The Dash-4-Cash, Triple Truck Challenge, and the In-Season Challenges will all return for the 2026 NASCAR season.

The incentive programs in each series return for another year and offer the drivers a chance to earn some extra cash that often goes to help keep the teams running.

In the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series, the Dash-4-Cash will kick off at Rockingham Speedway on April 4 to set the four drivers to compete in the first round.

The four Dash-4-Cash races are:
April 11 at Bristol Motor Speedway
April 18 at Kansas Speedway
April 25 at Talladega Speedway
May 2 at Texas Motor Speedway

The driver who finishes highest of the four qualified drivers will earn $100,000.  That driver and the next three top finishing drivers will compete in the next race…and so on. 

Only full time O’Reilly Auto Parts drivers can qualify for the Dash-4-Cash races.

In the Craftsman Truck Series, the Triple Truck Challenge kicks off on March 20 at Darlington Raceway.

The two remaining races are on Aprill  at Rockingham Speedway and April 10 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
In the Triple Truck Challenge the winner of the race will earn a $50,000 bonus.  If a driver wins more than one of the three races his bonus increases. 

If a driver wins two of the three races, his bonus is $150,000; and if he can manage to win all three of the races, he will earn a $500,000 bonus.

A driver must be a full time Craftsman Truck Series driver in order to qualify for the Triple Truck Challenge.

Last year NASCAR debuted the In-Season Challenge where five races were set aside as an In-Season tournament.  The series returns for the 2026 season.

The In-Season Challenge is a bracket-style, head-to-head competition and will take place during the TNT Sports broadcast segment.

Drivers must place in the top 32 point standings in order to qualify for the competition.  Point standings will determine which driver will face off against each other in the first round.

The five races for the In-Season Challenge are:
Sonoma Raceway
Chicagoland Speedway
EchoPark Speedway (summer race)
North Wilkesboro Speedway
and the champion will be crowned at The Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The winner of the Challenge will earn $1 million.  Ty Gibbs was the winner in the inaugural In-Season Challenge.