Voting opens November 1.
The public vote for the 2026 Transition Trucking: Driving for Excellence award runs from November 1 through Veterans Day, November 11. Come back then to watch the finalists’ interviews and cast your vote.
The public vote reaches the committee
Starting November 1, the finalists’ interviews are posted on transitiontrucking.org for the general public to watch and vote on. You can vote once per day, every day during the voting window.
Voting closes on Veterans Day, November 11, and the results inform the selection committee’s final decision. More than 720,000 votes have been cast across eleven years of the award.
Three steps, once voting opens
Watch the interviews
Beginning November 1, each finalist’s interview is posted on transitiontrucking.org so you can hear their story in their own words.
Cast your vote
Choose your driver and vote once per day, every day, through Veterans Day, November 11.
Spread the word
Share the finalists with your network so more people can recognize these rookie veteran drivers.
Get to know the eleven drivers in the running.
The ballot opens November 1. Until then, meet this year’s semi-finalists and the drivers who came before them.