Colin Petrie of Bay Area Kenworth in Oakland CA and Jim Hawkins of MHC Kenworth in Kansas City MO captured top honors at Kenworth Truck Co's fifth annual World's Best sales meeting in Indianapolis IN recently. Petrie was named Salesman of the Year for the second consecutive year. He sold 637 new Kenworth trucks during 2000. Hawkins was selected Medium Duty Salesman of the Year for selling 101 Kenworth T300s in 2000. He has won the award four consecutive years.
Regional sales awards winners were also recognized. Winners for highest percentage of sales quota are: Canada: Dale Brekkas, GreatWest Kenworth; Central: Ralph Campbell, MHC Kenworth-Oklahoma City; Northeast: Fred Brutsche, Liberty Kenworth; Southeast: Bryan Harland, Kenworth of Birmingham; and West: Keith McKenzie, Trebar Kenworth.
Winners for highest unit achievement are: Canada: Norm Gossett, GreatWest Kenworth; Central: Bob Bowden; MHC Kenworth-Dallas; Northeast: Fred Brutsche, Liberty Kenworth; Southeast: Skip Parsons, South Florida Kenworth; and West: Colin Petrie, Bay Area Kenworth.
Kenworth also named its regional dealer truck sales managers of the year. Winners were: Canada: Peter Greenwood, Tandet Kenworth; Central: David Cupell, Wichita Kenworth; Northeast: Tom Jennings, Tri-State Kenworth; Southeast: Randy Schweitzer, Truck Enterprises; and West: Robert Barrett, Trebar Kenworth.