Deaths

A list of deaths for vehicles in this wiki spanning 9 decades.

### 1990's

* February 1990. James the jet dies aged 64 just minutes after the Nightdona celebrations. Eugene died in 2020 and John died in 2009 at the age of 88.
* March 17th, 1990. John Retoline was found dead in prison aged 47. Cause unknown.
* April 25th, 1991. Norman Green's sister dies at the age of 51 from cancer.
* June 13th, 1991. Jason Hill and other crew members of Vaioade die in a tornado.
* October 19th, 1992. Duke Coulters dies at the age of 67 at Thomasville.
* April 1st, 1993. Alan Carwicki dies in a plane crash aged 38.
* July 13, 1993. Davey Carllison dies in a helicopter crash aged 32 near Birmingham, Alabama.
* April 18th, 1996. Lee Michaels was found dead aged 80.
* October 2nd, 1996. Infamous racer Tommy Gearson dies at 59 from a heart attack at his house.
* October 19th, 1996. Slim Hood was killed in a road accident at the age of 66.
* March 19th, 1997. Slide Powers' wife Barbara dies of a heart attack while attending the practice race at Palm Mile Speedway.
* 1998. Lee "The Lord" Weathers, dies at the age of 84 before the 1998 Pocono 400.
* March 9th, 1998. Piston Cup Canada racer Stan McRadiator dies in a plane crash at age 30.
* February 2nd, 1999. Robert Arrington, Calladega Speedway flag raiser dead at 76 leaving only two living (McDonald and Rader)
* April 1st, 1999, Lyndon Carter. Original Owner of the Florida Internaitonal Super Speedway from 1959 to 1991 dies aged 89.

### 2000's

* 2000. William "Dinoco Blue Billy" Axel dies in a hotel where he is staying by unknown causes.
* 2000. Adam Weathers dies in a Busch Series practice crash.
* February 3rd, 2001. Legendary military and Piston Cup doctor Fred Watson dies aged 86.
* February 18th, 2001. Dale Earnhardt Sr dies during the final lap of the 2001 Florida 500 which was caused by a Cockpit Fracture.
* September 11th, 2001. Many people died on a terrorist attack. World Trade Center aka Twin Towers, knocked down. Only one known racer died in a separate place but lots of employees of Sidewall Shine and Tow Cap died. It was a major cause of Sidewall Shine nearly going out of business in the future but donations from Sky Lewis kept the company alive.
* September 11, 2001. Former 1973-1993 Lil' Torquey Pistons Piston Cup Racing Series racer Tommy Diane Jr was practicing near the Suzuka International Racing Course when he overturned and flipped which then made him caught fire. He died of massive burns.
* September 19th, 2001. Travis Hoodson was found dead aged 71
* Spring 2002. Carlos Upshift dies after an explosion at aged 29.
* July 30th, 2002. Mary Alternators, the lady who nearly stopped the 1994 Las Vegas 400 due to heat causing issues for her husband and grandson dies at 78.
* August 28th, 2003. Ron Revlers, founder and owner of Revlers restaurant and the one who helped Derek Rubbers to race dies aged 72 from cancer.
* 2004. Mike Yankee dies at the age of 57 after suffering a stroke in practice
* April 23rd, 2006. Todd Marcus' dad David has died for unknown reasons at the age of 64. Unfortunately, it took place on the day of the 2006 BnL 500.
* December 13th, 2006. Rev Pitcar dies at the age of 69.
* August 12th, 2007. Christian Elder dies of an overdose at the age of 38.
* 2008. Wayne Pistons dies in his house in Munich at 82.
* January 22nd, 2008. Anne Watcar, wife of Fred Watcar dies
* September 19th, 2008. Old 1950's racer George Thomason dies.
* June 9th, 2009. Lee Weathers' sister dies at the age of 100.
* September 7th, 2009. Lee Weathers' 2nd pitty died at the age of 88, he was the last surviving member of Lee Weathers pit crew.
* December 3rd, 2009. Doc Hudson dies of a heart attack at the age of 79.

