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Glenn Brown, president of Contract Freighters Inc., Joplin, Mo., took a shot at the Highway Hauler land speed record at Utah’s salt flats during the 1999 Bonneville National Speed Week.

Taking a page from the U.S. Customs Service, Mexico will use X-ray equipment to examine cargo trucks at an interior checkpoint 16 miles north of its main truck crossing at Nuevo Laredo.

Although analysts couldn’t seem to agree on the reasons, the price of diesel fuel continued in the direction it has gone for the last 11 weeks — up.

A record has been set, and it’s cause for celebration. For the first time in the 62-year history of the National Truck Driving Championships, a contestant has won back-to-back grand champion titles.

It has been suggested that Congress amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to regulate compensation for truck drivers. Some interest groups advocate a federal mandate that truck drivers be paid on an hourly basis.... The advocates suggest that these changes would enhance highway safety. In fact, they would not improve safety.

Marty Lawson believed the “rodeo gods” were on his side as he repeated as grand champion of the National Truck Driving Championships — the first time anyone has won the top prize in consecutive years.

A lucky patch trade, losing the 'cowboy' image and other colorful happenings at this year's truck driving championships.

Mobil Oil Corp. considers being the major sponsor of the National Truck Driving Championships a “perfect fit” to promote safety on the roads.

David Palmer of the Texas Department of Public Safety headed for home in Childress, Texas, with proof that he is the quickest, most thorough roadside truck inspector on the whole continent.