South Dakota Truck Driving Championships Driver Registration

AGREEMENTS AND RELEASE

In consideration of my being permitted to participate in the ATA’s National and/or its affiliates’ Truck Driving Championships (TDC) or Step Van Driving Championships (SVDC) and be eligible for awards offered to participants, I hereby stipulate and agree to the following:

1. I acknowledge that I am not in the employ of ATA or a State Trucking Association.

2. Both as to myself and my heirs and personal representatives, I release ATA, its directors, employees, agents and/or any of its affiliates and the State Association noted above, its directors, employees, agents and/or any of its affiliates from any and all liability and any right of action that may arise from any damage or injury which I may receive while attending or participating in said State or National TDC or National SVDC.

3. I grant the State Association listed to the left and ATA and its designated agencies exclusive right to make use of information about myself and of photographs supplied with this entry form, along with photographs subsequently taken under ATA’s direction, in publicity and advertising activities. I further agree to make myself available for publicity enterprises arranged by ATA, with newspaper and magazine writers and radio and television personnel.

4. I grant State Association listed to the left and ATA the right to examine my MVR for the purposes of determining my eligibility to compete at both the State and National TDC or SVDC.

5. I will be bound by all orders, rules and regulations governing ATA’s National and/or its affiliates’ TDC or SVDC while partici- pating in said competitions.

CERTIFICATION BY CONTESTANT. I certify that:

1. I have been continuously employed as a truck or step van driver by my present employer during the 12 months prior to the

   2024 TDC.

2. I have driven and performed the regular duties of a truck or step van driver during the 12 months prior to the 2024 TDC.

3. I have not been away from the regular duties of a professional truck driver beyond an aggregate of 30 calendar days during the 12 months prior to the 2024 TDC.

4. I have not been involved in a Preventable fleet motor vehicle or motor carrier vehicle accident during the 12 months prior the 2024 TDC. See TDC Rules and Procedures, Appendix I for determining non-preventable accident eligibility.

5. I have the proper class CDL or DL plus required endorsement(s) for the class of competition indicated to the left.

6. I hold a CDL (DL if SVDC) from or have been occupationally domiciled in the state of ____________.

   Occupational domiciled is defined as the terminal, garage or other operating base from which the driver normally works, is supervised and/or where employer is corporately headquartered.

7. I have not served as a member of any State Trucking Associations Truck Driving Championships Committee since January 1, 2024.

8. That the class of competition I am entering in 2024 is not a class in which I won at the state or regional TDC and/or competed at the National TDC or National SVDC in 2022 and 2023. I understand that after winning two consecutive years at the State TDC and/or competing two consecutive years at the Nationals in that same class of competition, I am not eligible to compete in that same class for one year if a step van competitor and two years if a competitor in any other class.

9. I have not received any form of pay, bonus, prize or other consideration for time spent in practice as set forth in the Truck Driving Championships Rules & Procedures. I agree that if I compete and win the State TDC, that I will compete at the National TDC or SVDC (as applicable), unless disqualified or am detained due to a medical emergency, in which case I will notify the applicable State Trucking Association immediately. I acknowledge that any misstatement made with respect to my eligibility for the TDC or SVDC competition may result in the forfeiture of my right to compete or in my disqualification from said competition.