A Week to Thank the People Who Move It All
National Truck Driver Appreciation Week runs September 13–19, 2026. The major truck stop chains mark it with free food, free drinks, sweepstakes entries, and prize drawings for the professional drivers who keep freight moving year-round. Most offers live inside each chain's rewards app, so checking before a stop captures the savings that would otherwise go unclaimed.
Below is a chain-by-chain breakdown of what is available this week, sourced from each company's official communications. Most promotions run through September 30, so the savings window stretches past appreciation week itself.
Pilot Flying J: Three Free Drinks a Week and a $50,000 Road Warrior Contest
Pilot is running Driver Appreciation Month across all of September. Professional drivers enrolled in Pro Driver Rewards can claim three free drinks and a free snack each week through the Pilot app at participating Pilot, Flying J, and One9 locations in the United States.
The standout is the return of Pilot's Road Warrior contest. Nominations close September 18 at pilotcompany.com/road-warrior. One professional driver wins a Kenworth W990 customized by the Diesel Brothers plus $50,000 in cash, with the winner announced in October. Eligible nominees must demonstrate outstanding professionalism, safety, and service on the road. Last year's winner, Marine Corps veteran Stacy Batiste of Lafayette, Louisiana, had logged more than 5.1 million accident-free miles across a 33-year career. Drivers not yet enrolled in Pro Driver Rewards can join for free in the Pilot app.
RaceTrac: Free Food and Double Points Through September 30
RaceTrac is offering professional drivers free pizza, fountain drinks, and energy drinks, plus double rewards points on fuel purchases. The promotion runs September 2 through September 30, extending the window well past appreciation week.
Accessing the deals requires two steps: download the RaceTrac Rewards app and set the driver profile to semi-truck. Offers apply at RaceTrac Travel Center and Extended Diesel Offer locations. The current lineup is posted on RaceTrac's driver appreciation page.
Circle K: Free Drinks for Inner Circle Members
Circle K has offered free drinks for Inner Circle members during appreciation week in recent years, delivered through a code inside the Circle K app. Joining Inner Circle costs nothing. With Circle K locations spread across a wide footprint, the offer is easy to fold into a stop the route already passes.
Sheetz: DEF Discounts, a Free Hat, and Free Food on High-Flow Diesel
Sheetz is running four promotions this month for professional drivers with a free My Sheetz Rewardz account (available in the Sheetz app):
- Bulk DEF at $1.99 per gallon at 55 Sheetz locations through September 30, redeemable at truck diesel dispensers
- A free commercial diesel hat at 59 high-flow diesel locations through September 30, while supplies last, one per customer
- A free half-size sub with a high-flow diesel purchase, one per customer
- A free made-to-order item or beverage after every 100-gallon high-flow diesel fill, good through October 27, one per day with some exclusions
Use the Sheetz store locator to filter by bulk DEF before routing to confirm locations.
Kwik Trip: Sweepstakes Worth $500 for Midwest Drivers
Kwik Trip is holding a Truck Driver Appreciation Sweepstakes through September 30. Thirty winners each receive 50,000 Kwik Rewards Fleet points, worth roughly $500, with the drawing scheduled around October 7.
Any qualifying purchase on a registered Kwik Rewards Fleet account at a Kwik Trip, Kwik Star, or Stop-N-Go location earns one entry per day. Drivers can also enter without a purchase through a free mail-in option. The sweepstakes is open to drivers 18 and older in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Michigan. Full rules and entry details are at kwiktrip.com/sweepstakes/truck-driver-appreciation-2026.
TravelCenters of America (TA/Petro): Sweepstakes Through September 30 and a Free Lunch in Arkansas
TA/Petro's Driver Appreciation Sweepstakes runs through September 30. Sixteen prizes will be awarded in a drawing on or around October 5: two grand prizes of 50,000 earnify™pro loyalty points (approximately $500 each), seven TravelCenters of America-branded Chris Buescher die-cast cars, four race car hauler replicas, and three Brad Keselowski die-cast cars.
Entry requires an active earnify™pro account. Qualifying commercial diesel fills of 60 or more gallons, oil change purchases (Rapid, Premium, or Ultimate), or work orders of $500 or more each earn one daily entry. Drivers without a qualifying purchase can enter by emailing ta-petrosweepstakes@promosupport.com with their earnify™pro account number in the body of the email. Complete rules are posted at ta-petro.com/professional-drivers/ta-petro-sweepstakes/rules.
One live event this week: the Arkansas Trucking Association is hosting a free hot lunch at the TA Petro on I-40 Eastbound in North Little Rock on Thursday, September 18, starting at 10 a.m.
Set Up the Apps Before the Next Stop
Most of these offers require a chain's rewards app and a registered account. A few minutes of setup before the next run means the savings activate automatically at the counter. SureCam's full interactive tracker at ntdaw-deals.pplx.app has a chain-by-chain breakdown with daily filtering for drivers who want to plan around specific stops.
Every Mile Deserves Backup
Driver Appreciation Week lasts seven days. The protection that SureCam's connected dash cameras provide lasts every mile of every shift. When a false claim shows up, when a third party gets the story wrong, when the details of an incident become a dispute, real-time footage from a network-connected camera gives drivers the evidence they need to set the record straight. Fleets that run SureCam put that protection behind every driver on the road, not just during appreciation week. Learn more at surecam.com.
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