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J.B. Hunt Honors 48 Million-Mile Safe Drivers

J.B. Hunt Transport recently rewarded one driver for two million miles of safe driving and 47 drivers for a million miles of safe driving. During the third quarter, Lee Koebel reached two million safe miles. Drivers who

by Staff
November 20, 1999
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J.B. Hunt Transport recently rewarded one driver for two million miles of safe driving and 47 drivers for a million miles of safe driving.
During the third quarter, Lee Koebel reached two million safe miles. Drivers who reached one million safe miles during the third quarter were: David Albertson, Carl Beavers, Lawrence Bennett, Donald Bester, Larry Bishop, Guffery Brown, Ronald Clark, Robert Claudio, Edward Cooper, Austin Doty, Charles Elliott, William Evans, Charles Fisher, David Gagne, John Gericke, Peres Gibbs, Albert Grayeagle, Dennis Hall, William Hellmann, Rodney Hollins, Byron Hufford, Coy Huskey, Jeary Jackson, Eddie Jones, Willis Jones, Lawrence Kunz, Russell Lachenmyer, Gerald Latour, Vernon Mathews, Michael McCarthy, Richard Morrow, Robert Mouradian, Richard Raggio, Douglas Robinson, Steven Robnett, George Schaffner, Ralph Sedgwick, Larry Shannon, Marvin Smalls, Manuel Sustaita, John Taylor, James Thomas, Felton Toliver, Earl Tucker, Theodore Washington, Kenneth Williams, and Charles Woods.
J.B. Hunt gave each driver who drove one million safe miles with the company a cash award of $5,000. Drivers reaching two million safe miles with the company receive a cash award of $10,000 and those drivers reaching three million safe miles with the company will receive a cash award of $20,000.
The fleet currently has 568 one million mile drivers, 19 two million mile drivers and one three million mile driver on the road.

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