CAMPBELLVILLE, Ont. — Home hardware took home plenty of hardware at the Ontario Trucking Driving Championships (Admittedly, we stole that line from organizers, but, ‘come on, that lede writes itself).

The competition, which pitted Ontario’s most skillful wheelmen at Mohawk Racetrack in Campbellville, Ont., took place last weekend.

Drivers of private fleet Home Hardware did exceptionally well. Shawn Matheson, specifically, garnered the most overall points, won the tandem-tandem category, and was ultimately named Grand Champion.

Joe Kuntz, Ernest Streicher, Wayne Ballagh are other Home Hardware drivers who placed in various categories.

Other winners included:

Karen Porter, Purolator (step van); Trevor-Lee Laronde (Miller Waste); – Clary Ward, Con-Way (single-single); Jeff Maclean, SLH Transport (single-tandem).

Also of SLH, Brian Heyworth, won the B-train category, and won the MTO Safety Award for winning the pre-trip competition.

Rory Holland, of Waste Management was named Rookie of the Year.

The MTO NSC Challenge was won by grand champion Richard Robinson, of Vineland, Ont.

Bruce Rand, Kingston, Bud Kneller, London, and Mike Rounding, Windsor also won inspectors’ awards.

For a complete list of all winners, runners-up and third place finalists click here.