'America's Best Drivers' 2026 team, best-broker honors for Axle
Highest honors went to these 21 million-milers at NASTC's annual conference last week. The association also honored Axle Logistics...
In addition to Overdrive's Small Fleet Championship honors, a huge part of the recognition delivered annually at the "Best Three Days in Trucking" of the National Association of Small Trucking Companies' annual conference is NASTC's driver of the year honors.
Many honored drivers made the trip to Nashville the final week of October for a Friday salute in the Omni Nashville Legends ballroom, with entertainment by recording artist and prolific singer-songwriter Jeffrey Steele and plenty of kudos from their nominating companies.
The recognition's oft-considered highest among professional achievements, as Overdrive's own Long Haul Paul Marhoefer was reminded during the celebration of the life of longtime milk hauler Bill Wilker in recent weeks. Wilker's 3 million safe miles in 2018 earned him a spot on NASTC's "America's Best Drivers" team.
The trucker team saluted at the 2026 NASTC conference has hauled cumulatively close to 69 million such miles over their careers, spanning together more than 700 years.
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