Todd Dewey discusses Darrell Ward, upcoming ‘Ice Road Truckers’ season in podcast finale

Overdrive Staff
Dec 13, 2016

The final installment in Overdrive sister site Truckers News‘ three-part podcast with “Ice Road Truckers” star Todd Dewey touches on Dewey’s friendship with the late Darrell Ward, an IRT star who died in August in a plane crash. Dewey also discusses the upcoming season of the show and more.

Dewey promises the upcoming IRT season to be a “bizarre” one, writes Truckers News Editor David Hollis. Other topics covered in the podcast include Dewey mentoring IRT newcomer Steph Custance, the possibility of driving with Lisa Kelly and more.

The third and final part of the podcast can be heard below, or at Truckers News. Part one of the podcast series can be heard here, and part two here.

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