Drivers From Each CON-WAY LTL Company Receive Top Honors at `Super Bowl' of Trucking in New Orleans.

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ANN ARBOR, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 16, 2000

Led by a national champion in the five-axle sleeper category, nine drivers for Con-Way Transportation Services (CON-WAY), which includes a national network of three less-than-truckload (LTL) regional trucking companies, captured top-ten honors this past weekend at the National Truck Driving Championships held in New Orleans.

Each of CON-WAY's regional LTL companies had a top-ten finisher in the competition. David James of Stillman Valley, IL, a Con-Way Central Express (CCX) driver sales representative for the past 12 years, won first place and was designated "national champion" in the five-axle sleeper class. The twenty-one year trucking industry veteran received a $1,000 cash award, a plaque and a gold national champion belt buckle from the American Trucking Associations (ATA) who sponsored the event. In addition to the ATA awards, CON-WAY will give James a new 2000 Ford F-150 pickup truck in appreciation for his efforts and commitment to safety. No stranger to winning, James has won numerous state driving titles since 1992. Last year he won first place in the five-axle sleeper category at the Illinois state driving championships. Part of his qualification criteria for competing in New Orleans was having an unblemished safety record. To date, James has driven over 2.5 million miles without an accident during his career.

The four-day annual competition brought together 388 of the nation's top drivers, from small family businesses to the biggest trucking firms in the United States. All drivers qualified for the nationals by winning their individual state championships.

CON-WAY sent a team of 49 state champions, more than any company competing, to the national event. "We are absolutely delighted and proud that each of our LTL companies had a top-three finisher this year. The entire CON-WAY team distinguished itself and represented our company and its 18,000 employees with distinction," said Gerald L. Detter, CON-WAY's president and chief executive officer.

Dennis Day of Con-Way Southern Express (CSE) placed second in the twins class. The Lawrenceville, GA native received a $500 cash award and a plaque. He added his award to the numerous state driving championship titles he has won since 1992. This is the second consecutive year he has competed at the national level. An experienced driver, Day has logged over 2.3 million accident-free miles during his 21-year trucking career and 13 years with CSE.

Dale Duncan, a 10-year Con-Way Western Express (CWX) employee placed third in the five-axle class and received a plaque and a cash award of $250. The San Diego native is a 17-year trucking veteran and has driven over 850,000 miles without an accident. Last year he placed fourth in the national five-axle class competition.

CON-WAY picked up the expenses for all 49 of its drivers and their guests to attend the four-day event in New Orleans. The competition had nine categories, based on the type of equipment, and tested driving skills, industry knowledge, equipment, policy, and safety regulation knowledge.

The company's other top 10 finishers were:

From Con-Way Central Express: Wayne Coverdale, Roanoke, IN- ninth place, Tank Truck Donald Grace, Clarksville, IN- sixth place, Three-Axle

From Con-Way Southern Express: Jerry Birmingham, Waverly Hall, GA- sixth place, Flat Bed Larry Murphy, Moore, OK- eighth place, Straight Truck Robert French, Bland, Virginia- eighth place, Twins

From Con-Way Western Express: Ina Daly, Goodyear, AZ- fifth place, Twins

The American Trucking Associations has sponsored the National Truck Driving Championships since 1937 to promote safe driving and to recognize the safest and most skilled drivers among the nation's three million professional truck drivers. As a group, the CON-WAY drivers entered this year's competition having driven the equivalent of more than 63 million miles without an accident.

Con-Way Transportation Services is a $1.9 billion transportation company that provides time-definite and day-definite freight delivery and logistics services for commercial and industrial businesses. Within the CON-WAY family are regional less-than-truckload carriers Con-Way Central Express, Con-Way Southern Express and Con-Way Western Express; Con-Way Truckload Services, providing multi-modal, full truckload shipping; Con-Way NOW, an expedited carrier specializing in emergency shipment service; and Con-Way Integrated Services, a contract supply chain execution service provider.

CON-WAY is a subsidiary of Palo Alto, California-based CNF (NYSE: CNF) a $5.6 billion management company of global supply chain services with businesses in regional trucking, air freight, ocean freight, customs brokerage, global logistics management and trailer manufacturing.

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