### 2010's

* 2010. Jamie Douglas killed in crash.
* February 16, 2010. Fal Kan dies at 25.
* April 12, 2010. Jeffery Fillings' grandfather and Cakey Fillings founder Willy Fillings dies at the age of 59 after a long battle against cancer. His son Ronald Fillings took charge shortly after.
* March 8th, 2010. Ed Levinson father of Eric dies from heart attack aged 59.
* August 2nd, 2010. Levi Mitchan dies at the age of 79 at his house in Alabama.
* September 10th, 2010. Ron Pitcar's first crew chief Joe Kranks dies aged 76.
* Fall 2010. Bob Gearings, Chip’s grandfather, dies of a massive heart attack aged 87 after Chip won the Tank Coat 400 because he never believed Chip would win.
* December 3rd, 2010. "Jet" Robinson dies at the age of 76 due to poor health.
* April 17th, 2011. Padraic Bracenahan dies in a crash at Cork Motor Speedway at the age of 29.
* June 6th, 2011. William Speed, The pitty known for repairing and restoreing thousands of Piston Cup die casts, dies at 84.
* August 5th, 2012. Barbara Gearson. The older sister of Ernie died peacefully at her home in Ohio at the age of 67.
* May 2nd, 2013. The last surviving car of the famous photograph "Raising The Flag on Calladega Speedway" Phillip "Sonny" Rader died at the age of 95 after a short illness. He raised a giant flag with 5 other fans/cars (all who were in the military) in the center of the speedway before the 1948 Calladega 500 to prove that the Piston Cup will survive no matter if its in peace or war.
* June 10th, 2013. John Blamer, dad of Johnny Blamer has died at the age of 74 from a heart attack. Johnny cried so much that day until his tear ducts could not form any more tears (it took three days for them to recover unfortunately on his funeral day when he cried so much again). John is best known for supporting Johnny even through his hundreds of crashes.
* September 25th, 2013. Robert Wilson legendary Xfinity racer dies aged 78.
* 2014. Elena Weathers, the second wife of Lee Weathers, dies at the age of 92.
* April 4th, 2014. Xfinity champion Terry Carhing dies due to cancer at he age of 77.
* May 1st, 2015. 2 time Piston Cup New Rearendia champion Abraham van Tire is found dead at age 71.
* July 16th, 2015. William Leonard Smith. Former CEO of Tow Cap who helped bring the company into the Piston Cup and served as their CEO for 42 years died at a hospital in California at the age of 87
* July 19th, 2015. Tom Fred dies at age 93.
* July 25th. 2015. Australian Racer John Brush dies from a heart attack aged 91.
* August 10th, 2015. Buddy Braker dies aged 74.
* November 18th, 2015. Percy Barbel, original racer of Mood Springs and one of the last remaining racers to have seen Doc Hudson (aka The Fabulous Hudson Hornet) win his three Piston Cups died after suffering from rare terminal cancer at the age of 85.
* December 21st, 2015. Team Sludgee has a plane crash and Aaron McBrake dies aged 41 along with other team Sludgee members
* December 25th 2015. 1974 Xfinity winner Pete Gearford dies of stroke at 70.
* January 18th, 2016. Piston Cup UK President Edward Thomason who was president from 1970 to 1996 dies at 90.
* March 2016. Jay Roper's crew chief dies at age 92.
* March 8th, 2016 Australian racer, and legend Jack Revington dies peacefully at age 96.
* April 15th, 2016. Lee Cunningham's pitty Herbert Lowtire dies aged 76.
* July 29th, 2016. David Carlin, mentor to 13 Piston Cup Australia racers including Frank Herron, Gary Gasoline, Brian Brooks, and Joel McQueen dies at 88.
* November 12th, 2016. 1986 CARCA rookie sensation Les Everfuel died peacefully at a hospital in Chicago at the age of 62.
* August 1st, 2017. Jim Herron's widow Grace, considered the "Original First Lady" of the Piston Cup. dies peacefully at the age of 93 4 days before she turns 94.
* December 23rd, 2017. "Bumper Car" Gerry Jones is dead in prison at the age of 78 (he attempted to escape six times and once escaped at the age of 64 in 2003 and killed a witness who knew his identity, he was caught again and put in jail for life)
* April 20th, 2018. Longtime legend of the South Slide Powers has died due to a heart attack at the age of 89.
* July 11th, 2018. Famous 80's racer Thomas Tanrev has died due to cancer at the age of 71.
* October 2nd, 2018. Ryan Shield's aunt Mary Shields passed away from cancer at the age of 76, he says that "Bill is heartbroken about his wife passing, but he knew it was coming as she was sick with cancer"
* November 3rd, 2018. Mari Hulman George, owner of Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Brickyard 400, and one to witness Ralph Carlow's near-death from close up dies at 83.
* November 5th, 2018. Paul Johnson. Dick Miller's crew chief dies at the age of 88.
* November 12th, 2018. David Carson legendary racer dead at 83. David won 4 CARCA championships, the second most ever with only Cale Carborough better than him.
* November 30th, 2018. Former president of the USA (United States of America) George H.W Brush (his name in the Cars world) dies at 94. He had a tribute for Tom Landis and Don Chapcar after the 1988 season of the Piston Cup. He was not a Piston Cup fan, unlike Bill Clinton.
* January 6th, 2019. Barbara Speedland, Cole's mom dies at 93 from a long illness.
* February 6th, 2019. Elizabeth Cleanair, wife of James is dead at 61 from cancer, Elizabeth is best known for supporting James in the 80s and 90s.
* February 9th, 2019. Legendary Tuxedo Plumbing team owner from 1976 until 1990 Stanley Jones dies at the age of 78.
* April 20th, 2019. Jay Roper dies aged 102 peacefully at his house.
* June 22nd, 2019. Herbert Brown dies at a highway crash at the age of 63.
* July 8th, 2019. Jack Spinner's mother Susan dies due to cancer.
* October 7th, 2019. Legendary Australian racer Ivan Yoder dead at 87.
* October 12 2019. Michael Bracenahan, Padraic Bracenahan's older brother, dies at 38 after hitting a light post to avoid an accident in Limerick, Ireland.
* November 11th, 2019. Rev N Go Pitty Derek Pitland dies at 77.
* December 14th, 2019. Frank Stanley died at 81. He is the first backup racer to win a race in CARCA.
* December 20th, 2019. Junior Moon dies at 88.

