Virginia Triple Crown
Coverage of the Virginia Triple Crown — the premier short track racing series connecting South Boston Speedway, Langley Speedway, and Martinsville Speedway.
The VTC represents everything Grand National Today believes in: real racing on real short tracks, where the next generation of stock car stars cut their teeth on Saturday nights under the lights. These are the tracks where legends start.
2026 Virginia Triple Crown — Presented by FloRacing
The 2026 VTC carries a $50,000 championship purse, with $20,000 going to the overall champion. The champion is determined by best average finish across all three races.
Read more: Virginia Triple Crown 2026 Preview — FloRacing, $50K Purse, and the Richest Short Track Championship in America
See also: 2026 VTC Schedule · VTC Guide
Recent Coverage
The VTC sits inside the broader CARS Tour and short-track ecosystem — same drivers, same teams, often the same Saturday-night fields. Here's what GNT has been covering across that whole world.
- May 27, 2026 — Mason Walters Won His First CARS Tour Race in the Chassis Ben Maier Won the Title In
- May 26, 2026 — Landen Lewis Is Defending a Championship He Can't Catch on a Partial Schedule
- May 9, 2026 — Fifty Thousand Dollars on the Table at Three Virginia Tracks: The Triple Crown Is Back, and FloRacing Is Still Buying
- April 3, 2026 — Langley Speedway: The Flattest Track in Virginia Built a Proving Ground That Doesn't Forgive
- April 2, 2026 — Lee Pulliam: 2,387 Days Between Wins, and Then He Came for Everything
- April 2, 2026 — Peyton Sellers: The King of South Boston Still Has the Fastest Car in the Parking Lot
- April 2, 2026 — South Boston Speedway: Sixty-Eight Years of Asphalt, Ambition, and the Fastest Small Town in Virginia
- April 2, 2026 — Connor Hall Has Won at Every Track in Virginia. Now He's Learning What's Beyond It.
The Tracks
South Boston Speedway — The "Birthplace of NASCAR Stars." A .4-mile oval in Halifax County that has produced more Cup Series drivers than tracks ten times its size.
Langley Speedway — A .395-mile oval in Hampton, Virginia, steeped in racing history since 1950. One of the most competitive weekly short tracks on the East Coast.
Martinsville Speedway — A .526-mile oval in Ridgeway, Virginia, and the oldest active track on the NASCAR circuit. Home to the ValleyStar Credit Union 300 — the richest late model stock car race in America, with a $125,000 purse and $32,000 winner's share.