Reimer Express Lines Ltd. proudly announces that Reimer City Driver Larry Radons has been crowned National Grand Champion, the highest honor, at the 2007 National Professional Truck Driving Championships on Sept. 13–15 in Regina, Saskatchewan. He was also named the National Champion in the straight truck class. Harvey Gording, city driver for Reimer Express also took home first place in the single-tandem class.
Larry Radons works at the Reimer service center in Regina, Saskatchewan. He has worked for Reimer since 1975 and has competed at nationals since 1978. Radons has been awarded National Grand Champion three times and has won National Champion in his class five times. Radons has also received the Volvo Driver of the Year Award for Saskatchewan in 2003.
Harvey Gording is a city driver at the Reimer service center in Regina, and has placed first in the single-tandem class. Gording, who has competed at nationals since 1993, has won National Grand Champion twice and National Champion in his class six times. He also was National Rookie of the Year in 1993.
Both drivers live in Regina and have received the Million Mile Accident Free Award.
"It is a thrill for me as President of Reimer to have our driver, Larry Radons, of our Regina Service Center win the Grand Champion Award in the Canadian National Truck Driving Championships. He represents all that is professional about our drivers in our company and our industry. He has won before, indicating the type of talent he has and more particularly the consistency in his driving skills. He has developed excellent safety habits as we teach all our drivers to do, but it comes out without exception when he competes with the best that Canada has. I congratulate him and Harvey Gording for their first place wins in the competition and love telling our customers the type of drivers that we have at Reimer."
To compete, each entrant must be accident-free for 12 months before the championships. At Nationals, competitors completed a written test, a pre-trip inspection and a driving maneuverability competition. Reimer had five drivers compete at nationals out of the total 35 competitors.
The 2007 Reimer Express National Professional Truck Driving Championship team:
| DRIVER | CLASS | SERVICE CENTER |
| John Lawley | Straight Truck | Vancouver |
| Gary Good | Single-Single | Winnipeg |
| Harvey Gording | Single-Tandem | Regina |
| John Klassen | Straight Truck | Winnipeg |
| Larry Radons | Straight Truck | Regina |
