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Living in the FedEx Era: NTDC 2025 Delivers the Purple Promise
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...
Minnesota NTDC Rewind: Proud Mom Lindy Jackson Blazing Trails In Step Van
On Friday of NTDC Week, we caught up with FedEx Step Van driver Lindy Jackson, who will forever own a piece of Minnesota TDC history with her 2024 first-place finish in the Step Van Division. Lindy’s victory last year made her the first woman to ever win a state...
NTDC Host Rewind: Minnesota’s John Hausladen Inspired By Professional Drivers
On Thursday of NTDC Week, PodWheels had the opportunity to sit down and have an extended conversation with John Hausladen, who has served as the President & CEO of the Minnesota Trucking Association since 1996. As you will hear in this episode of the podcast, NTDC...
NAIC Rewind: Looking Back At 2025 Inspector’s Challenge Competition
In this NTDC Rewind edition of the podcast, we are going to highlight the North American Inspectors Challenge, which is the annual event conducted by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance. We will hear the acceptance speech from this year’s winner of the Inspector’s...
Looking Back At NTDC 2025 Grand Championship With The Comings Family
About 45 minutes after David Comings held the Bendix NTDC Grand Championship trophy for the first time while his entire family celebrated the realization of a career dream on the NTDC 2025 stage in Minneapolis, PodWheels Executive Producer Greg Thompson was able to...
Rewind With ATA Chairman: Dellinger Salutes Commitment To Excellence At NTDC
Recorded on the opening day of NTDC 2025 Week, ATA Chairman Dennis Dellinger tells our podcast that he was so impressed with his visit to the National Championships in 2024 that he made plans to be onsite in Minneapolis for the entire run of NTDC 2025. As you will...
Championship Saturday Rewind: ATA COO Dan Horvath Values Every Moment of NTDC
When the moment arrived for the Parade of Equipment on Championship Saturday at NTDC 2025, American Trucking Associations Chief Operating Officer Dan Horvath had the honor of driving the lead truck in this special convoy that could be seen inside the Minneapolis...
SCF’s Healthy Habits for the Long Haul Delivering Positive Change
For this episode of Highway To Hope Podcast, we reconnect with Kevin Hightower to discuss how he and many other professional drivers have benefited from SCF’s Healthy Habits for the Long Haul Program. As you will hear, this SCF program is designed to support...
NTDC Rewind: ATA’s Chris Spear Celebrates Drivers’ Dedication To Safety at ‘Tournament of Champions’
As we begin our NTDC 2025 Rewinds and share unreleased interviews from our onsite coverage in Minneapolis, we will start by presenting our conversation with Chris Spear, the President and CEO of the American Trucking Associations. As you will hear in this interview...
2023 NTDC Grand Champion Gragg Wilson Shares Retirement Plans
Not long after the finalists had been announced on Championship Saturday, PodWheels Executive Producer Greg Thompson walked up to say hello to two of the past Grand Champions – Wayne Crowder (2004) and Gragg Wilson (2023). In addition to having their names etched...
Complete List Of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Finalists In Each Division
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...
GOAT Roams NTDC… New NTDC Grand Champ Joins the Gillespie Club
By Eugene Mulero PodWheels Chief Correspondent NTDC All-Time Great Richard Gillespie is saluted by all the previous Grand Champions in the house at the NTDC 2025 Championship Banquet Ceremony in Minneapolis. MINNEAPOLIS – The greatest of all time, or GOAT (as the kids...
North Dakota’s David Comings Shines Brightly In Becoming 30th NTDC Grand Champion
Championship Saturday at NTDC 2025 was filled with memorable moments and North Dakota’s David Comings of FedEx Freight shared the realization of a career goal with his six children and his wife Judy cheering him every step of the way. On the eve of his 23rd wedding...
An All-Time Legend Returns For Friday Fun At NTDC 2025
When the second day of driving and pre-trip competition got underway on Friday of NTDC 2025 Week, the annual celebration of safety welcomed Minnesota native and NTDC Legend Ray Simon as one of the spectators. Ray is the only professional driver who has won three...
Getting To Know JoyRide Logistics: A Friend of the Podcast Sponsor Spotlight
The NTDC 2025 Podcast salutes JoyRide Logistics as a Friend of the Podcast Sponsor of our onsite coverage from Minneapolis of this year’s National Championships. JoyRide Logistics will also be joining us for our post-event coverage of all things NTDC, and we wanted to...
Learn More About Project 61: A Friend of the Podcast Sponsor Spotlight
The NTDC 2025 Podcast is grateful for the support of Project 61 as a Friend of the Podcast Sponsor of our onsite coverage from Minneapolis of this year’s National Championships. Project 61 will also be joining us for our post-event coverage of all things NTDC, and we...
Record Number Of Women State Champions In Spotlight At NTDC 2025
On Day Two of NTDC 2025, five vehicle divisions hit the course and went through the Pre-Trip phase of the National Championships, and Transport Topics Senior Reporter Eugene Mulero filled his notebook (and audio recorder) with many great conversations. With a record...
Walmart’s Senior Director of Fleet Safety Jason Ahten Discusses Positive Impact of NTDC Program
What do the National Truck Driving & National Step Van Driving Championships mean to the Safety Directors whose companies have drivers who qualify to reach the NTDC competition? Our NTDC 2025 Podcast asked that question and a few more about what has been called...
Happy Birthday Carlos Ortiz! Attention NTDC: Wish Carlos a Happy Birthday
By Eugene Mulero Chief PodWheels Correspondent MINNEAPOLIS – Carlos Ortiz with the National Truck Driving Championships and National Step Van Driving Championships organizing committee just had a birthday, like two days ago. He is the big Six O. I’m not sure, but if...
NTDC: Our Aruba… 88th Super Bowl of Trucking Safety Off and Running
By Eugene Mulero Chief PodWheels Correspondent MINNEAPOLIS – Have you heard of Nora Ephron? The writer. Good if you did. Bad if you haven’t. Ephron is famous for delivering the words to great films, such as “When Harry Met Sally.” She also was a brilliant essayist. In...
Day One Of NTDC 2025: Warm Welcomes, Walkthroughs and Test Taking
The NTDC 2025 Podcast opens our onsite coverage of the National Championships in Minneapolis with a look back at Day One. PodWheels Executive Producer Greg Thompson and Transport Topics Senior Reporter Eugene Mulero share their reflections on Opening Day of NTDC 2025....