Contest winner takes positive, professional attitude along every route through his multifaceted life

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Willis Shaw Express driver James Loveland has given up on the notion of retirement – not out of necessity as much as personal choice.

“When I was 55, I said I was going to retire at 62,” Loveland says. “When I reached 62, I said I would retire at 65. Now that I’m almost 66, I’ve decided as long as my health holds up, I’m not going to retire.”

Loveland’s reasoning? He loves driving a truck.

You could call trucking a second career for Loveland, but it’s probably more accurate to refer to it as the last in a series of successful ventures that fit his adventurous nature.

Before getting into trucking full-time about 11 years ago, the Mobile, Ala., resident had served in the Air Force, raced motorcycles and headed up a heating and air-conditioning company and a motorcycle repair and customization business.