September 2011
National Professional Truck Driving Champtionships.
The Nationals were held earlier this month in Calgary, and 34 drivers from across the country vied for top honours. Congratulations to the winners and to all who participated. Special congrats to Team Ontario for taking Team honours!
Full results and pictures are here on the AMTA site.
OTDC rep Ewen Steele has posted video and pictures of the event.

July 2011
Another very successful event! The 65th edition of the Ontario Truck Driving Championships is over for another year. Congratulations to Stewart Jutzi of Erb Transport, this year's Grand Champion, and to all the winners and participants.

Pictures are posted here. 

2011 OTDC results
Straight Truck:
1^st - Stewart Jutzi - Erb Transport
2^nd - Joe Kuntz - Home Hardware Stores
3^rd - Mike Hamilton -City of Brampton

Single Single:
1^st - Clary Ward- Con-way Freight
2^nd - Rick Dobie - Con-way Freight
3^rd - Patrick Clark - Con-way Freight

Single Tandem:
1^st - Bryon Winfield - Home Hardware Stores
2^nd - Richard Lacroix - SLH Transport
3^rd - William Wolfe - Maple Leaf Foods

Tandem Tandem:
1^st - Preetpal Nijjar - Canada Cartage System
2^nd - Dan Congdon - Reimer Express Lines
3^rd - Don Mason - Loblaw Company Ltd.

Trains:
1^st - Bryan Heyworth - SLH Transport
2^nd - Wayne Ballagh - Home Hardware Stores
3^rd - Peter Mosher - Maple Leaf Foods

Grand Champion - Stewart Jutzi - Erb Transport
Rookie of the Year - Chris Tinkler - SLH Transport
Highest Points - Preetpal Nijjar - Canada Cartage Systems
Pre-Trip Award - Tom Griffiths, Maple Leaf Foods, and Ernest Streicher, Home Hardware - both with perfect Pre-Trip Inspections
MTO Safety Award -  Ernest Streicher, Home Hardware - Highest combined score of the Written Test and Pre-Trip Inspection - both perfect

The winners of the five classes listed above will now go to Calgary, AB in August to compete in the National Professional Truck Driving Championships.
Congratulations to all, and thanks to our sponsors and volunteers. It wouldn't happen without you.

This year's event featured two exhibition classes with 4 new obstacles. The A-Train and Tanker classes did a short course after the 5 other classes were completed. The obstacles included: the Roundabout, Funky Monkey, Right Front Steer Tire, and the ICC Bumper Stop.

A-Train
1st - Jeff Maclean - Molson Coors
2nd - Patrick Clark - Con-way Freight
3rd - Jason Wingle - Con-way Freight

Tanker
1st - Marc Lefebvre - Canada Cartage Systems
2nd - Jeff Maclean - Molson Coors
3rd - Roger Mailloux - Con-way Freight

The 2011 Toronto Regional Truck Driving Championship event came to a successful conclusion a couple of weeks ago, and, for once this spring, it didn't rain on a Saturday.

Straight Truck:

1^st - Daryl Poole - Reimer Express

2^nd - Mike Hamilton -City of Brampton
3^rd - Angela Hartley - City of Brampton

Single Single :

1^st - Patrick Clark - Con-way Freight

2^nd - Hugh Palmer - Con-way Freight

3^rd - Marc Lefebvre - Canada Cartage System

Single Tandem:

1^st - Jason Wingle - Con-Way Freight

2^nd - Edwin Pinney - Con-Way Freight

3^rd - Richard Curtis - Bison Transport

Tandem Tandem:

1^st - Preetpal Nijjar - Canada Cartage System

2^nd - Don Mason - Loblaw Company Ltd.

3^rd - Dan Congdon - Reimer Express

Trains:

1^st - Claude Gauthier - Bison Transport

2^nd - Gerry Morgan - Crown Drain

3^rd - Tom Tuttle - Bison Transport

Pictures here.

