2009 Manitoba Professional
Truck Driving Championship Winners
Step Van
First Place: Garth Deschamps - Canadian Freightways
Second Place: Andrew Lalonde - Conway Freight
Third Place: Robert Reynolds - Bison Transport
Straight Truck
First Place: Eugene Wertepny - TST Overland Express
Second Place: Mike Beaulieu - Conway Freight
Third Place: Frank Fleischer - Bison Tranpsort
Single - Single
First Place: Brian Hrabarchuk - Conway Freight
Second Place: Ronald Poirier - TST Overland Express
Third Place: Larry Smith - Canada Safeway Ltd.
Single - Tandem
First Place: Frank Klassen - Penner International Inc.
Second Place: Matthias (Max) Pieper - Bison Transport
Third Place: Sheldon Werboski - Canada Safeway Ltd.
Tandem - Tandem
First Place: Ed Eagle - Canada Safeway Ltd.
Second Place: Denis Roberts - TS Overland Express
Third Place: Howard McAfee - Len Dubois Trucking
Super B Train
First Place: Ken Wiebe - EBD Enterprises
Second Place: Pinard Connor - Kleysen Group LP
Third Place: Jim Kroeker - Big Freight Systems
Other Awards
The J.O. Dutton Memorial Award was also presented to Ken Wiebe of EBD Enterprises for his excellent showing at the 2008 National Professional Truck Driving Championship.
The First-Time Entrant Award winner was Matthias Maassen of Penner International Inc.
The Top Team honours went to Team TST Overland Express (Howard Thomson, Gene Wertepny, Ron Poirier, and Denis Roberts).
The winner of this year’s Bjornson Memorial was Brian Hrabarchuk of Con-way Freight Canada.
And last but not least, the night’s Grand Champion was Ed Eagle of Canada Safeway Ltd.
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