List of Piston Cup Racing Series Champions

This is the entire list of all of the Piston Cup Racing Series champions from each year.

## List

1. 1949: Slide Powers
2. 1950: Jack Ford (1)
3. 1951: Doc Hudson (1)
4. 1952: Doc Hudson (2)
5. 1953: Doc Hudson (3)
6. 1954: Lee Weathers
7. 1955: Leroy Heming
8. 1956: River Scott
9. 1957: Louise Nash
10. 1958: Junior Moon
11. 1959: Jack Ford (2)
12. 1960: Morris Axler (1)
13. 1961: Lee Cunningham
14. 1962: John Gearings
15. 1963: Mitch Gears
16. 1964: Joseph Anthony Foyt (1)
17. 1965: Ronald Oaks
18. 1966: Morris Axler (2)
19. 1967: Mario Andretti (1)
20. 1968: Mario Andretti (2)
21. 1969: Joseph Anthony Foyt (2)
22. 1970: Bobby Carsac
23. 1971: Strip Weathers (1)
24. 1972: Thomas Tireson
25. 1973: Benny Pitstops
26. 1974: Strip Weathers (2)
27. 1975: Strip Weathers (3)
28. 1976: Kraig Shiftright (1)
29. 1977: Alloy Wilson (1)
30. 1978: Don Chapcar (1)
31. 1979: Kraig Shiftright (2)
32. 1980: Dale Earnhardt (1)
33. 1981: Darrell Cartrip (1)
34. 1982: Darrell Cartrip (2)
35. 1983: Strip Weathers (4)
36. 1984: Alloy WIlson (2)
37. 1985: Darrell Cartrip (3)
38. 1986: Don Chapcar (2)
39. 1987: Dale Earnhardt (2)
40. 1988: Bill Racelott
41. 1989: Strip Weathers (5)
42. 1990: Klint Shiftright (1)
43. 1991: Dale Earnhardt (3)
44. 1992: Klint Shiftright (2)
45. 1993: Klint Shiftright (3)
46. 1994: Dale Earnhardt (4)
47. 1995: Ernie Gearson
48. 1996: Murray Clutchburn (1)
49. 1997: Strip Weathers (6)
50. 1998: Eugene Carbureski
51. 1999: Murray Clutchburn (2)
52. 2000: Haul Inngas
53. 2001: Rusty Cornfuel
54. 2002: Mac iCar
55. 2003: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
56. 2004: Strip Weathers (7)
57. 2005: Chick Hicks
58. 2006: Lightning McQueen (1)
59. 2007: Lightning McQueen (2)
60. 2008: Winford Bradford Rutherford
61. 2009: Lightning McQueen (3)
62. 2010: Lightning McQueen (4)
63. 2011: Cal Weathers
64. 2012: Lightning McQueen (5)
65. 2013: Lightning McQueen (6)
66. 2014: Bobby Swift
67. 2015: Lightning McQueen (7)
68. 2016: Jackson Storm (1)
69. 2017: Cruz Ramirez (1)
70. 2018: Cruz Ramirez (2)
71. 2019: Jackson Storm (2)
72. 2020: Chase Racelott
73. 2021: Cruz Ramirez (3)
74. 2022: Tim Treadless
75. 2023: Ryan Laney
76. 2024: TBA

## Gallery

Strip Weathers (7) (1971, 1974, 1975, 1983, 1989, 1997, and 2004)Lightning McQueen (7) (2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2015)Dale Earnhardt (4) (1980, 1987, 1991 and 1994)Doc Hudson (3) (1951, 1952 and 1953)Darrell Cartrip (3) (1981, 1982, 1985)Klint Shiftright (3) (1990, 1992 and 1993)Cruz Ramirez (3) (2017, 2018, and 2021)Jack Ford (2) (1950 and 1959)Morris Axler (2) (1960 and 1966)Mario Andretti (2) (1967 and 1968)Joseph Anthony Foyt (2) (1964 and 1969)Kraig Shiftright (2) (1976 and 1979)Alloy Wilson (2) (1977 and 1984)Don Chapcar (2) (1978 and 1986)Murray Clutchburn (2) (1996 and 1999)Jackson Storm (2) (2016 and 2019)Slide Powers (1) (1949)Lee Weathers (1) (1954)Leroy Heming (1) (1955)River Scott (1) (1956)Louise Nash (1) (1957)Junior Moon (1) (1958)Lee Cunningham (1) (1961)John Gearings (1) (1962)Mitch Gears (1) (1963)Ronald Oaks (1) (1965)Bobby Carsac (1) (1970)Thomas Tireson (1) (1972)Benny Pitstops (1) (1973)Bill Racelott (1) (1988)Ernie Gearson (1) (1995)Eugene Carbureski (1) (1998)Haul Inngas (1) (2000)Rusty Cornfuel (1) (2001)Mac iCar (1) (2002)Dale Earnhardt Jr. (1) (2003)Chick Hicks (1) (2005)Winford Bradford Rutherford (2008)Cal Weathers (1) (2011)Bobby Swift (2014)Chase Racelott (1) (2020)Tim Treadless (1) (2022)Ryan Laney (1) (2023)
## Trivia

* The 1964 Piston Cup is the only Piston Cup that was stolen. A thief managed to break into Foyt's house and take the Cup on August 8th, 1991. Foyt and his wife were at Burger King at the time. The cup was found 2 months later in the thief's basement on October 27th, 1991.
* Most Piston Cups are taken care of by the racers themselves or kept in museums but quite a few of them have been sold
* Strip Weathers keeps his and Cal's Piston Cups in his house and either he, Lynda or Cal cleans the cups every week.
* The cups of Doc Hudson, Lightning McQueen, and Cruz Ramirez are kept in the Hudson Hornet museum.
* The Piston Cups are made out of gold. The base is just black colored plastic.
* The 1956 Piston Cup is the only Piston Cup not to be located in the USA, having gone through the UK and is currently owned by a car in Italy.