ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

To compete, a contestant must:

• Have been continuously employed as a truck or step van driver by my present employer during the 12 months prior to the 2024 TDC.
• Have driven and performed the regular duties of a truck or step van driver during the 12 months prior to the 2024 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 2024 TDC.
• Have not been involved in a PREVENTABLE fleet motor vehicle or motor carrier vehicle accident during the 12 months prior the 2024 TDC. See TDC Rules and Procedures, Appendix I for determining non-preventable accident eligibility.
• Have the proper class CDL or DL plus required endorsement(s) for the class of competitiont.
• Hold a CDL (DL if SVDC) from or have been occupationally domiciled in the state of Iowa.
  • Occupational domiciled is defined as the terminal, garage or other operating base from which the driver normally works, is supervised and/or where employer is corporately headquartered.
• Have not served as a member of any State Trucking Associations Truck Driving Championships Committee since January 1, 2024.
• Certify that the class of competition I am entering in 2024 is not a class in which I won at the state or regional TDC and/or competed at the National TDC or National SVDC in 2022 and 2023. I understand that after winning two consecutive years at the State TDC and/or competing two consecutive years at the Nationals in that same class of competition, I am not eligible to compete in that same class for one year if a step van competitor and two years if a competitor 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. I agree that if I compete and win the State TDC, that I will compete at the National TDC or SVDC (as applicable), unless disqualified or am detained due to a medical emergency, in which case I will notify the applicable State Trucking Association immediately. I acknowledge that any misstatement made with respect to my eligibility for the TDC or SVDC competition may result in the forfeiture of my right to compete or in my disqualification from said competition.