Since the first State TDC was completed in Arizona in late March, our PodWheels Team has been working to collect the results from the State Associations across the country. As we did in 2025, we are listing the first-, second- and third-place finishers in all the...
At The Top A PodWheels Column He stood several inches north of six feet, built like a retired linebacker–the kind of man who seemed destined from New England granite. Yet, on a warm afternoon in 2023 at the New England Tri-State trucking championships, Brian Singelais...
At The Top A PodWheels Column In the world of professional truck driving — a world defined by precision, patience and the quiet choreography of machines — Roland Bolduc occupies a curious place. At PodWheels headquarters, his name surfaces so often that listeners...
Staff Report PodWheels has been asked by TheTrucker.com to write a collection of feature stories that can broaden the spotlight on some of the folks who have joined us on the NTDC Podcast Series. PodWheels Executive Producer Greg Thompson has been proud to serve as a...
At The Top A PodWheels Column A brief moment of self-promotion from NTDC podcast headquarters: Our correspondent Roland Bolduc continues to deliver. Roland & Friend Bolduc, a two-time National Truck Driving Championships grand champion (2017, 2022), is producing...
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...
At The Top A PodWheels Column After nearly a dozen appearances at the National Truck Driving Championships, Chris Poyner says this year feels different. Poyner, a professional driver for XPO, recently qualified for nationals after winning his division at the...
At The Top A PodWheels Column We’ve had some really good duos throughout history. Batman and Robin. Pinky and the Brain. Ren & Stimpy. Truman Capote and The Swans. Michael and Scottie. Lewis and Clark. The list goes on. And here we are. With the Road to NTDC 2026...
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...
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...
At The Top A PodWheels Column MINNEAPOLIS — On the morning of last year’s finals day at NTDC, I ran into volunteer David Sharp. A day earlier, Sharp shared with me his delight about a column I wrote referring to the NTDC experience as traveling to Aruba (see last...
At The Top A PodWheels Column Hi Folks. We’re approaching late February. For many of us, it’s pretty darn cold outside. We’ve binged Netflix. New movies have been hit-or-miss. And we catch ourselves walking around our living rooms waiting for spring to arrive. So,...
By Eugene Mulero PodWheels Chief Correspondent MINNEAPOLIS — In the minutes immediately after FedEx’s David Commings was declared the National Truck Driving Championships’ 2025 grand champion, a large crowd of colleagues, friends and family were quick to congratulate...
By Eugene Mulero PodWheels Chief Correspondent MINNEAPOLIS — In sports, there are moments marked by a team’s dominance. Then, there are those eras when a team is simply dynastic. Think the New York Yankees of Yogi Berra; USC during the Cheryl Miller years. Bill...
Staff Report MINNEAPOLIS __ Our PodWheels Team kept a close eye on Championship Saturday and we have the full list of the National Champions as well as all of those competitors who brought home trophies from NTDC 2025. In addition, we have also provided you with the...
