Roland Bolduc captures NTDC crown for a second time
From Transport Topics. INDIANAPOLIS — For the second time in his career, Roland Bolduc is the grand champion at the National Truck Driving Championships. The FedEx Express professional driver representing Connecticut outperformed a field of more than 400 fellow drivers en route to capturing the event’s blue ribbon. Competing in the sleeper berth category, Bolduc…
From Transport Topics.
INDIANAPOLIS — For the second time in his career, Roland Bolduc is the grand champion at the National Truck Driving Championships.
The FedEx Express professional driver representing Connecticut outperformed a field of more than 400 fellow drivers en route to capturing the event’s blue ribbon.
Competing in the sleeper berth category, Bolduc credited a masterful performance in the tournament’s final round to cement his place as best-in-show. Bolduc, who also took home grand champion honors in 2017, surpassed three former national champions as well as other skilled and talented colleagues in the finals.
“I feel fantastic,” he told Transport Topics soon after collecting his grand champion trophy on Aug. 19. “I’m just almost overwhelmed with emotion. It’s unbelievable. I never thought this was mine. I was looking at other drivers and expecting them to be winning this award. So, it was just, such a shock, such a shock.”
A resident of East Longmeadow, Mass., Bolduc has more than 2.5 million safe driving miles in his more than 40-year career. He was named an America’s Road Team Captain in 2000.
On his way to the title, formally known as the Bendix Grand Champion, Bolduc won the sleeper berth vehicle class, defeating strong efforts by Louisiana state champ Eric Courville with FedEx Freight and Indiana state champ Mike White with Walmart. White captured the national title in 2016.
“I had a good run today. That’s what it was. I had a good run today,” Bolduc explained of his performance on the course during the event’s final round on Aug. 19. “I had a good run the other day, but today felt phenomenal.”
Reflecting on where this latest accolade would rank on his impressive resume, he opined: “It’s right there. It’s right there; number one. I have 2017 as grand champ, and now 2022.”
Earlier in the day, after competing in the final round of 45 drivers, Bolduc had expressed confidence about his performance: “It’s another one for the record books, you know. For my own record books, to try to get up to the head table again.”
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