Frito-Lay driver wins top honors in Massachusetts

Brian Singelais is the Massachusetts Truck Driving Championship’s Grand Champion. (Image Courtesy of Massachusetts Motor Transportation Association)Brian Singelais is the Massachusetts Truck Driving Championship’s Grand Champion. (Image Courtesy of Massachusetts Motor Transportation Association)

Frito-Lay driver Brian Singelais is Massachusetts’ trucking grand champion. Singelais won the title at the Massachusetts Truck Driving Championships, June 4 at the New England Tractor Trailer Training School in North Andover, Massachusetts.

Singelais also won in the Highest Pre-trip and 3-Axle categories. Richard Swan, a driver for Highway Driver Leasing, won in the Rookie of the Year category.

Singelais and the other main category winners will represent Massachusetts at the American Trucking Associations‘ National Truck Driving Champions, Aug. 9-12 in Orlando, Florida. 

The winners, by category, were:

Grand Champion: Brian Singelais, Frito-Lay

Rookie of the Year: Richard Swan, Highway Driver Leasing

Highest Pre-trip: Brian Singelais, Frito-Lay

Highest Written Test: Richard Sweeney, XPO Logistics

Team Trophy: XPO Logistics

James Dolliver Professional Excellence Award: Dave Steele, FedEx Express

3-Axle: Brian Singelais, Frito-Lay

4-Axle: William Colantuone, FedEx

5-Axle: John Forgione, A. Duie Pyle

Flatbed: James Cugini, Stop & Shop

Straight: Ricky Costin, FedEx Express

Sleeper: Roland Bolduc, FedEx Express

Tanker: William Tarushka, Stop & Shop

Twins: Richard Gray, FedEx Freight

Step Van: Kevin Burke, FedEx Express