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CLEVELAND — On the TMCSuperTech Nationwide Technician Expertise Competitors, Phillip Pinter of FedEx Freight obtained known as out quite a bit. On the primary day of competitors, he received 4 station prizes. After the second and last day, Pinter’s title was as soon as once more known as out because the 2022 grand champion.
He beat greater than 120 technicians who competed for first place on the American Trucking Associations Expertise and Upkeep Council Fall Assembly and Nationwide Technician Expertise Competitors on Sept. 27. The TMCSuperTech winners had been introduced through the night’s awards ceremony.
Pinter’s title is his second, having additionally received in 2018. He additionally shared the Tag Group Champion award with fellow technician Jamie Smith. Pinter’s win capped a top-five sweep for FedEx Freight within the heavy-duty truck class. FedEx Freight technicians Eric Vos, Doug Nickles and Kelby Bentley completed third, fourth and fifth respectively. Bonnie Greenwood, the 2017 FutureTech winner, took second place. She was additionally the primary girl to win the Nationwide Scholar Technician Competitors.
FedEx Freight confirmed its dominance with eight stations after day one and 7 extra wins within the Mild/Medium Car class. Lead Technician Philip Barlow took 4 wins and took first place, and Chris Czerwinksi completed third whereas taking residence two station prizes. Kevin Malczyk of Frito-Lay North America positioned second.
An official talks to rivals at a follow station earlier than they begin. The 2022 TMC SuperTech was the primary gathering since 2019. (SanJae Smith/American Trucking Associations)
FedEx, ranked #2 on the Transport Matters Prime 100 Largest For-Rent Carriers in North America, additionally received 4 stations within the Trailer observe. Cory Westfall took first place with three station awards and Travis Cox completed third. Michael Kerfoot Jr. of Cox Automotive positioned second.
A full-powered TMCSuperTech marked the primary gathering since 2019. COVID pressured TMC’s annual assembly to go digital within the spring of 2020 and restricted the autumn assembly’s tech abilities competitors to a easy written check.
On the primary full day of this 12 months’s competitors, technicians traveled to numerous stations and examined their data by written exams specializing in restore and preventative upkeep.
One of many qualifiers, Pablo Castillo, a diesel technician with Frito-Lay North America of Kathleen, Georgia, stated this 12 months’s competitors was robust.
You’ve got the skilled technicians within the competitors, however you even have the younger people who find themselves already within the know.
Pablo Castillo, Frito-Lay North America Diesel Technician
“It’s extremely aggressive,” stated Castillo, who competed in his second 12 months. “You’ve got the skilled technicians within the competitors, however you even have the younger people who find themselves already within the know.”
Castillo, who positioned seventy fifth final 12 months, felt he had improved at among the stations however was practical when requested if he thought he might win the Grand Champion award.
Congratulations to our #TMCSuperTech2022 Grand Champion winner Phillip Pinter, FedEx Freight, 2nd place winner Bonnie Greenwood, FedEx Freight and #TMCFutureTech2022 Champion Mario Kjuka, Forsyth Technical Group Faculty. https://t.co/wa9AwftsIK pic.twitter.com/2RHRmhhade
— ATA Expertise and Upkeep Council (TMC) (@TMC4Trucks) September 28, 2022
“If I get within the prime 50%, I will be happy,” he stated. “This competitors is hard. There are areas [in the testing stations] that you do not see each day.
Within the TMCFutureTech Scholar Technician Competitors, Mario Kjuka of Forsyth Technical Group Faculty in Winston-Salem, North Carolina received first prize. Timothy Rose of Ferris State College was second and Braedon Pollard of Des Moines Space Group Faculty Transportation Institute was third.
SuperTech President Randy Patterson confused the significance of scholar competitors, with former winner Greenwood proving to be a formidable competitor as an expert. Moreover, he talked about on the awards ceremony {that a} quarter of FutureTech’s rivals had been ladies.
The TMCSuperTech competitors was a part of the TMC Fall Assembly held on the Huntington Conference Middle in Cleveland.
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