Kyle Busch won his seventh consecutive Gander RV & Outdoors Tuck Series event on Friday night at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, dating back to 2018.
Busch won all five of his starts last season driving for his own team, Kyle Busch Motorsports, and will compete at Las Vegas (Feb. 21), Atlanta (March 14), Homestead (March 20), Texas (March 27) and Kansas (May 30).
Unsurprisingly, this has led to much chatter on social media regarding the reigning and two-time Cup champion competing in the “lower” series. Kyle Larson chimed in via Twitter.
— Kyle Larson (@KyleLarsonRacin) February 22, 2020
To which Kevin Harvick responded — and it was on from there.
Be a good time for you to build some trucks! #notthateasy https://t.co/VGD3QyDLQA
— Kevin Harvick (@KevinHarvick) February 22, 2020
Playful banter, of course. Until a thought crossed Harvick’s mind. An expensive thought, at that.
I like this so let’s make this fun. I’ll put up a $50,000 bounty for any full time cup driver who races a truck and can beat @KyleBusch in his next 4 races. #gameon https://t.co/BRjLCTxFJQ
— Kevin Harvick (@KevinHarvick) February 22, 2020
It’s not quite the Triple Truck Challenge, but it sure does add some intrigue to the next four races Busch will compete in.
Timmy Hill, who finished 28th last night in the Strat 200, put his name in the running, albeit somewhat sarcastically.
Glad I’m running full time cup this year… I have some more incentive these next few truck races ?
— Timmy Hill (@TimmyHillRacer) February 22, 2020
As did fan favorite Landon Cassill.
How can I make a run at this?
— landon cassill (@landoncassill) February 22, 2020
Denny Hamlin, Dale Earnhardt Jr. … are we having fun yet?
I’ll need some backing from @ToyotaRacing… but I’ll definitely do it. Hell I smoked him in our last Latemodel race ?
— Denny Hamlin (@dennyhamlin) February 22, 2020
Kyle after he enters Denny in a race for the win and half the bounty. https://t.co/YEL23m6CSu pic.twitter.com/bf0BMw9ThP
— Dale Earnhardt Jr. (@DaleJr) February 22, 2020
But wait, there’s more! Gander Outdoors CEO Marcus Lemonis doubled the offer.
Hey @KevinHarvick I’ll match that… I’m that comfortable @KyleBusch can’t be beat… @NASCAR_Trucks @GanderRV @NASCAR https://t.co/OwF2WHOXdJ
— Marcus Lemonis (@marcuslemonis) February 22, 2020
More reaction from the NASCAR Twitterverse poured in. What if seven-time champion Jimmie Johnson strapped into a Truck one last time in his final full-time season? Or Bubba Wallace returning to the series where he had so much success?
The possibilities are endless. And thanks to Harvick (probably to the dismay of wife DeLana), a nice check of $50,000 is on the table.
Game on.
By the way, Rowdy is here for it.
Waking up to timeline full of pic.twitter.com/XAcrME6FCq
— Kyle Busch (@KyleBusch) February 22, 2020
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JJ has never won a truck race and the thought of bubba having a remote chance of beating Kyle is hilarious. Couldn’t you have come up with a reality scenario.
Now this is fun! I’d be happier of it was a full time Truck driver that got the payday, but this is like the Saturday night home track!
Does Baby Busch have to finish the event?
Why not any driver?