Piston Cup (Sanctioning Body)

The Piston Cup is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company.
== Sanctioned series ==
=== National ===
All the main national series of the Piston Cup.
Series 	Logo	Age requirement	Years 	Notes
Piston Cup Racing Series 	 	17+ 	1940-Onwards	Main original stock car series.
Junior Piston Cup Pro Series 	 	17+ 	1985-Onwards	Feeder series to Piston Cup, for uprising stars.
Piston Cup Truck Series 	 	16+ 	1995-Onwards	Truck version of the Piston Cup for trucks.
CARCA Retread Series 	 	16+ 	1987-Onwards	The CARCA Retread Series was founded in 1987 as a separate rival Motorsport organization to the Piston Cup. It was however sold to the Piston Cup in 2001 after money loss and the possibility of bankruptcy.
Piston Cup RPM Developmental Tour 	 	16+ 	(Piston Cup Dash Series) 1985-2005
(Piston Cup Developmental Tour) 2006-Onwards	The Piston Cup Dash Series was founded in 1985 to have local short track aces race for money a wins in a bigger league. By 2006, the league had already helped give these short track aces their shot in the bigger leagues which caused the series to turn into the Piston Cup RPM Developmental Tour.
Piston Cup Nitroade Weekly Racing Series	 	16+ 	2000-2008 	The Piston Cup Nitroade Weekly Racing Series was founded in 2000 as another series for young upcoming stars to have a shot at making it to the big leagues along with fellow series' RPM Developmental, Junior Piston Cup Pro, and CARCA Retread Series. It was closed after 9 seasons of competition due to the lack of racers and support as the other three developmental series' were more popular.
=== International ===
Series 	Logo	Age requirement	Years 	Notes
Piston Cup Imperial Stone Series	 	17+ 	1995-Present	Canadian version of the Piston Cup.
Piston Cup Santander Series 	 	17+ 	2005-Present	Mexican version of the Piston Cup.
Piston Cup Rolex Series 	 	17+ 	2008-Present	British version of the Piston Cup.
Piston Cup Copel Sprint Series 	 	17+ 	2023-Present	Brazilian version of the Piston Cup.
=== Other ===
Series 	Logo	Age requirement	Years 	Notes
Piston Cup Dirt Series 	 	17+ 	1971-Present	The Piston Cup Dirt Series was founded in 1971 to bring dirt track aces into the Piston Cup pipe-line and then get them into the lower asphalt series'. This is the only series that still allows stock cars to compete and even though it has next generation upcoming dirt track aces still, it is mostly dominated by veteran stock car aces in recent years.
Piston Cup Open Wheel Series	 	17+ 	1953-1961 	The Open Wheel series was shut down after 1961 due to a total of 20 deaths in the 8 years of the series.
Piston Cup All Star Showdown	 	17+ 	1998-2001 	The Piston Cup All Star Showdown was created for older and retired legends of the sport in 1998. The series folded after only four seasons following 2001 because of disclosed reasons.
Piston Cup Electric Series 	 	17+ 	2019-Present	An electric version of the Piston Cup Series.