Seven commercial truck dealers from the United States and Canada were nominated by their peers for a national industry award presented by the American Truck Dealers and Heavy Duty Trucking magazine.


Nominees for the ATD/Heavy Duty Trucking Truck Dealer of the Year are evaluated in several categories, including dealership performance, civic contributions and industry leadership. The winner and runner-up will be chosen by a panel of professors from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business.

The nominees for the 2012 ATD and Heavy Duty Trucking Truck Dealer of the Year are:

- John C. Arscott, president and CEO of the Pete Store, LLC, in Baltimore, Md.
- Steve Bassett, president of General Truck Sales, in Muncie, Ind.
- Terry L. Dotson, president, chairman, and CEO of Worldwide Equipment Enterprises, Inc., in Prestonburg, Ky.
- Euguene W. Hieber, president of Bucks County International Inc., in Langhorne, Pa.
- Brent Leach, president of Custom Truck Sales, Inc., in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Trey Mytty, president and CEO of Omaha Truck Center, Inc., of Omaha, Neb.
- Timothy E. Reilly, president and dealer principal of Miami Valley International, in Dayton, Ohio

The nation's commercial truck dealers will convene at the ATD convention, which coincides with the National Automobile Dealers Association Convention & Expo, Feb. 4-6, in Las Vegas. In addition to honoring the Truck Dealer of the Year, the winners of ATD Commercial Truck of the Year for new medium- and heavy-duty trucks sold in the United States will be announced Feb. 5 at the convention.

Keynote speakers include ATD Chairman Kyle Treadway, Martin Daum, CEO of Daimler Trucks North America and retired Navy Captain and best-selling author Gerald Coffee.

Dealers will also have an opportunity to meet face-to-face with their manufacturer executives at 12 franchise meetings and with suppliers on the expo floor. Nearly a dozen workshop sessions will be offered for dealers and their managers to learn ways to improve their business operations.

The winner of the ATD and Heavy Duty Trucking Truck Dealer of the Year will be announced at the ATD Convention on Feb. 4.

For more information about each nominee, click here.

For a detailed schedule or to register for the convention, visit,www.ATDconventionandexpo.org.