NTDC 2025 Road To Minneapolis Dispatch

Taking Stock Of The Journey So Far On The Road To Minneapolis

by gregthompson | June 2, 2025 | Featured, NTDC, NTDC News | 0 Comments

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...

Washington’s Chris Poynor Surprised By Fourth State TDC Grand Championship

by gregthompson | May 31, 2025 | Featured, NTDC, NTDC News | 0 Comments

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...

Rickey Oliver Shines Once Again As The Mississippi TDC Grand Champion

by gregthompson | May 29, 2025 | Featured, NTDC, NTDC News | 0 Comments

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,...

New Jersey’s Wilbert Vano Prepares To Take His Shot at 14th Trip To Nationals

by gregthompson | May 24, 2025 | Featured, NTDC, NTDC News | 0 Comments

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...

Louisiana Grand Champion Chad Rudesill Builds On Family Tradition

by gregthompson | May 17, 2025 | Featured, NTDC, NTDC News | 0 Comments

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...

Arizona Grand Champion Repeat: New Dad David Coffel Delivers For His Son

by gregthompson | May 12, 2025 | Featured, NTDC, NTDC News | 0 Comments

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...

NTDC History Time: Looking Back At Two Surprising Grand Championship Runs

by gregthompson | May 3, 2025 | Featured, NTDC, NTDC News | 0 Comments

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...

Fun, Fundraising & TDC Practice Runs: Looking Back At Safety Drive For A Cure Event

by gregthompson | April 24, 2025 | Featured, NTDC, NTDC News | 0 Comments

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...

Taking You Inside The NTDC Organizing Committee’s ‘Pre-Trip’ Visit To Minneapolis

by gregthompson | April 17, 2025 | Featured, NTDC, NTDC News | 0 Comments

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...

Catching Up With Ina Daly, Arizona’s First Lady Of Trucking

by gregthompson | April 11, 2025 | Featured, NTDC, NTDC News | 0 Comments

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...