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INDIANAPOLIS-Ron Baird waited 57 years for this moment. And when the G&D Trucking/Hoffman Transportation driver's well-deserved time in the tank truck industry spotlight finally arrived, he embraced it in the state he's always called home-and where his love of trucking was born. The 76-year-old native of Thorntown, Ind., was crowned the 2020-21 National Tank Truck Carriers Professional Tank Truck Driver of the Year on Monday at the JW Marriott Indianapolis, ending more than 18 months of suspense after the driver of the year program was suspended last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. "It's indeed a great honor to be selected as this year's Professional Tank Truck Driver of the Year," Baird said after accepting the William A. Usher Sr. Trophy and don- ning his championship jacket with a little help from 2018-19 winner Barbara Herman. "I feel like it's a lifetime achievement, and I'd like to thank the Hoffman family and (G&D/Hoffman director of operations) Jerry Curl for nominating me and supporting me through all of this." |