Landstar Honors 2007 Class of Million Mile Safe Drivers
Jacksonville, Florida – (NASDAQ: LSTR) Landstar System, Inc., a safety-first non-asset-based provider of transportation and logistics services, has recognized 116 men and women for their outstanding safety records and professionalism behind the wheel.
The business capacity owners (BCOs) were honored as Landstar Million Mile Safe Drivers at a recent awards banquet in Jacksonville. BCO is Landstar’s term for the independent contractors who provide the company with transportation capacity under exclusive lease arrangements.
Collectively, these 116 BCOs have safely driven a total of 126 million miles – a distance that would cover the 4 million miles of public roads in the United States nearly 32 times. On average, it takes a truck operator 10 years to travel a million miles. The distance would take the typical driver of a passenger vehicle 67 years – around the time of their 83rd birthday – to complete.
Leading the 2007 class are 10 BCOs who have reached 2 million miles without a preventable accident. Included in that group are Larry Allison of Amarillo, Texas; Samuel Betlyon of Burnham, Pennsylvania; Harry Brawdy of North Collins, New York; Mitchell Daniels of Pomona, Missouri; Verne Daves of New Windsor, Illinois; William Harrier of Canal Winchester, Ohio; Keith McClain of Lolo, Montana; John Wayne McCrary of Pulaski, Tennessee; Gene Roth of New Effington, South Dakota, and Darrel Sieben of Lampe, Missouri.
In addition, 106 BCOs were honored for driving 1 million consecutive miles without an accident or freight claim. Among that group, team drivers Terry and Charlene Hemmingson of Sutton, Nebraska, are the first husband and wife team to be inducted as Landstar Million Mile Safe Driver in the same year.
“These BCOs choose to put safety first every time they get behind the wheel,” said Landstar President and CEO Henry Gerkens, “Therefore, Landstar chooses to honor them, not only for their outstanding safety records and skills, but also for their dedication. We’re proud to be associated with such accomplished professionals.”
The 116 BCOs represent Landstar’s largest class of Million Mile Safe Drivers and bring the total number of active BCOs who have earned the Million Miler title to 586. The complete list of 2007 Landstar Million Mile Safe Drivers is also available on www.landstar.com.
About Landstar:
Landstar System, Inc. delivers safe, specialized transportation and logistics services to a broad range of customers worldwide. The Company identifies and fulfills shippers’ needs through the coordination of individual businesses comprised of independent sales agents and third-party transportation capacity providers. Landstar's carrier group, which is comprised of Landstar Express America, Inc., Landstar Gemini, Inc., Landstar Inway, Inc., Landstar Ligon, Inc., Landstar Ranger, Inc. and Landstar Carrier Services, Inc., delivers excellence in complete over-the-road transportation services. Landstar Global Logistics, Inc. is a third party logistics company, providing international and domestic multimodal (over-the-road, air, ocean and rail) transportation, contract logistics and warehousing services. All Landstar operating companies are certified to ISO 9001:2000 quality management system standards. Landstar System, Inc. is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. Its common stock trades on The NASDAQ Stock Market® under the symbol LSTR.
