Kyle Busch, the defending NASCAR Cup Series champion, runs as many races in the lower-tiered XFINITY Series and Truck Series as he’s allowed to. He often dominates, and his haters don’t exactly love that.
In his first Truck Series race of the 2020 season, Busch won the Strat 200 at his home track, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, on Friday night, extending his win streak in the series to seven races going back to the 2018 season. He also became the winningest Truck Series driver last year and just keeps adding to his record.
NASCAR rules dictate that because of his experience as a Cup Series driver, he’s only allowed to compete in five total Truck Series races this season.
And Kevin Harvick wants to have a little fun with that. The 2014 Cup Series champion tweeted Saturday that he’ll offer a $50,000 prize to any fellow full-time Cup driver who beats Busch in a Truck race.
Now, it’s a little unclear whether that driver has to beat Busch once in his next four Truck Series races or all four times, but things could get interesting.
Busch’s four remaining truck races are at Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 14, Homestead-Miami Speedway on March 20, Texas Motor Speedway on March 27 and Kansas Speedway on May 30. He’s also planning to compete in the maximum five XFINITY races this season, starting with Phoenix Raceway in two weeks.
Not long after Harvick put down his $50,000, Marcus Lemonis — the CEO of Gander Outdoors, which is the Truck Series title sponsor — tweeted he’ll match the No. 4 Ford driver’s offer.
And with all of Busch’s Truck Series races coming in the next several weeks, this could get fun.
