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Landstar Honors 2008 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 80 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, Florida. BCO is Landstar’s term for the independent contractors who provide the company with transportation capacity under exclusive lease arrangements.

Collectively, these 80 BCOs have safely driven a total of 92 million miles – a distance that would cover the 4 million miles of public roads in the United States 23 times. On average, it takes a truck operator 10 years to travel a million miles. This distance would take the typical driver of a passenger vehicle 67 years – around the time of their 83rd birthday – to complete.

Leading the 2008 class are 3 Million Milers Fred Durbin of Corinth, Mississippi, and Tommy Stiles of Christiansburg, Virginia.

In addition, eight BCOs reached the 2 million mile mark: Roger Bell, Lewis Center, Ohio; Bruce Bryant, Mobile, Alabama; Robert Dubreuil, Adams, Massachusetts; Bill Higgins, Catawba, South Carolina; George Prewitt, Elgin, Texas; Steven Tillett, Sulphur, Kentucky; Duane Vorst, Columbus Grove, Ohio; and Gary Wahl, Lowell, Wisconsin.

Seventy BCOs were honored for the first time for driving 1 million consecutive miles without an accident or freight claim.

“Each year, Landstar takes the opportunity to recognize and honor those BCOs who choose to put safety first every time they get behind the wheel,” said Landstar President and CEO Henry Gerkens. “Their outstanding safety records are a tribute to their dedication and commitment to over the road safety. We’re proud to be associated with such accomplished professionals.”

The 80 BCOs bring the total number of active BCOs who have earned the Million Mile title to 608. The complete list of 2008 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 and logistics capacity providers. Through its operating subsidiaries, Landstar delivers excellence in complete transportation logistics services and solutions. 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.


2008 Landstar Million Mile Safe Drivers


Alabama
Bruce Bryant2 , Mobile
B. J. Stephens, Jacksonville
Charles Warren, Semmes
Gene Williamson, Gadsden

Arizona
Duane Bartlett, Peoria
Lancer Hicks, Tucson

Florida
Steven Lampi, Silver Springs
Sharon Northcutt, Navarre
Troy Peninger, Bushnell
Roger Wirick, Wewahitchka

Georgia
Calvin Edmund, Baxley
Jeanne Koehl, Tunnel Hill

Idaho
Joyce Vassar, Nampa

Illinois
Thomas Barczewski, Granite City
Mark Eamon, Aurora
Richard Grogan, Edwardsville
Jeffrey Hayen, Rock Falls
James Kepner, Walnut

Indiana
Dale Brown, St. Croix
Mark Dillingham, Valparaiso
Wayne Fretz, Warsaw

Kansas
LaVern Penner, Buhler

Kentucky
Ralph Bundy Jr., Louisville
Fred Foster, Monticello
Ledale Kavanaugh, Waco
Albert Smith, Hartford
Steven Tillett2, Sulphur

Louisiana
Richard Culpepper, Leesville

Massachusetts
Robert Dubreuil2, Adams

Michigan
Konstantinos Dedakis, Livonia

Mississippi
Fred Durbin3, Corinth

Missouri
Clifford Jameson, Cross Timbers
Robert Orman, Fulton
Rex Rackley, Gideon

Nebraska
Jeff Schall, Benedict

Nevada
Edwing Ventura, Las Vegas

New Jersey
Gary Myers, Old Bridge

New Mexico
Steve Gutierrez, Las Cruces

New York
Theresa Capria, Brewerton
Richard St. Coeur, Watertown

North Carolina
Jerry Baker, Charlotte
Ron Karchaske, Charlotte
Victor Lofton, Goldsboro
Bill Parker, Lexington
Dickie Penrod, Fayetteville

Ohio
Roger Bell2, Lewis Center
John Erman, Fostoria
Fred Green, Jefferson
Duane Vorst2, Columbus Grove

Oklahoma
Daniel “Jake” Jacob, Choctaw
Donald Ward, Guthrie
Larnell Woods, Oklahoma City

Pennsylvania
Larry Daub, Bethel
Edward James, Punxsutawney
Alan Levine, West Chester
Robert Lynn, Greensburg
Ed Murray Jr., Sarver

South Carolina
Bob Boley, Goose Creek
Bill Higgins2, Catawba
Herbert Lawrence Jr., Liberty
Sylvester Young, Lexington

Tennessee
Jerry Brown, Chapmansboro
William Brown, Milan
Jeffrey Pack, Old Hickory
Robert Wilson, Oak Ridge

Texas
Ricardo Barrera, Laredo
Marian Bijas, Roanoke
James Byars, Clyde
Gary Denham, Laredo
Duane Griffith, Abilene
Joe McArthur, Simonton
George Prewitt2, Elgin

Virginia
Tommy Stiles3, Christiansburg

West Virginia
Brian Bates, Fairmont

Wisconsin
Thomas Murray, Janesville
Wesley Oye, Mazomanie
Gary Wahl2, Lowell

Canada
Quebec
Slawomir Jastrzabek, Chateauguay
Juraj Smirina, Laval-Ouest

Ontario
David Parkin, St. Catharine’s

2 or 3 denotes 2 or 3 Million Mile Safe Driver

List also available on www.landstar.com