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Mexican truck and bus manufacturer Consorcio G. Grupo Dina made the $6.5 million interest payment on its convertible bond just in time to avoid being penalized for tardiness.

It’s hard to decide what’s more impressive about the National Truck Driving Championships: the caliber of the competitors or the relatively small number of companies represented in the competition.

Michael H. Belzer, associate director of the University of Michigan Trucking Industry Program, a former truck driver and union sympathizer, has written a book that claims to trace the effects of deregulation on the trucking industry.

Waiting is the hardest part on the final day at the driving tournament.

Before they ever get behind the wheel to compete, driving championship contestants have to pick a truck, take a written test and conduct a pre-trip inspection, all under the watchful eyes of judges.

In the finals of the National Truck Driving Championships, there are no judges saying, “Gentleman, start your engines.” There is just a walk-through of the six-problem course, followed by long waits by 27 anxious drivers who took turns showing how they were the best in their respective classes.

To the sounds of a trumpeter playing Willie Nelson’s “On the Road Again” and the applause of family and friends, the winners of the National Truck Driving Championship entered the packed banquet hall at the New Orleans Hilton to celebrate their victories.

An inspector from the New Mexico Motor Transportation Division swept the North American Inspectors’ Championships.

Like Icarus, who built wax wings to fly to the sun, the ascent of dotcom transportation providers likely will be matched by the suddenness of their impending meltdowns.