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Some Championship Perspectives With TDC Season Preparing To Ramp Up
As we prepare to enter the heart of State TDC Season, our podcast takes some time to go inside our interview vault to highlight 12 of the conversations that NTDC Historian Eugene Mulero had with drivers who made it to the championship runoffs at NTDC 2025. With...
Ready For Your TDC? Positive Mindset Remains A Key For Trucking’s Captain Kirk
How do you earn a State TDC Championship in multiple vehicle classes and qualify for the Nationals over seven straight NTDCs dating back to 2017? For Old Dominion Freight Line’s Glen “Captain” Kirk, the first step toward winning consecutive state championships and...
Jason Damron Embraces Opportunities To Learn and Serve With NTDC
In this episode, we get to spend some time with Jason Damron, who finished second in 5-Axle at the 2025 Kansas State TDC after qualifying for the 2024's Nationals in Indianapolis. As you’ll hear, Jason was just two points away from Eric Moss’ total earned as the...
How Do Event Organizers Prepare For A State TDC?
One of the more frequent requests from our listeners in the past few weeks has centered around taking you behind the scenes of the State TDCs. As part of honoring our listener feedback, we caught up with Emily Crane, the Vice President of Safety and Engagement for the...
Green Corridors’ Vision for the Laredo-Monterrey Corridor Seeks To Revolutionize Cross-Border Logistics
For this Borderless Coverage edition of Trucking Matters, you’ll meet Mitch Carlson, who is the CEO of Green Corridors International. Mitch will be taking us inside how Green Corridors is working to transform cross-border freight movement. As he shares on the podcast,...
The Journey To The Super Bowl of Trucking Safety Has Begun
At The Top A PodWheels Column In the ’80s, more like during the middle of that decade, popular movies followed a pretty cute storytelling formula: Setup, conflict, crisis, resolution. Let’s focus on the resolution part, which, back 40 years ago, meant a happy ending...
Roland Rolls Back The Clock To Spotlight NTDC Award Winner Jim Wilcox
Our podcast series opens up our vault to share a previously unreleased Rollin’ With Roland interview that two-time NTDC Grand Champion Roland Bolduc did in 2025 with Jim Wilcox. A regular as a competitor at NTDC with multiple State Championships to his credit, Jim...
Are You Ready? 2026 State TDC Schedule Is Rolling
The countdown toward the Road To Pittsburgh and NTDC 2026 is underway as the schedule for the State Truck Driving Championships is in motion for the 49 states that will be sending champions to compete in the Steel City this August. The state of Texas had the honor of...
This June’s Modernization of Cross-Border Trade Conference Poised To Deliver Timely Insights
The countdown has begun to the 9th Annual Modernization of Cross-Border Trade Conference, which will take place on June 9th in Laredo, Texas. Initially developed by Borderless Coverage and hosted by Reliance Partners, the MCBT Conference is one of the most anticipated...
Maine’s David Crocker Hits The Note On and Off The Driving Course
David Crocker, the 2025 Tanker Champ from the state of Maine, already knew the importance of striving for excellence even before he began his professional driving career or first attempted to compete at a State TDC. Prior to entering the trucking industry, David had...
NTDC’s ‘Senator’ is Retiring: Five Decades-plus Tenure Coming to an End
At The Top A PodWheels Column In recent years, every aspect of the National Truck Driving Championships, as in everything about it, has been either influenced by Rick Cates or was enhanced by him. The longtime lifetime member of NTDC’s organizing committee, who has...
Safety Impact Team Explores The Key Points Of The Driver Fitness BASIC
The Driver Fitness BASIC will be in the spotlight during this Safety Matters edition of our series. Mark Barlar and Daniel Vega from the Reliance Partners Safety Impact Team return to the podcast to serve as our subject-matter experts as we continue our series on the...
NTDC Legend Rick Cates Announces Retirement Plans Following NTDC 2026
With 55 years of contributions and dedication to NTDC, Rick Cates has become a fountain of knowledge, a go-to person and a true institution with the National Truck Driving and National Step Van Driving Championships. Rick is so well respected within the NTDC Community...
Reed and Comings: An Appreciation for Winning It All And Starting The Climb Again
With the State TDC Season officially underway, our podcast wanted to share a recent conversation we had with the previous NTDC Grand Champions from the past two years. PodWheels Executive Producer Greg Thompson had the unique opportunity to visit in person with 2024...
Navigating The Labor Department’s New Independent Contractor Rule
With this episode, Grawe Group Founder & CEO Doug Grawe examines the U.S. Department of Labor’s February 26th release of the proposed rule that addresses the classification of independent contractors. Doug highlights the key components of the proposed rule that...
Long Haul Paul’s Journey To MATS Big Stage Is A 39-Year Run
This Friday (March 27th), Long Haul Paul Marhoefer will see the fulfillment of a dream that has been 39 years in the making when steps on the Freedom Hall stage at the 2026 Mid-America Truck Show. For this edition of Destinations, PodWheels Executive Producer Greg...
ATA Image Trailer and Road Team Captains Perfect Fit At Safety Drive
As we continue to share our collection of interviews from Safety Drive For A Cure, we wanted to highlight one noticeable arrival that was new to Safety Drive this year. That was none other than the red, white and blue covering the ATA’s Image Trailer, complete with...
UPS Building Team Spirit With Strong Safety Drive Results
How did UPS send 40 State Champions to Minneapolis to compete at NTDC 2025? One of the building blocks in last year’s run can be traced back to the annual Safety Drive For A Cure charity event. And while the 2026 State TDC season is just beginning, Team UPS capped off...
Mark McLean and Tim Blair Give Back While Sharpening Skills At Safety Drive
Seeing both Tim Blair from Tennessee and Mark McLean from New York at Safety Drive 2026 is perfect confirmation that TDC Champions and National Title holders make the trip to Atlanta from near and far to sharpen their competitive driving skills at Safety Drive. In...
Trucking’s Caring Heart On Full Display At Safety Drive 2026
While Safety Drive 2026 featured a collection of past National Champions, State TDC Champions and no less than four past NTDC Grand Champions testing their knowledge and skills, the competition that took place at the UPS Smart Hub in Atlanta was a distant second to...
SCF Is Ready For MATS 2026 With Silent Auction And Other Fun Activities
The countdown to the 2026 edition of the Mid-America Trucking Show is in its final days, and the team at the St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund is ready to make the most of their time onsite, March 26-28. SCF’s Director of Philanthropy Diane Hutsell joins the...