Andrew Oilman

**Andrew Oilman**is a Piston Cup racer from 1965 to 2005. He is a 1970 Plymouth Superbird NASCAR 426 Hemi. In 2006, he would get replaced by Henry Oilman, the 2006-2016 Vinyl Toupee Light racer. He was rookie in 1970 and originally served as Morris Oilman's backup from 1958 to 1964.

## History

Andrew started his career as a backup racer for Morris Oilman in 1958 but hardly raced due to Morris being a strong racer who when crashes rarely misses a race. He made his first start ever in the 1963 Brickyard 400 when Morris Oilman could not attend due to missing his flight. It was a disappointing first race for Morris has he had collided into a 1962 hotshot (his sponsor is Green Energy) on lap 2 and was out. He would start part time in 1965 but not doing well generally and many racers even started insulting him (minus Jake Spinout who is Andrew's friend) badly saying Morris was much better then him. Andrew did not let the mean comments get to him. Finally in 1967 he would place 3rd in the Green Energy 400 and would win his first race two years later in the 1969 Texas 350.

He still had not got respect from his team or the other racers but his two best friends as well as his wife Sarah were there for him. He won three races in 1970.

1971 however, would be the ultimate year for Andrew. He would win the 1971 Nightdona 500 where he had a huge overtake and won. But that was not enough to him for some reason. He won several races. Then came another fantastic performance at the 1971 Brickyard 400 with a last lap overtake on the alternate Bobby Carsac (his sponsor is Miller Lite). Another win was at the 1971 Palm Mile 300 where he lead all 200 laps from start to finish. In Calladega, widely considered to be the hardest Piston Cup track of all time not just did he dodge a huge wreck to win but he smashed the lap record ten times (the previous lap record was held by alternate Mario Andretti in the 1966 Calladega 500) and held the fastest lap for 40 years before being broken by his own nephew Henry in 2011.

Andrew would win 22 races in an unbelievable record breaking 1971 season. It was after that season when the racers and fans truly realized his power. He placed in the top 15 in 35 of 36 races of the 1971 season a record which will never be broken again. Alternate Thomas Tireson won 4 races in 1971 but was more then 200 points behind Andrew.

1972 was also a good year as he won the 1972 Sunoco 400 and 1972 Nike 400 at Nightdona among some other races. 1973 would be good until the historic Grape Soda Premium 400 in which The Andrew had a horrifying crash and missed seven races. He would return but 1973 did not turn out to be to good. He won another Piston Cup in 1975 and another one five years later in 1980.

In the 1983 Texas 350 Andrew crashed and flipped four times but only missed two races. Andrew continued to do well in the 1980's. Winning back to back cups in 1987 and the horrible 1988.

The early 1990's were not very interesting for Andrew. He did well once again in the late 1990's and early 2000's winning Piston Cups in 1998 and his final one 2001.

Andrew started to slow down not placing many top 10's after 2001. He sadly had a crash on his final race in the 2005 LA tiebreaker but was pushed by Matroskin Screamerson to the finish line. Throughout his career, he had 100 wins.

Andrew is considered as the greatest Piston Cup racer ever by almost every Piston Cup fan.

Andrew inspired many racers including Matroskin Screamerson, Henry Oilman (due to Henry being his nephew), George Armstrong, Austin Brakes, and Leo Curbler.