Ron Round and Ken Duncan have made multiple trips to the National Truck Driving and National Step Van Driving Championships, earning State Championships in their respective classifications in the state of Maine. For NTDC 2023, Ron and Ken returned to the national stage in Columbus having joined the newest class of Captains for America’s Road […]

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2023 marks 50 years in the trucking industry for Kevin Burch, and one the highlights of this golden anniversary year for Kevin happened at NTDC 2023. On the final day of the competition, Kevin part of the ATA’s dignitary group that shook the hands of the 419 state champions as they were announced on stage. […]

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Last year, Antoine Sadler posted the high score on the NTDC 2022 driving course with a 220. At NTDC 2023, Antoine focused his dedication to excellence to champion the important work of Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT). Antoine, who is a member of the Board of Directors with TAT, served as an information resource at the […]

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Mindy Rathjens had worked hard through the years to break through the highly competitive field in her home state of Iowa, always seeking to reach the National Championships. In 2023, Mindy not only won the state championship in her classification, but she also claimed the title of Grand Champion for Iowa. In this episode, Mindy […]

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As the second day of the driving competition began rolling, ATA Chairman Dan Van Alstine sat down with Jimmy Mac. Dan, who is the President and Chief Operating Officer at Ruan Transportation Management Systems, will be concluding his one-year term as ATA Chairman in October. While celebrating the accomplishments and driving excellence of all the […]

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For more than 50 years now, Rick Cates has been involved in working on the National Truck Driving & National Step Van Driving Championships. Known as the “Senator,” because of this long tenure with the NTDCs, Rick takes some time with Jimmy Mac to look back at his involvement with the national championships over the […]

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Byron and Bob Bramwell are one of the greatest father-and-son acts in the trucking industry. Not only did Bob follow in his father’s footsteps as a multiple state champion to join Byron as a competitor at the NTDCs over the years, but Bob also joined his dad as an industry ambassador when he became the […]

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Considered by his fellow competitors as one of the greats in the history of NTDCs, Tony Spero talks with Jimmy Mac about his upcoming retirement from truck driving and the emotional ride he has experienced on his road back to the NTDCs. While looking back at his time in the industry, Tony also tells Jimmy […]

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Eugene Mulero, who co-authored a book on the history of the National Truck Driving & National Step Van Driving Championships, took a few minutes to step away from his reporter’s position in a safe area within the driving course to give Jimmy Mac and our listeners the scoop on what took place during the event’s […]

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As he looked out over the road course one day before he would be driving on it, Tim Blair, a State Champion from Tennessee, was all smiles. Tim, who first competed at the state level in 2019, tells Greg Thompson from PodWheels about his journey to reach the NTDCs. Tim, who also became a Captain […]

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