NTDC Press Room From PodWheels

Jamie Sowder Returns To Nationals As Tennessee’s Grand Champion

Jamie Sowder from FedEx Freight was not expecting to hear his name called as the Grand Champion of the Tennessee State TDC. As Jamie shares with us in this edition of the podcast, he was thrilled to be returning to the NTDCs as Tennessee’s Flatbed Division title...

Reporter’s Notebook: Looking Back At First Weeks of TDC Season

In this episode of the podcast recorded on May 15th, PodWheels Executive Producer Greg Thompson and NTDC Historian Eugene Mulero open up their reporter’s notebooks to review the State TDC Results from the first completed event in Arizona through the State...

Picture Perfect: Darius Uible Of UPS Breaks Through To NTDC With First State Title

Over the last few years, Darius Uible of UPS has become a familiar presence at the National Truck Driving and National Step Van Driving Championships. As the man behind the camera with the UPS Media Team at NTDC, Darius has gained a unique perspective and position of...

Goal Achieved: J.B. Quarles Step Van Title Makes Him A State Champion In All Nine Divisions

At this year’s South Carolina State TDC, veteran Walmart driver J.B. Quarles cemented his place as a true legend within the NTDC Community. By winning the state title in the Step Van Division, J.B. completed his quest to win South Carolina State Championships in all...

David Comings Talks To Roland About The Road Back To Nationals

In one of the five best episodes within the catalog of nearly 250 shows that we have presented in the past three years of this series, 2025 NTDC Grand Champion David Comings took some time in mid-March to have an extended conversation with Roland Bolduc, a two-time...

XPO’s Robert Dean On His Soaring Return To NTDC With State Flatbed Title

This edition of the podcast takes a flight out to the state of Washington to visit with XPO veteran driver Robert Dean. After earning the State Grand Champion’s crown in 2023, Robert brought home two second-place finishes in the vehicle division competition in both...

Middleton and Guzman: Definitions of TDC Spirit and Dedication To Safety

Over the past 17 years, Ramon Guzman of FedEx Freight and Mike Middleton of Old Dominion Freight Lines have become the very definition of why the National Truck Driving and National Step Van Driving Championships stand as the longest running safety program in 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...

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...

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...