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.
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]
# | Track | Location | Year(s) |
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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 |
Year | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | |||
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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 |
Season | Driver | Wins | Tracks |
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2020 | Sheldon Creed | 2 | Daytona RC, Gateway |
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