Truck Road-E-O Results, July 26, 2008 Denver, Colorado

The 2008 Colorado SWANA Truck Road-E-O competition was held in Denver on Saturday, July 26th. Participating in this year’s event were 26 drivers from local companies and municipalities, including Allied Waste, City & County of Denver City of Loveland, City of Thornton and Waste Connections. Drivers were judged on knowledge, accuracy and time. The driving course included several difficult maneuvers including a narrow alley test, parallel parking test and a “serpentine” S-curve in forward and reverse. Drivers were also scored on a written test and on their pre-trip truck inspections skills.

The overall Colorado Chapter Champion for the 2008 Road-E-O was Andrew Stewart from the City of Loveland. Andrew along with the other first and second place finishers in each competition category will now have the right to represent our Chapter at the SWANA International Road-E-O in Kentucky in September (pending membership clearance).

2008 Winners:

• Rear-loader:
1. Richard Trinidad, City of Denver
2. Ray Chavez, City of Denver
3. Jesus Luevano, Allied Waste.
• Automated Side-loader:
1. Isaac Jimenez, City of Denver
2. Anthony Armijo, Jr., City of Denver
3. Rodney Fresquez, City of Denver.
• Front-loader:
1. Andrew Stewart, City of Loveland
2. Joel Mayorga, Waste Connections
3. Eduardo Gutierrez, Waste Connections
• Roll-off:
  1. Felix Salazar, Allied Waste
  2. Gary Smith, Allied Waste
  3. Javier Villa, Waste Connections.

Congratulations to all the winners and event competitors at this year’s road-e-o!

We would like to acknowledge and thank our sponsors for this year’s roadeo, their generous contributions helped make this event successful.

Last but not least, an enormous thank you to all the volunteers that donated their Saturday to help with the road-e-o and endured the hot summer sun. We can’t thank you enough.