2022 NTDC Awards Gallery

A joyful Roland Bolduc reacts after learning he had been named Grand Champion of the 2022 National Truck Driving & Step Van Driving Championships. Bolduc, a FedEx Express competitor in the Sleeper Berth category from Connecticut, also won in 2017. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)

Roland Bolduc holds his Bendix Grand Champion trophy, flanked by NTDC Committee Chairman Jason Wing (left) and Elisabeth Barna, ATA’s executive vice president of industry affairs. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)

Finalists in the 3-axle category, from left: Chris Poynor, XPO Logistics (Washington), Brian Walker, TForce Freight (North Carolina), Joseph Hicks, XPO Logistics (Rhode Island), Louis Petrovia, XPO Logistics (Maryland) and Wilbert Vano, XPO Logistics (New Jersey). (John Sommers II for Transport Topics) And the winner is...

New Jersey's Wilbert Vano with XPO Logistics wins the 3-axle division. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)

Finalists in the 4-axle category, from left: Brandon Hardy, XPO Logistics (Nevada), David Rohman, FedEx Express (North Carolina), Miguel Corral, UPS (Illinois), Martin McMahon, RIST Transport (New York) and Daniel Shamrell, FedEx Freight (Oregon). (John Sommers II for Transport Topics) And the winner is..

New York's Martin McMahon with RIST Transport wins the 4-axle division. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)

Finalists in the 5-axle category, from left: David Guinn, Publix Super Markets (Florida), Daniel Bruch, FedEx Freight (New Mexico), Alphonso Lewis, Yellow (Alabama), Robert Benton, Walmart Transportation (Delaware) and Timothy Banasiak, UPS (Illinois). (John Sommers II for Transport Topics) And the winner is...

Florida's David Guinn with Publix Super Markets wins the 5-axle division. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)

Finalists in the flatbed category, from left: Eric Ramsdell, Walmart Transportation (Arizona), Eric Flick, UPS (Nevada), Kenneth Rageth, FedEx Freight (Wyoming), Scott Johnson, Old Dominion Freight Line (Utah) and Raymond Waage, FedEx Freight (New York). (John Sommers II for Transport Topics) And the winner is...

Arizona's Eric Ramsdell with Walmart Transportation wins the Flatbed Division. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)

Finalists in the sleeper berth category, from left: Eric Courville, FedEx Freight (Louisiana), Antoine Sadler, Walmart Transportation (North Carolina), Charles White, Walmart Transportation (Indiana), Roland Bolduc, FedEx Express (Connecticut) and John Putney, Greater Omaha Express (Nebraska). (John Sommers II for Transport Topics) And the winner is...

Connecticut's Roland Bolduc with FedEx Express wins the sleeper berth division. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)

Finalists in the step van category, from left: Ceth Christensen, UPS (Illinois), Peter Dreisbach, UPS (Kentucky), Gregory Long, FedEx Express (Maryland), Jerome De La Cruz, FedEx Express (Alaska) and Marlon Sandoval, FedEx Ground (New Mexico). (John Sommers II for Transport Topics) And the winner is....

Maryland's Gregory Long with FedEx Express wins the step van division. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)

Finalists in the straight truck category, from left: Charles Randolph, Pitt Ohio (West Virginia), Jesse Benkert, FedEx Ground (Kentucky), Christopher Shaw, FedEx Express (New Mexico), Ty Possehn, FedEx Freight (Michigan) and Michael Bills, FedEx Express (North Carolina). (John Sommers II for Transport Topics) And the winner is...

New Mexico's Christopher Shaw with FedEx Express wins the straight truck division. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)

Finalists in the tank truck category, from left: Ina Daly, XPO Logistics (Arizona), Dennis Shirar, Walmart Transportation (Indiana,) Michael Flippin, FedEx Freight (Colorado), Heladio Fernandez, FedEx Freight (Oregon) and Allen McNeely, ABF Freight System (North Carolina). (John Sommers II for Transport Topics) And the winner is...

Colorado's Michael Flippin with FedEx Freight wins the tank truck division. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)

Finalists in the twins category, from left: Michael Whitehead, FedEx Freight (South Dakota), Leslie Smyth, FedEx Freight (Florida), Mark McLean, FedEx Freight (New York), Jeffrey Langenhahn, XPO Logistics (Wisconsin) and Damien Hebert, XPO Logistics (Louisiana). (John Sommers II for Transport Topics) And the winner is...

Louisiana's Damien Hebert with XPO Logistics wins the twins division. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)

Competitors from North Carolina are recognized for winning the 2022 NTDC Team Championship, placing five drivers into the finals. New York finished second and Connecticut finished third. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)

Tyler Tollefson (center) from FedEx Freight, the North Dakota straight truck champion, is recognized as 2022 NTDC Rookie of the Year. This year, there were 22 rookies competing at the National Truck Driving Championships. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)

Michelle Wells of the South Dakota Trucking Association receives the Sam Gillette Volunteer of the Year Award, which recognizes one of dozens of NTDC committee members and volunteers who perform a number of key tasks at the event. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)

Michael Trautwein with the Houston Police Department captured the Jimmy K. Ammons Grand Champion award after winning the North American Inspectors Championship, held in conjunction with NTDC by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance. Trautwein also won the High Points U.S. award. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)