2007 Landstar Million Mile Safe Drivers
Alabama
Lynn Cabaniss, Hazel Green
George Castle, Eclectic
Ralph Limbaugh, Irondale
Kenneth Quick, Oxford
James Sanders, Bay Minette
David Zelsdorf, Boaz
Arizona
Albert Louis Bartlett, Oracle
Benjamin Heddendorp, Picacho
Patricia Humphrey, Tucson
James Johnson, Tonopah
Anthony Pineda, Phoenix
Arkansas
James Short, Bella Vista
California
Patrick Margis, Hemet
Jose Antonio Tovar, Long Beach
Florida
Donald Drainville, Bunnell
John Hickson Jr., Miami
Richard Reese, Gainesville
Richard Vlasz, Palmetto
Georgia
Johnny King, Waco
Anthony Nelson, Stone Mountain
Iowa
Tommy Lester Ritter, Belle Plaine
Illinois
Verne Daves2, New Windsor
James Heilig, Antioch
Gerald Norvell, Rockford
Indiana
Roy Baker, Greensburg
Norman Gibson, Greenfield
Carl Mason, Gaston
William Schroeder, Trafalgar
Steven Sims, Fountain City
Kansas
Larry Kogl, Atwood
Kentucky
Stephen Burgess, Hopkinsville
James Leigh, Columbia
Michael Sills, Springfield
Jeffrey Whitt, Somerset
Maine
Raymond Finlay, Saco
Scott Hayes, Greenwood
Tom Johnston, Blaine
Joseph Westleigh, Woolwich
Massachusetts
Peter Wood, Shelburne Falls
Michigan
Larry Beldock, Imlay City
William Brubacher, Brutus
Rodney Kuhns, Newaygo
Al Sidell, Monroe
Edward Siders, Romulus
Thomas Simmons, Utica
Minnesota
Bradley Enter, Nicollet
Mississippi
Thomas Kyle, Columbus
Missouri
Lonnie Daniels, Mountain View
Mitchell Daniels2, Pomona
James Holland, Fulton
Floyd David Lyons, Fulton
Darrel Sieben2, Lampe
Brian Simpson, Alton
Leonard Thomas, Eldridge
Montana
Keith McClain2, Lolo
Nebraska
Charlene Hemmingson, Sutton
Terry Hemmingson, Sutton
Jack Millard, Grand Island
Nevada
William Ruch, Las Vegas
New Hampshire
Mark Caine,Bristol
New Jersey
Terrance Lang, Wanamassa
Louis Toth, Egg Habor Township
New York
Harry Brawdy2, North Collins
Dennis Capria, Brewerton
Gerald Jeffords, Ransomville
Robert Krencik, North Collins
Robert Sanko, Liverpool
North Carolina
Willie Branch, Watha
Dennis Dishner, Asheville
James Griffin, King
Charles Noon, Stony Point
Earl Spradling, Albemarle
Ohio
John Adams, New Concord
Ronald Fekety, Boardman
William D. Harrier2, Canal Winchester
Steven Miller, Dayton
John Niese, Ottawa
Altha Robinson, Bedford Heights
Dan Stockwell, Cable
Oklahoma
Bob Hinchey, Bennington
Joseph Kraft, Muskogee
Oregon
Richard Peine, Irrigon
Pennsylvania
Samuel Betlyon2, Burnham
Glenn Englert, Polk
Christopher Long, New Florence
South Carolina
George Phillips, Florence
Perry Stephens, Columbia
South Dakota
Gene Roth2, New Effington
Tennessee
Raymond Bauer, McMinnville
James Brown, Kingsport
Bobby Jack Johnson, Mountain City
Preston Limbaugh, Lawrenceburg
John Wayne McCrary2, Pulaski
Texas
Larry Allison2, Amarillo
James Basham, Livingston
David Chapman, Carlton
David Chavis, Red Oak
Gene Autry Crawford, Killeen
John Hancock, Buna
James Ovens, Cibolo
William Stewart, Roanoke
Benjamin Taylor, Van Horn
Merril Van Der Schaaf, Pattonville
Utah
Dan Charles Leidal, East Carbon
William Mitchell, West Jordan
Garland Duane Porter, East Carbon
Virginia
Frankie Hill, Galax
Lewis Jackson, Keysville
Walter Thompson, Evergreen
West Virginia
Jimmy Lee Terry, Princeton
Wisconsin
Ronald Roth, Reeseville
Canada
Alan Gosnell, Calgary, Alberta
Paul Fontaine, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Roman Markiewicz, Mississauga, Ontario
John McKenzie, Harcourt, Ontario
Abram Peters, London, Ontario
2 denotes 2 million miles. List also available on www.landstar.com.
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