<Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> August 28, 2016 (2016 - 08 - 28) </Td> <Td> September 25, 2016 (2016 - 09 - 25) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> August 20, 2017 (2017 - 08 - 20) </Td> <Td> September 24, 2017 (2017 - 09 - 24) </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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