1988 Piston Cup Season

The 1988 Piston Cup Seasons are best known for the deaths of Tom Landis and Don Chapcar. It is also known for the scary 1988 Florida 500 in which The King rolled over multiple lands before resting on his roof.

## Races

1. COA 2319 200 at Green Road Speedway
2. Smasherville 350 at Smasherville
3. Sputter Stop 120 at Los Angeles
4. Dirty 300 at Dirtland Speedway
5. Florida 500 at Florida
6. Faux Wheel Drive 450 at Texas
7. Olympus 500 at Olympus
8. BnL 350 at BnL Raceway
9. Palm Mile 350 at Palm Mile Speedway
10. Samoville 500 at Samoville
11. Sputter Stop 350 at Georgia
12. Virginia 500 at Virginia Speedway
13. Talladega 500 at Alabama Speedway
14. Bumper Save 450 at Heartland
15. Los Angeles 500 at LA
16. No Grime 500 at No Grime Raceway
17. DataShift 400 at DataShift Raceway
18. Rustbelt 400 at Rustbelt
19. Grandol Oil 400 at Grandol Oil Co. Raceway
20. Loudon 300 at Loudon
21. Glen 200 at The Glen
22. Beachside 500 at Beachside
23. Octane Gain 250 at Darlington
24. Road America 200 at Road America
25. Chicago 400 at Chicagoland
26. Corrosion Seal 350 at Alabama Speedway
27. Florida 400 at Florida
28. Pennsylvania 400 at Pocono
29. JLP 500 at Georgia
30. Atlanta 400 at Atlanta
31. Phoenix 500 at Phoenix
32. Smell Swell 400 at Las Vegas
33. Tank Coat 400 at Kansas
34. Target 350 at Rustbelt
35. Dinoco 400 at Motor Speedway of the South
36. Charlotte 400 at Charlotte

## Racers

Smell Swell 01 - Sammy Smelter

Goodwrench 3 - Dale Earnhardt Sr

Tow Cap 4 - David Palmer

Tide 17 - Darrell Cartrip

Nitroade 28 - Andrew Axler (father of Aiken)

Ulysses Mining Co./Carman's Bar and Grill 31 - Alex Quint (until JLP 500 in which he never raced again after Don Chapcar's death)

Mood Springs 33 - Larry Martinez

Trunk Fresh 34 - Jimmy B.

Shifty Drug 35 - Harold Axel

Tank Coat 36 - Dick Miller

View Zeen 39 - Bill "Raleigh" Shields

Pepsi Cola 40 - Brian Johnson

Dinoco 43 - The King

Oxnard 48 - Thomas Tanrev (Rookie)

Easy Idle 51 - Joe Carbureski

Leak Less 52 - Claude Scruggs

Faux Wheel Drive 54 - Simon Johnson

Fiber Fuel 56 - Charles Johnson

Corrosion Seal 57 - Ivan Yoder

Octane Gain 58 - Bernie Simpson

Vitoline 61 - James Cleanair

RPM 64 - Devon Bradford Rutherford

N20 Cola 68 - Ron Pitcar

Gasprin 70 - Michael Cartrip

Rev N Go 73 - Misti Motorkrass

Sidewall Shine 74 - Slide Powers

JLP 75 - Cole Speedland

Vinyl Toupee 76 - Alan Watson Jr

Sony Vaio 78 - Alloy Wilson

Retread 79 - Joseph Brakes

Gask Its 80 - Billy Ford

Shiny Wax 82 - Tom Landis (until Pennsylvania 400 in which he died on)

Re-Volting 84 - Donnie Apex (aka Don Alternators, father of Davey)

HTB 86 - Chick Hicks

Bumper Save 90 - James Robson

Sputter Stop 92 - Murray Clutchburn

Spare Mint 93 - Pete Carlinton

Rap Aid 94 - Don Chapcar (until JLP 500, in which he died on)

Tuxedo Plumbing 98 - Jonathan Melter

Tach O Mint 101 - Greg Candyman

Clutch Aid 121 - Klint Shiftright

No Stall 123 - Larry Smith

## Race Winners

* Nightdona 500 - Bobby Carllison
* Las Vegas 400 - Klint Shiftright
* Texas 350 - Neil Brakerett
* Olympus 500 - Chick Hicks
* Clutch Aid/Cozsen 400 - Bill Racelott
* Palm Mile 300 - Alloy Wilson
* BnL 500 - Dale Earnhardt
* Sidewall Shine 300 - Jonathan Melter
* New York 400 - Alloy Wilson
* Tow Cap 400 - Bill Racelott
* Memphis 400 - Dale Earnhardt
* Mood Springs 400 - Neil Brakerett
* Rev N Go 350 - Alan Carwicki
* The King 400 - Rusty Wheelhouse
* N20 Cola 400 - Phil Pitstops
* Pocono 400 - Geoffery Bodine
* N2O Cola 600 - Darrel Cartrip
* Revolting 400 - Chick Hicks
* Brickyard 400 - Alloy Wilson
* Daniel 500 - Alloy Wilson
* Michigan 400 - Rusty Wheelhouse
* Copper Canyon 400 - Dale Carrett
* Easy Idle 400 - Bill Racelott
* Calladega 500 - Ken Schrader
* Leak Less 400 - Rusty Wheelhouse
* Fei 400 - Bill Racelott
* Southern 350 - Bill Racelott
* Sputter Stop 400 - Bill Racelott
* Spare Mint 400 - Dale Earnhardt
* Virginia 500 - Darrel Cartrip
* Los Angeles 500 - Rusty Wheelhouse
* Boston 350 - Kyle Trackson
* Heartland 500 - Rusty Wheelhouse
* Washington 350 - Rusty Wheelhouse
* Richmond 400 - Davey Carllison
* Dinoco 400 - Bill Racelott