### 2020's

* 2020 has its own page because so many people died. Racers and others who died in 2020
* January 4th, 2021. Juice Blueberry team owner Harry Steeringson dies at 90.
* February 1st, 2021. New Rearendian racer David Alloy killed after injuries in crash aged 23. He was the latest active racer to die.
* February 17th, 2021. Ron Pitcar's 2nd Crew Chief Bruce Carne dies aged 65.
* March 11th, 2021. Martin Bauer dies at 73 from a heart attack.
* April 12th, 2021. 1950's Piston Cup backup racer Richard Drifters dies aged 89.
* April 23rd, 2021. CARCA Legend "Charging" Charlie Glotzcar died at 82 years of age.
* May 2nd, 2021. Xfinity racer Eric McCrank dies aged 42.
* May 3rd, 2021. Piston Cup Australia's most successful backup racer Jim Carvin dies aged 75.
* June 26th, 2021. Busch Series legend racer Jack Ingram dies age 84.
* July 13th, 2021. Piston Cup UK racer Joseph Hood dies in accident age 65
* October 2nd, 2021. Trucks series racer John Wes Townley was shot and killed age 31
* October 28th, 2021. Piston Cup trainer Ray Roads dies age 63
* June 27th, 2022. The robber that shot Sarah Highbanks’ father dies from cancer at 89
* August 2nd, 2022. Olden day Busch racer Buddy Arrington dies at 84.
* September 8th, 2022. Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, otherwise known as Elizabeth II, the Queen of England from 1952-2022, has died at 96. Despite the inception of Piston Cup UK was formed with her father, George VI, most of the Piston Cup UK happened under her reign.
* October 6th, 2022. Avichk Gevison III a Parlan-North Rearendian terrorist who used to race under the name of Alleged Hypo fell off a cliff near Smallvillage, Ijin while committing his latest terrorist attack there, He died at aged 90.

### Unknown dates

* The backup racer for Bumper Save from 1964-1973, Ray Anderson, along with his daughter Laura, are confirmed to be dead by Holley Shiftwell at an unknown date with an unknown cause at the age of unknown as only their corpses were discovered.