2019 New Mexico Truck Driving Championships

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2019 Preview

When: May 11, 2019

Where: Bernalillo, N.M.

Field: More than 118 truck drivers are expected to compete in nine categories.

Preview: With a packed field of drivers, this year's Truck Driving Championships in New Mexico is sure to see stiff competition. After winning her first trip to nationals last year, Loretta Bruyere will not be returning to compete, as she is currently battling cancer. Dion Saiz of FedEx Freight is a long-time competitor looking to pick up another Grand Champion win, after having several prior successes. 

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2018 Recap

Bruyere

New Mexico Grand Champion Is in a League of Her Own

Trucking isn’t just a man’s world, and Loretta Bruyere of FedEx Freight is proving it. Bruyere, 48, won the Twins class and captured Grand Champion honors at the New Mexico Truck Driving Championships on May 19, earning her first trip to nationals.

In parts of two decades of driving, Bruyere, of Fruitland, N.M., has compiled nearly 2 million safety miles, and with her recent accomplishments is beginning to make a name for herself in the trucking industry. And to think that she had a difficult time becoming a trucker in the first place — mostly, she says, because of her gender.

“There was like five companies that turned me down. I got interviews with them, but the person that was interviewing me was a man and told me, ‘This [the interview] is as far as you are going to get, and you’re not going to get the job because we don’t think you can handle it,’” Bruyere said.

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