Alphabetical Listing Of Qualifiers By Vehicle Class

August 16, 2025

According to the NTDC 2025 Organizing Committee, there are 425 state champions across nine vehicle divisions who have registered to compete in Minneapolis when this year’s edition of the National Truck Driving and National Step Van Driving Championships begin on August 20th.

In addition to the state-by-state results that PodWheels is offering through our NTDC News dedicated section of the website, we also wanted to provide those interested in NTDC 2025 with a look at the list of state champions who will be competing in each respective division. We invite you to click on the listing for each division to access the qualifiers for that particular vehicle class. The competitors are listed alphabetically by last name. We also have the company they will be representing as well as their home state.

Step Van

Straight Truck

3 Axle

4 Axle

5 Axle

Flatbed

Tanker

Sleeper

Twins

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