SAN JOSE, California — Ray Lewis, a 46-year-old game warden, obtained a commercial driver’s license a few years ago as a way to begin operating dump trucks, a side job for a little extra money to support his wife and two children. He never thought he’d be driving the Clemson football team’s 53-foot tractor trailer, loaded with precious orange-colored equipment and gear, some 2,700 miles across the country. But here he is, behind the wheel of said truck on a rainy Saturday, stationed in a northern California parking lot while the Tigers practice for Monday’s championship game against Alabama.
No One Had a Longer Haul to the National Title Game Than Clemson's Equipment Truck
