Driver Classes & Eligibility Requirements
Competition Classes
Drivers compete in one of the following classes:
- Dump Truck
- Step-Van
- Straight Truck
- Flatbed
- Sleeper
- Twins
- Tanker
- 3 Axle
- 4 Axle
- 5 Axle
The competition is limited to 2 drivers per class except 5 Axle and Sleeper classes, which allow 3 each, from each SCTA member company,
plus the returning Champion of that class.
No class or driver changes, including onsite, will be accepted after April 10.
To make any changes to your driver's entry, email Sarahb@sctrucking.org.
Eligibility Requirements
To compete, a contestant must:
- Have been continuously employed as a truck or step van driver by their present employer for 12 months prior to the TDC.
- Have driven and performed the regular duties of a truck or step van driver for 12 months prior to the TDC.
- Have not been away from the regular duties of a professional truck driver beyond an aggregate of 30 calendar days during the 12 months prior to the TDC.
- Have not been involved in a preventable fleet motor vehicle or motor carrier vehicle accident during the 12 months before the TDC.
- Have the proper class CDL plus required endorsement(s) for the class of competition.
- Hold a CDL from or have been occupationally domiciled in the state of Georgia. Occupational domicile is defined as the terminal, garage, or other operating base from which the driver normally works, is supervised, and/or where the employer is corporately headquartered.
- Have not served as a member of any State Trucking Association’s Truck Driving Championships Committee during the 12 months prior to the TDC.
- Certify that the class of competition being entered in 2025 is not a class in which they won at the state or regional TDC and/or competed at the National TDC or National SVDC in 2024. After winning two consecutive years at the State TDC and/or competing two consecutive years at Nationals in that same class, a driver is not eligible to compete in that same class for one year if a step-van competitor and two years if competing in any other class.
- Have not received any form of pay, bonus, prize, or other consideration for time spent in practice as set forth in the Truck Driving Championships Rules & Procedures. If the driver competes and wins the State TDC, they agree to compete at the National TDC or SVDC (as applicable), unless disqualified or detained due to a medical emergency. Any misstatement regarding eligibility may result in forfeiture of the right to compete or disqualification from the competition.