Pilot Freight Carriers, Inc. 

Winston-Salem, NC 

Miami Beach, FL
1959

Leo W. Ford 

Pilot Freight Carriers, Inc. 

Winston-Salem, NC 

Louisville, KY
1960

Leeland H. Hellestad 

Express Freight Lines 

Milwaukee, WI

St. Paul, MN
1961

Cletus C. Frank 

Akers Motor Lines 

Greensboro, NC

Detroit, MN
1962

Harry R. Wooten, Jr. 

Hennis Freight Lines 

Roanoke, VA

Dallas, TX
1963

Cletus C. Frank 

Akers Motor Lines 

Greensboro, NC

Miami Beach, FL
1964

Cletus C. Frank 

Akers Motor Lines 

Greensboro, NC

Louisville, KY
1965

Edward S. Schneider 

Olson Transportation Co. 

Fond de Lac, WI

Kansas City, MO
1966

William J. Long 

Lyons Transportation Lines 

Richfield, OH

Minneapolis, MN
1967

Cletus C. Frank 

Akers Motor Lines 

Greensboro, NC

Tulsa, OK
1968

Ben C. Spain 

Mason & Dixon Lines, Inc. 

New Jersey 

Cincinnati, OH
1969

Eugene Grubb, Sr. 

Roadway Express, Inc. 

Ohio 

Denver, CO
1970

Cletus C. Frank 

Akers Motor Lines 

Greensboro, NC

Miami Beach, FL
1971

Cletus C. Frank 

Akers Motor Lines 

Greensboro, NC

Houston, TX
1972

Claude A. Pollett 

Mason & Dixon Lines, Inc. 

New York 

Louisville, KY
1973

Richard A. Gillespie

Century-Mercury Motor Freight 

Minnesota 

Denver, CO
1974

William M. Schmidt 

Ryder Truck Lines, Inc. 

Minneapolis, MN
1975

Cletus C. Frank 

Akers Motor Lines 

Greensboro, NC

Indianapolis, IN
1976

Cletus C. Frank 

Akers Motor Lines 

Greensboro, NC

Fort Worth, TX
1977

Joseph L. Wilcock 

Milne Truck Lines, Inc. 

Utah 

Kansas City, MO
1978

D. Page Robbins 

The Mason & Dixon Lines, Inc. 

North Carolina 

St. Louis, MO
1979

Jesse L. Stauffer 

A-P-A Transport 

Lancaster, PA 

Phoenix, AZ
1980

Lyle R. Gruntorad 

Graves Truck Lines 

Lincoln, NE 

Kansas City, MO
1981

George DeMartini 

A-P-A Transport Corp. 

New Jersey 

Indianapolis, IN
1982

George DeMartini 

A-P-A Transport Corp. 

New Jersey 

Kansas City, MO
1983

Melvine Yoon Choy Kahele

Gasco, Inc. 

Honolulu, HI 

Fort Worth, Tx
1984

Lyle Gruntorad

ANR Freight System 

Nebraska  

Indianapolis, IN
1985

Jesse L. Stauffer 

A-P-A Transport 

Lancaster, PA

St. Louis, MO
1986

Jesse L. Stauffer 

A-P-A Transport 

Lancaster, PA

Kansas City, MO
1987

Les Beall 

Safeway Stores 

Bowie, MD (Representing DC) 

Fort Worth, TX
1988

Patrick A. Engle 

Quast Transfer, Inc. 

Minnesota 

St. Louis, MO
1989

Charles S. Goodrich 

Overnite Transportation 

Richmond, VA 

Memphis, TN
1990

Robert Dolan 

A-P-A Transport Corp. 

Pennsylvania 

Dallas, TX
1991

Larry Steadman 

Bryan Foods

Mississippi

Minneapolis, MN
1992

Daniel Slonekar 

Beckman Produce 

Minnesota 

Nashville, TN
1993

Wm. "Bubba" Fiveash 

Tom Thumb Stores 

Texas 

Denver, CO
1994

Stephan Plonski 

J.P. Food Service 

Minnesota 

Tampa, FL
1995

James Denny 

CF Motor Freight 

Minnesota 

New Orleans, LA
1996

Bart L. Kooyman 

Food Services of America 

Washington

Columbus, OH
1997

Joe G. Gonzalez 

H.E.B. Grocery Company 

Texas

Minneapolis, MN
1998

Dale E. Andersen

Crouse Cartage Company 

Iowa

Long Beach, CA
1999

Robert J. Dolan 

A-P-A Transport Corp 

Pennsylvania 

Tampa, FL
2000

Kenneth R. Epley 

Roadway Express, Inc. 

Illinois 

New Orleans, LA
2001

Daniel T. Poole 

Boeing Company 

Washington 

Minneapolis, MN
2002

David C. Murphy

Yellow Transportation, Inc. 

New Hampshire 

Milwaukee, WI
2003

Mark S. Dietsche 

FedEx Freight 

Oregon 

Columbus, OH
2004

James E. Carver 

Collington Services, LLC 

Maryland 

Salt Lake City, UT
2005

Robert Dolan 

A-P-A Transport Corp. 

Pennsylvania 

Tampa, FL
2006

Randy Devault 

Roadway 

Maine

New Orleans, LA
2007

Scott B. Watts 

FedEx Express 

Alaska 

Minneapolis, MN
2008

Dennis R. Shirar 

Heritage Transport, LLC 

Indiana

Houston, TX
2009

Robert J. Dolan 

Con-way Freight 

Pennsylvania 

Pittsburgh, PA
2010

Scott B. Watts 

FedEx Express 

Alaska 

Columbus, OH
2011

Paul J. Phillips 

Con-way Freight 

California 

Orlando, FL
2012

Robert J. Dolan 

Con-way Freight 

Pennsylvania 

Minneapolis, MN
2013

James E. Carver 

Collington Services, LLC 

Maryland

Salt Lake City, UT
2014

Brendan Sharp 

FedEx Freight 

Colorado 

Pittsburgh, PA
2015

Jeremy Steger 

Con-way Freight 

Wisconsin 

St. Louis MO
2016

Charles Randolph 

Pitt Ohio 

West Virginia 

Indianapolis, IN
2017

Richard Bailey 

FedEx Freight 

Michigan 

Orlando, FL
2018

Dale Brenaman 

UPS 

Kentucky 

Columbus, OH
2019

Jason Imhoff 

Walmart Transportation Ohio 

Pittsburgh, PA
2022

Christopher Shaw

FedEx Express

New Mexico

Indianapolis, IN
2023

David Coffel

FedEx Express

Arizona

Columbus, OH

2024

James Kohr

FedEx

New York

Indianapolis, IN