Trent Slavens of NRMCA Producer member Irving Materials, Inc., Greenfield, IN, has won the 2014 NRMCA International Mixer Driver Championship held last week in Las Vegas in conjunction with the 2014 CONEXPO-CON/AGG Show. The second ever international event included U.S. and South American champions.

"This was a great event with the stiffest of competition," said NRMCA Senior Vice President of Operations and Compliance Gary Mullings. Eight drivers, including current and former national champions as well as top national finishers, competed for the title "Mixer Driver of the World". The champion was selected based on a cumulative score derived from competition in a driving challenge course. Awards were presented for the top two finishers, with all other drivers tied for third.

A Roseville, IN, resident, Slavens has been working for Irving Materials, Inc. for 18 years. He currently drives a Terex five-axle, front discharge mixer truck. He is the 2010 Indiana state champion and the only two-time NRMCA National Champion, winning the event in 2010 and again in 2012. The second place trophy went to Larry Lowe with NRMCA Producer member GCC. He lives in Sallisaw, OK, and has been driving for GCC for 13 years. Lowe currently drives a Kenworth five-axle truck with a McNeilus rear discharge mixer. He is a three-time Arkansas state champion and was the winner of NRMCA’s National Mixer Driver Championship in 2011. The top international driver was Enrique Arturo Garcia Ramirez who drives for Mixto Listo. Ramirez hails from Guatemala City, Guatemala. Also competing was Todd Brown, Manatts, Inc., Newton, Iowa; Billy Byrd, Sr., VCNA Prairie Material, Bridgeview, IL; Chris Daniels, Irving Materials, Inc. Lebanon, TN; Jason Nelson, MMC Materials, Inc. Greenville, MS and Charles Lee Vaughan, Humboldt Ready Mix, Inc., Winnemucca, NV.

For more information, contact Gary Mullings at gmullings@nrmca.org.