National Truck Driving Championships

What does it take to host a pair of State TDCs at the same location for the first time? We asked this question and many more during our recent conversation with Louis Campion, the President & CEO of the Maryland Motor Truck Association. As you’ll hear, Louis and...

How do you win three State TDC Grand Championships in a row? That’s the question we asked Kentucky’s John Willinger a few weeks after he took home the top trophy in the Bluegrass State for a third straight year. A proud member of Team FedEx, John will be making his...

Over the past 25 years or so, Dan Istre had become a fixture at the Idaho TDC and a regular presence at NTDC, with 23 State TDCs and seven national appearances prior to 2025. Dan was one of the stalwarts on the Yellow Freight Team, but he had to find a new ride...

For 2025 Nevada TDC Grand Champion Tim Stanga, the journey back to the NTDC took a little more than a decade and included a move to Las Vegas. The last time Tim was part of the Nationals field was in 2014 when he qualified as part of Team Arizona as a state champion....

For this episode of the series, PodWheels went on the road to attend the Tennessee State TDC Awards Banquet that was held on the first Saturday in May, following the two-day competition. Hosted by the Tennessee Trucking Association, the State TDC Banquet not only...

With this episode of the podcast, we are starting a series of features on members of the NTDC Organizing Committee. As we get closer to NTDC 2025 in Minneapolis, we’ll drop in interviews with some of the people who help to make the national championships a reality...

For Herschel Evans and for everyone involved in this year’s Georgia Truck Driving Championships, the event was a true emotional rollercoaster. The cheers for the hard-earned victories that secured championships and positions in the NTDC 2025 field were softened by the...

South Carolina’s Steve Ward is no stranger to success at both the State TDC and at the Nationals. Eight years ago, Steve narrowly missed having his name called for a trophy at NTDC 2017. That experience was one of three previous trips Steve has made to the Nationals...

As the competitors prepare to hit the course this Saturday in the Tri-State TDCs, we saved an interview that two-time National Grand Champion Roland Bolduc recorded with Jimmy Dixon earlier this year for our Rollin' With Roland features. Both Roland and Jimmy are...

Just before the State Trucking Driving Championships got rolling again on May 31, PodWheels Executive Producer Greg Thompson sat down with Transport Topics Senior Reporter Eugene Mulero to dedicate an episode of the podcast to looking back at the state TDCs that are...

Despite having won two national championships, multiple state championships and claiming three previous state grand championships, Chris Poynor was not expecting to hear his name called when the Washington Trucking Associations announced its 2025 State Grand Champion...

In listening to what Rickey Oliver shared in this edition of the podcast, he was quite surprised to hear his name was called as the Grand Champion of the Mississippi Truck Driving Championships. In fact, despite earning 10 previous berths to compete at the NTDCs,...

The countdown to the New Jersey Truck Driving Championships is down to a matter of days as May 31 approaches. It should be no surprise that five-time Garden State Grand Champion Wilbert Vano has his sights set on making his 14th NTDC trip. The 2023 New Jersey Driver...

In this State Grand Champion episode, we get to know Chad Rudesill, who claimed the top title at the nation’s first State TDC on the schedule. Chad closed out February with a performance that earned him the honor of becoming the Grand Champion of Louisiana. Chad’s...

Over the past year, David Coffel has experienced a great deal of change as he and his wife welcomed their first child, a son named Salem. One thing that has not changed in the past year is the standard of excellence that David has set as a competitor in the Arizona...

As State TDC season begins to heat up and the Road To Minneapolis gets closer, our podcast takes a moment to look back at two of the more surprising championship runs in the past 20 years. Wayne Crowder’s charge to claim the Grand Champion’s title in 2004 was...

For this episode of the Official Podcast of NTDC 2025, we will be rewinding the clock back to Saturday, March 23rd, when PodWheels Executive Producer Greg Thompson made an onsite visit to the 14th Annual Safety Drive For A Cure, which took place in Atlanta. Led by...

Each year, the NTDC Organizing Committee makes a visit to the host site for the National Championships months ahead of the event taking place. This year, the NTDC Organizing Committee circled mid-March as the date to visit the Minneapolis Convention Center to conduct...

Ina Daly has been a fixture at the Arizona Truck Driving Championships for more than 30 years as she heads into this year’s event in the Valley of the Sun. Ina has also served as a consistent presence and a continuing inspiration at the NTDC. Becoming the first woman...

In this expanded episode of the podcast, we place a spotlight on the work of the volunteers who come together each year from across the country to serve in a variety of capacities. As anyone familiar with NTDC knows, each job and every assignment helps to contribute...

Dennis Shirar joins us on this edition of the podcast to reflect on his run that claimed the NTDC Grand Champion’s title back in 2008. Dennis looks back at his career in trucking with Eugene Mulero of Transport Topics. As you’ll hear, Eugene and Dennis discuss what...

Our guest for this edition of the podcast is Robert Foskey, who is the Chairman of the Organizing Committee for NTDC 2025. As you will hear in his interview with Transport Topics Senior Reporter Eugene Mulero, Foskey brings a wealth of NTDC experience to his...

After a decade of competing at the state level, Rebecca Heck’s first experience at the NTDCs in 2024 has served as added motivation to work on making it all the way back on the Road To Minneapolis and NTDC 2025. In this edition of the podcast, you’ll hear Rebecca...

What happens when the NTDC Grand Champion from 2022 sits down to chat with the NTDC Grand Champion for 2023? You’ll be able to hear the answer in this fascinating Rollin’ With Roland episode of the podcast. Two-Time NTDC Grand Champion Roland Bolduc talks with Gragg...

On March 22nd in Atlanta, the 14th edition of the Safety Drive For A Cure will take place, and Herschel Evans, who is the driving force behind this annual charity event, is our guest on this episode of the podcast. Built around a TDC-style competition, the Safety...

In this episode of the podcast, we place a well-deserved spotlight on Rick Cates, a Lifetime Member of the NTDC Organizing Committee who has logged more than 50 years of service with the National Truck Driving & National Step Van Driving Championships. As Eugene...

In a very special Rollin' With Roland segment, our podcast catches up with Brian Singelais, a beloved member of the NTDC family. Two-Time NTDC Grand Champion Roland Bolduc recently had the opportunity to visit with Brian, who looked back on a great career in trucking...

In this edition of the podcast, you’ll get to know Greg Ryan as we bring you another segment in our National Champions series from last year’s NTDC in Indianapolis. As you will hear, Greg is the reigning National Champion in the Sleeper Berth Division. Transport...

We are thrilled to introduce a new segment on the podcast with our first Rollin’ With Roland feature interview. As you will hear, two-time NTDC Grand Champion Roland Bolduc sits down to have a competitor-to-competitor conversation with Richard Sweeney. A perennial...

As we begin to look toward the State Truck Driving Championships to begin the first miles on the road to NTDC 2025 in Minneapolis, our podcast thought it would be an ideal time to roll back the clock. This episode will allow us to actually do a rewind to Championship...