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Triple Truck Challenge

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The Triple Truck Challenge is a bonus program for race winners for designated races in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series each season that is designed to give attention to series regulars. The program debuted in 2019.

History

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On February 4, 2019, NASCAR announced the formation of the Triple Truck Challenge. The Challenge consisted of three consecutive races, held at Texas Motor Speedway, Iowa Speedway and Gateway Motorsports Park. Only drivers eligible for Truck Series points could be on the entry lists for those races. If a driver won one of the three races, a $50,000 prize was awarded; if a driver won two of the three races, a $200,000 prize was awarded; and if a driver won all three races, a $500,000 prize was awarded.[1] Greg Biffle won the first race of the challenge, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports in a one-off entry, and was not eligible to win the bonus money for the next race at Iowa due to not being listed on the preliminary entry form.[2]

For 2020, the Challenge races were planned to be to Richmond Raceway, Dover International Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway, again holding consecutive slots in the schedule.[3] The requirement for a driver to be on the preliminary entry list to be eligible for the prize money was also dropped.[4] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 races were changed to the Daytona International Speedway road course, a rescheduled Dover date and World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway.[5]

Host tracks

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# Track Location Year(s)
5 Gateway Motorsports Park Madison, Illinois 2024, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019
3 Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, North Carolina 2024, 2023, 2021
3 Nashville Superspeedway Lebanon, Tennessee 2024, 2023, 2022
1 Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tennessee 2025
1 Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas 2021
1 Darlington Raceway Darlington, South Carolina 2021
1 Daytona International Speedway (Road course) Daytona Beach, Florida 2020
1 Dover Motor Speedway Dover, Delaware 2020
1 Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa 2019
1 Martinsville Speedway Martinsville, Virginia 2025
1 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio 2022
1 Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas 2019

Results

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Year Race 1 Race 2 Race 3
Driver Track Driver Track Driver Track
2019 Greg Biffle Texas Brett Moffitt Iowa Ross Chastain Gateway
2020 Sheldon Creed Daytona RC Zane Smith Dover Sheldon Creed (2) Gateway
2021 Sheldon Creed Darlington Todd Gilliland COTA John Hunter Nemechek Charlotte
2022 Corey Heim Gateway Ryan Preece Nashville Parker Kligerman Mid-Ohio
2023 Ben Rhodes Charlotte Grant Enfinger Gateway Carson Hocevar Nashville
2024 Nick Sanchez Charlotte Corey Heim Gateway Christian Eckes Nashville
2025 3/28 Martinsville 4/11 Bristol 4/18 Rockingham

Won multiple races in a season

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Season Driver Wins Tracks
2020 Sheldon Creed 2 Daytona RC, Gateway

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Crandall, Kelly (February 4, 2019). "'Triple Truck Challenge' to boost Gander Outdoors Series". Racer. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  2. ^ Christie, Toby (June 8, 2019). "NASCAR: Greg Biffle Not Eligible For Triple Truck Challenge Bonus in Iowa". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  3. ^ Albert, Zack. "Dash 4 Cash, Triple Truck Challenge unveil new look for 2020". NASCAR.com. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  4. ^ Seelman, Jacob (August 21, 2019). "New Look For Triple Truck Challenge In 2020". Speed Sport. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  5. ^ Willoughby, John (July 19, 2020). "Triple Truck Challenge to Kick Off at Daytona International Speedway on Aug. 16". Frontstretch. Retrieved July 21, 2020.