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Article: Trucker with Lodi, Calif., Company Wins First Place in State Competition.
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- May 19, 1999
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Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
May 20 -- LODI, Calif. -- Walt Ballard is a truck driver extraordinaire.
Ballard, a 32-year veteran of the trucking industry who works for Frank C. Alegre Trucking Inc. in Lodi, won first place Sunday in the state competition sponsored by the California Trucking Association. He also won the Rookie of the Year Award.
He will take his trucking expertise to the national competition in August in Tampa, Fla.
"I was amazed and excited and numbed and all those things," Ballard said, laughing. "It's hard to explain."
Ballard's success has driven pride and excitement into his co-workers and ...