MADISON, IL. – There are just six races left in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season, and that fact all but guarantees ratcheted-up intensity in Saturday’s Toyota 200 at World Wide Technology Raceway (1:30 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
There’s also serious cash available through the Triple Truck Challenge, which starts Saturday with the first of three races in the program. A prize of $50,000 available to the race winner, with an additional $150,000 awarded to a driver who wins two of the three races, and a $500,000 haul for any driver who can win all three.
After Gateway, the final two Triple Truck Challenge Races will be held at Nashville Superspeedway (June 18) and Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (July 9).
So far this season, five drivers have locked themselves into the Playoff with victories: Zane Smith (three wins; the only multiple winner), John Hunter Nemechek, Ben Rhodes, Chandler Smith and Stewart Friesen. That leaves five Playoff spots available to the rest of the field.
Matt Crafton currently is 10th in the standings—the last available Playoff spot—with a 25-point cushion over 11th-place Tanner Gray. Crafton also boasts the most experience at World Wide Technology Raceway, with 18 starts there, only three of which resulted in top-five finishes.
John Hunter Nemechek is the only former World Wide Technology Raceway winner entered in Saturday’s event. Nemechek triumphed in the 2017 race in his family-owned Chevrolet. He now drives the No. 4 Toyota for Kyle Busch Motorsports and leads the series standings by seven points over Rhodes.
Source: Reid Spencer / NASCAR Wire Service
