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The NRMCA Ready Mixed Truck Driver of the Year Award acknowledges the significant contribution of ready mixed concrete truck drivers to the growth and success of individual companies and the ready mixed concrete industry. A salute to these key members of the concrete production and delivery team, the award recognizes the driver’s career achievement, safety, professionalism, competence and customer service skills in a manner that will enhance the industry and public image of the career ready mixed truck driver.

2007 winner “Scott” Cosar (right of center) receives his Driver of the Year

Award at the March 2008 NRMCA Annual Convention in Las Vegas.

NRMCA Driver of The Year Award Winners
Year	Name	Company	City, State
2009	Johnney Hilliard	Redi-Mix Concrete - A U.S. Concrete Company	Denton, TX
2008	Winifred "David" Brooks	Titan Virginia New Post Plant	Fredericksburg, VA
2007	Howard Scott Cosar	Southern Concrete Materials	Asheville, NC
2006	Bobby Dennis	Lafarge	Lithonia, GA
2005	Curtis Rodriguez	Transit Mix Concrete & Materials	Waco, TX
2004	Charles Smith III	Southern Concrete Materials	Asheville, NC
2003	Henry Huizinga	Ozinga Illinois Ready Mixed Concrete	Mokena, IL
2002	Wilbur Balmer	Ready Mixed Concrete Co. of Lancaster	Lancaster, PA
2001	Johnny Hall	Carolina Concrete Co., Inc.	Clinton, SC
2000	John Marshall	Aggregate Industries	Peabody, MA
1999	William "Sid" Moxley	Irving Materials, Inc.	Lebanon, TN
1998	Eddie Simmons	Transit Mix Concrete & Materials	Opelousas, LA
1997	Dean Cantrell	Allen's Concrete, Inc.	Wichita, KS
1996	Cecil Gray	Turnbull Concrete	Hamilton, OH

The Driver of the Year competition is restricted to:

Active employees of NRMCA member companies in good standing.
Nominees must be full-time truck mixer drivers; full-time drivers who fill in periodically as dispatchers, loader operators, etc., are eligible.
One nominee per company per state. NRMCA encourages member companies to coordinate in-house competitions to select their nominee from each state in which they operate ready mixed concrete plants.
Nominees must have at least 10 years of service to their company.

The NRMCA Ready Mixed Truck Driver of the Year award winners will be honored and their awards will be presented at the NRMCA Annual Convention. A panel of judges assembled by NRMCA’s Operations, Environmental and Safety Committee judge the competition. Awards are given to the Ready Mixed Truck Driver of the Year and four Runners-Up. The panel of judges is solely responsible for determining the award recipients and their decisions are final.

The 14th annual contest is being held now - deadline for submissions is January 4, 2010. Winners will be honored at the 2010 NRMCA Annual Convention in Austin, Texas.
Click here for a fax-back entry form.

For more information, contact Gary Mullings at

1-888-846-7622, x1161 or at gmullings@nrmca.org.