<Tr> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> TBA </Td> <Td> July 26, 2018 (2018 - 07 - 26) </Td> <Td> TBA </Td> </Tr> <P> Bob Tuschman, general manager of the Food Network, had gotten several pitches for a food truck themed competition show before settling on the show that would become The Great Food Truck Race . He believed it to be ideal because it combined the Survivor - style reality show competition with the rising trend of food trucks . Tyler Florence was immediately on board and as the show grew and got renewed, so did the food truck scene . Florence believed the food truck trend grew in large part because of the economic slump around the early 2000s, and his show "helped invent an entirely new genre of restaurants". </P>

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