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Mississippi’s Stephen Johnson Looks Back On His First National Title

Mississippi’s Stephen Johnson Looks Back On His First National Title

For the next installment in our 2025 National Champions’ Series, we place Mississippi’s Stephen Johnson in the spotlight. Recorded in mid-October, Stephen reflects on the experience of winning the NTDC 2025 title in the 4-Axle Class. A veteran driver with FedEx...

Getting To Know Kate Norris, A New Member of the Grawe Group Team

Getting To Know Kate Norris, A New Member of the Grawe Group Team

In this episode of the podcast, we will be introduced to Kate Norris, an attorney with 10 years of experience who joined the Grawe Group earlier this year. As you will hear, the bulk of Kate’s previous experience came from working in the healthcare field, and she...

Newest SCF Board Member Rob Duda Committed To Giving Back

Newest SCF Board Member Rob Duda Committed To Giving Back

In honor of Giving Tuesday, we would like to introduce you to Rob Duda, the newest member of the all-volunteer SCF Board of Directors. As you will hear in this interview with Rob, he has been supporting the work and mission of SCF for many years through giving of his...

Safety Matters Edition: Understanding The Vehicle Maintenance BASIC

Safety Matters Edition: Understanding The Vehicle Maintenance BASIC

Mark Barlar and Daniel Vega from the Reliance Partners Safety Impact Team serve as our guides for a look inside the Vehicle Maintenance BASIC. This Safety Matters episode of our series continues our exploration of the Seven Basics that are part of the FMCSA’s...

Course Design Chief Frank Ems Looks Back On NTDC 2025

Course Design Chief Frank Ems Looks Back On NTDC 2025

Would you like to hear how the fire hydrant became part of the semifinal driving course at NTDC 2025? Would you like to go inside some of the processes involved when it comes to deciding the challenges that are included for the driving courses at the Nationals? Frank...

Taking Time To Look Ahead: What Will You Do Differently In 2026?

Taking Time To Look Ahead: What Will You Do Differently In 2026?

October can provide trucking and logistics company leaders the opportunity to ask larger, strategic questions centered around how your organization can adjust to make next year better than the year you are closing out. In this episode of the Grawe Pod, we will be...

Dan Shamrell Looks Back On His Final Champions’ Drive At NTDC

Dan Shamrell Looks Back On His Final Champions’ Drive At NTDC

We are thrilled to launch our NTDC 2025 Champions Series by welcoming Dan Shamrell, who met the challenge of winning a National Championship in his final appearance at an NTDC. Prior to arriving in Minneapolis for NTDC 2025, Dan had shared his plans to retire before...

Exploring The Use of DataQ Challenges With Unsafe Driving Violations

Exploring The Use of DataQ Challenges With Unsafe Driving Violations

In this edition of the podcast, Trucking Matters continues our look into the Unsafe Driving BASIC that is part of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Compliance, Safety and Accountability enforcement program. Reliance Partners Safety Impact Team members...

Understanding All Aspects Of FMCSA’s Unsafe Driving BASIC

Understanding All Aspects Of FMCSA’s Unsafe Driving BASIC

With this episode, Trucking Matters from Reliance Partners begins our series exploring the Seven BASICs that are covered under the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Compliance, Safety and Accountability enforcement program. BASIC is an acronym for Behavior...

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