Congratulations to the State Champions of this year's California Truck Driving Championships. Winners of this competition will go on to represent California at American Trucking Association's National Truck & Step Van Driving Championships August 15-18 at the Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, OH.

A big congratulations goes to Mr. Hobie Eirich of FedEx Freight out of Anaheim who's combined score from the written test, course, and pre-trip inspection totaled 381 points to earn him the title of the 2018 Grand Champion.

The State Finals competition took place the following day after the Northern California Truck Driving Championships of Saturday, May 19 at FedEx Freight in West Sacramento.  The winners of that competition faced off with the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners of the Southern California competition, held last month, to determine the State Champions.

We would like to extend our gratitude to the tireless committee members without whose months of hard work and dedication made this event possible for these very deserving drivers:

Southern CA Competition Chair Marv Caton, FedEx Freight

Northern CA Competition Chair Bob Cunha, FedEx Freight

State Finals Competition Chair Rodney Farley, Griley Air Freight

Chuck King, FedEx; Nick Gilmour, FedEx; Mark Wolnisty, PrePass, Mike Kolb, Reddaway; Larry Parker, Reddaway; Luis Garcia, Legacy Supply Chain Services, Neal Tomita, FedEx Freight; Jay Johnson, Jay Johnson & Associates; Robyn Wolnisty;  Mark Bustos, Hub Group; Neal Tomita, FedEx; Mark Winsborrow, National Distribution Center; Brent Bradley, IBT; Jose Padilla, YRC Freight; Sara Sherman, KKW; Ashley Farley; Desiree Caldwell, Elite HR Logistics; And a cast of many others.

For a list of winners and their scores from all three competitions, please see the TDC webpage.