NTDC Press Room From PodWheels

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

Reed and Comings: An Appreciation for Winning It All And Starting The Climb Again

With the State TDC Season officially underway, our podcast wanted to share a recent conversation we had with the previous NTDC Grand Champions from the past two years. PodWheels Executive Producer Greg Thompson had the unique opportunity to visit in person with 2024...

Complete List Of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Finalists In Each Division

Aug 25, 2025

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...

GOAT Roams NTDC… New NTDC Grand Champ Joins the Gillespie Club

Aug 24, 2025

By Eugene Mulero PodWheels Chief Correspondent NTDC All-Time Great Richard Gillespie is saluted by all the previous Grand Champions in the house at...

Happy Birthday Carlos Ortiz! Attention NTDC: Wish Carlos a Happy Birthday

Aug 22, 2025

By Eugene Mulero Chief PodWheels Correspondent MINNEAPOLIS – Carlos Ortiz with the National Truck Driving Championships and National Step Van...

NTDC: Our Aruba… 88th Super Bowl of Trucking Safety Off and Running

Aug 21, 2025

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...