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Step Van
1^st - Randy Smith, Alberta
2^nd - Robert Archambault, Manitoba
3^rd - Tony Gomez, British Columbia

Straight Truck
1^st - John Klassen, Manitoba
2^nd - Larry Radons, Saskatchewan
3^rd - Hans Wettstein, British Columbia

Single Single
1^st - Evan Hirst, British Columbia
2^nd - Brian Weslowski, Saskatchewan
3^rd - Michel Carriere, Quebec

Single Tandem
1^st - Jeff Maclean, Ontario
2^nd - Steve MacPhee, Atlantic Provinces
3^rd - Harvey Gording, Saskatchewan

Tandem Tandem
1^st - Dean Grant, British Columbia
2^nd - Shawn Matheson, Ontario
3^rd - Paul Mills, Alberta

B-Train
1^st - Ken Wiebe, Manitoba
2^nd - Adam Besse, British Columbia
3^rd - Steve Calhoun, Alberta

Grand Champion - Dean Grant, British Columbia
Rookie - John Klassen - Manitoba
Team Champions - British Columbia


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OTDC Pictures are posted here  and here.

Motoring 2010 posted their episode with the OTDC segment. It's about 10 or 15 minutes into the episode.

Jim Kenzie wrote a great article in the Toronto Star about the event.


Winners at the OTDC and MTO NSC Challenge


































Ontario Truck Driving Championships

Step Van
Sponsored by Fleet Safety Council
1^st - Karen Porter, Purolator
2^nd - Kenneth Pyper, Con-way
3^rd - Roger Mailloux, Con-way

Straight Truck
Sponsored by Blue Giant Equipment
1^st - Trevor-Lee Laronde, Miller Waste
2^nd - Joe Kuntz, Home Hardware
3^rd - Rory Holland, Waste Management

Single Single
Sponsored by Home Hardware Stores
1^st - Clary Ward, Con-way
2^nd - Shawn Pietracupa, Con-way
3^rd - Brent Rose, SLH Transport

Single Tandem
Sponsored by IHSA
1^st - Jeff Maclean, SLH Transport
2^nd - Jeff Lambkin, Erb Transport
3^rd - Frank Roberti, Epic Express

Tandem Tandem
Sponsored by Mack Canada
1^st - Shawn Matheson, Home Hardware
2^nd - Tom Griffiths, Maple Leaf Foods
3^rd - Preetpal Niijjar, Canada Cartage

B-Train
Sponsored by OTA
1^st - Brian Heyworth, SLH Transport
2^nd - Ernest Streicher, Home Hardware
3^rd - Wayne Ballagh, Home Hardware

A-Train (exhibition class)
Sponsored by FedEx Freight
1^st - Jeff Maclean, SLH Transport
2^nd - Andy Kivisto, Reimer Express Lines
3^rd - Wayne Burnett, Maple Leaf Foods

Pre-Trip award
Sponsored by TTSAO
Brian Heyworth, SLH Transport

MTO Safety Award
Sponsored by the Ministry of Transportation
Brian Heyworth, SLH Transport

Rookie of the Year
Sponsored by Your Advantage Staffing
Rory Holland, Waste Management

Highest Points
Zurich Canada
Shawn Matheson, Home Hardware

Grand Champion
Sponsored by Transpro Freight Systems, and by MVSA
Shawn Matheson, Home Hardware
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Ministry of Transportation
NSC Challenge

Motorcoach Inspection Winner - Bruce Rand, Kingston
CVSA Level I Inspection Winner - Bud Kneller, London
Level III Driver Inspection Winner - Mike Rounding, Windsor
Dangerous Goods Inspection Winner - Mike Rounding, Windsor

Grand Champion - Richard Robinson, Vineland
2nd Runner Up - Jason Droog, Sarnia
3rd Runner Up - Mike Rounding, Windsor

Deputy Minister Award - Isabel Jennings, VIneland

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Direct entry to OTDC criteria:
Regional Championships
Criteria of a Regional Championship as a
prerequisite to enter drivers in the Provincial and National Championships.

When an eligible driver's home terminal base of operations or depot is within the
boundaries of a recognized (by OTDC) regional championship, that driver may
only enter provincial championship through the authority of a regional
championship or a company championship