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SCF Welcomes Mindy Williams To Team; Set For May’s Virtual 5K Fundraiser
March and April have been a busy time for the SCF Team. We will get caught up on the SCF news, and we’ll also get you ready for SCF’s Heart & Sole Virtual 5K Fundraiser that the organization will be hosting in early May. SCF Executive Director Courtney Niemann...
XPO’s Poyner Sets Sights on Nationals After ‘Grand’ Washington State Win
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...
Just Peachy: Frito-Lay’s Tony Johnson Wins 1st State Grand Champion Title
When veteran Frito-Lay driver Tony Johnson heard his name announced as the Grand Champion at the Georgia State TDC Banquet on April 24th, he admittedly did a double take. Tony was still basking in the glow of winning back-to-back state titles in 5-Axle. He knew that...
Spotlighting Arizona State Grand Champion Nate Voss and Team UPS
Veteran UPS driver Nate Voss carried a sense of purpose and determination into the Arizona TDC in Tempe on March 28th. Having qualified for the Nationals as a State Champion in 2024 and then finishing second in the Arizona TDC in 2025, Nate knew what it was like to be...
Understanding The Haz-Mat BASIC: Key Insights for Carriers and Brokers
Through this Safety Matters edition of the podcast, we highlight Haz-Mat Compliance as we continue our series exploring the Seven BASICS that are a part of FMCSA’s Compliance, Safety and Accountability Enforcement Program. Mark Barlar and Daniel Vega from the Reliance...
Celebrating Chris Poynor’s Repeat As State Grand Champ
With our first State Grand Champion interview of 2026, the podcast heads west to the Evergreen State to talk with XPO’s Chris Poynor, who won the top title in the Washington Trucking Associations’ TDC. Chris has now gone back-to-back in earning the state’s Grand...
Openforce CEO Wendy Greenland Looks At Technology And Future Of Independent Contractor Management
Wendy Greenland, the CEO of Openforce, joins the podcast for a thought-provoking discussion that explores AI’s growing impact on transportation technology and some of the key challenges trucking and logistics companies face when navigating the complex landscape of...
#PlanetGreg and The Eugene: Podcasters Get Podcasting on NTDC
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...
Going ‘Behind The Cones’ At Washington’s State TDC
For the past five years, Abigail Potter has overseen the planning and onsite event coordination for the Washington State Truck Driving Championships. As the Director of Safety and Compliance for the Washington Trucking Associations, Abigail views the Evergreen State’s...
Some Championship Perspectives With TDC Season Preparing To Ramp Up
As we prepare to enter the heart of State TDC Season, our podcast takes some time to go inside our interview vault to highlight 12 of the conversations that NTDC Historian Eugene Mulero had with drivers who made it to the championship runoffs at NTDC 2025. With...
Ready For Your TDC? Positive Mindset Remains A Key For Trucking’s Captain Kirk
How do you earn a State TDC Championship in multiple vehicle classes and qualify for the Nationals over seven straight NTDCs dating back to 2017? For Old Dominion Freight Line’s Glen “Captain” Kirk, the first step toward winning consecutive state championships and...
Jason Damron Embraces Opportunities To Learn and Serve With NTDC
In this episode, we get to spend some time with Jason Damron, who finished second in 5-Axle at the 2025 Kansas State TDC after qualifying for the 2024's Nationals in Indianapolis. As you’ll hear, Jason was just two points away from Eric Moss’ total earned as the...
How Do Event Organizers Prepare For A State TDC?
One of the more frequent requests from our listeners in the past few weeks has centered around taking you behind the scenes of the State TDCs. As part of honoring our listener feedback, we caught up with Emily Crane, the Vice President of Safety and Engagement for the...
Green Corridors’ Vision for the Laredo-Monterrey Corridor Seeks To Revolutionize Cross-Border Logistics
For this Borderless Coverage edition of Trucking Matters, you’ll meet Mitch Carlson, who is the CEO of Green Corridors International. Mitch will be taking us inside how Green Corridors is working to transform cross-border freight movement. As he shares on the podcast,...
The Journey To The Super Bowl of Trucking Safety Has Begun
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...
Roland Rolls Back The Clock To Spotlight NTDC Award Winner Jim Wilcox
Our podcast series opens up our vault to share a previously unreleased Rollin’ With Roland interview that two-time NTDC Grand Champion Roland Bolduc did in 2025 with Jim Wilcox. A regular as a competitor at NTDC with multiple State Championships to his credit, Jim...
This June’s Modernization of Cross-Border Trade Conference Poised To Deliver Timely Insights
The countdown has begun to the 9th Annual Modernization of Cross-Border Trade Conference, which will take place on June 9th in Laredo, Texas. Initially developed by Borderless Coverage and hosted by Reliance Partners, the MCBT Conference is one of the most anticipated...
Maine’s David Crocker Hits The Note On and Off The Driving Course
David Crocker, the 2025 Tanker Champ from the state of Maine, already knew the importance of striving for excellence even before he began his professional driving career or first attempted to compete at a State TDC. Prior to entering the trucking industry, David had...
NTDC’s ‘Senator’ is Retiring: Five Decades-plus Tenure Coming to an End
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...
Safety Impact Team Explores The Key Points Of The Driver Fitness BASIC
The Driver Fitness BASIC will be in the spotlight during this Safety Matters edition of our series. Mark Barlar and Daniel Vega from the Reliance Partners Safety Impact Team return to the podcast to serve as our subject-matter experts as we continue our series on the...
NTDC Legend Rick Cates Announces Retirement Plans Following NTDC 2026
With 55 years of contributions and dedication to NTDC, Rick Cates has become a fountain of knowledge, a go-to person and a true institution with the National Truck Driving and National Step Van Driving Championships. Rick is so well respected within the NTDC Community...