The 2004 Alabama Truck Driving Championships were held again this year at the Bessemer Civic Center and DeBardeleban Park, in Bessemer, AL. This year more than 100 drivers, representing dozens of Alabama Trucking Association member firms, competed for state honors in eight different classesof commercial trucks. The competition is open to only those drivers who drove the previous twelve months with out an accident.

The competition consists of three segments; Pre-Trip Inspection, Written Exam, and Driving Skills Coarse.

This group represented Dana/Suttles Trucking of Demopolis and Creola, AL. Front row L-R Russell Hutto – 3rd place tankers, Buddy Beshears- 2nd place flatbed, Jim Blair, Safety and Human Resources, Standing

L-R Clarence Bean, Safety and Environmental Control, Roy Evans, driver, Randy Cole-1st Place flatbed, Scot Roberson- 3rd place three axle van, Calvin Jackson, driver, and Aubry Dickson, “Chief” Dispatcher. Not Pictures Jimmy Sammons, driver.