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Overnite Driver Claims Georgia Championship STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga., May 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Overnite Transportation Company's Todd Hester, an Atlanta road driver, captured first-place honors this weekend in the Georgia Truck Driving Championships held here. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050408/OVNTLOGO ) Hester, who has driven for Overnite for more than a decade, out-scored all other drivers to take the five-axle championship. The victory earned Hester a trip to Tampa, Fla., in August, where he will compete with other state titleholders in the 2005 National Truck Driving Championships. Also delivering a strong performance at the Georgia championships this weekend were Overnite Atlanta driver Paul Foster, who placed second in the four-axle class, and Scott Cain, who operates out of the company's North Atlanta service center, who took third in the tanker division. In all, 10 Overnite drivers competed at this year's Georgia Truck Driving Championships. In addition to negotiating the competition course, all competitors are rated on their driving skills and scored on a written test and a personal interview. All drivers taking part in the state championships also must have excellent safety records. Overnite Transportation Company, which provides a complete menu of regional, interregional and long-haul services, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Overnite Corporation (NASDAQ:OVNT), which also owns Motor Cargo Industries. Together, they form one of the largest less-than-truckload carriers in the United States with more than 200 service centers and a fleet of over 6,000 tractors and more than 22,000 trailers, covering all 50 states and providing customers with direct access to more than 45,000 cities in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Mexico. More information is available on the company's Web site, http://www.overnite.com/. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050408/OVNTLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Overnite Transportation Company CONTACT: Laurie Beasley, Editor, Corporate Communications of Overnite Transportation Company, +1-804-291-5889 Web site: http://www.overnite.com/

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