2001 Piston Cup Season

The 2001 Piston Cup Season in PistonClip's universe was a season that had some new races, the Piston Cup Hall Of Fame 500 was added to the now 36-race schedule and Travis Driftshaft had a career-ending crash in the BnL 500, causing him to be replaced by Randall Mudpad for the rest of the season. Billy Oilchanger and Manny Flywheel were rookies. Kevin Shiftright won his only Piston Cup.

## Racers

1. Tow Cap 4 - Rusty Cornfuel
2. Dale Earnhardt 8 - Dale Earnhardt Jr
3. Nitroade 28 - Aiken Axler (part-time)
4. Mood Springs 33 - Chuck Armstrong
5. Trunk Fresh 34 - Dirkson D'Agostino
6. Tank Coat 36 - Eugene Carbureski
7. Dinoco 43 - The King
8. Brake Dock 50 - Travis Driftshaft (Florida 500 to BnL 500) Randall Mudpad (Ben's Hot Sauce 400 to Dinoco 400) (Rookie)
9. Easy Idle 51 - Ruby Oaks
10. Leak Less 52 - Claude Scruggs
11. Faux Wheel Drive 54 - Johnny Blamer
12. Fiber Fuel 56 - Brush Curber
13. Octane Gain 58 - Billy Oilchanger (Rookie)
14. Vitoline 61 - James Cleanair
15. Transberry Juice 63 - Lee Revkins (part-time)
16. RPM 64 - Winford Bradford Rutherford
17. N20 Cola 68 - Manny Flywheel (Rookie)
18. Gasprin 70 - Edgar Filterroot
19. Rev N Go 73 - Misti Motorkrass
20. Retread 79 - Haul Inngas
21. Shiny Wax 82 - Mark Landis
22. Apple Inc. 84 - Mac iCar (part-time)
23. htB 86 - Chick Hicks
24. Bumper Save 90 - Ponchy Wipeout
25. Sputter Stop 92 - Murray Clutchburn
26. Spare Mint 93 - Ernie Gearson
27. Tach O Mint 101 - Greg Candyman
28. AXELE 115 - Joe Rodrun Jr
29. Clutch Aid 121 - Kevin Shiftright
30. No Stall 123 - Todd Marcus (part-time)

## Race Winners

1. Nightdona 500 - Kevin Shiftright
2. Pizza Planet 400 at Las Vegas - Rusty Cornfuel
3. Texas 350 - Dale Earnhardt Jr
4. Rust-eze 500 - Claude Scruggs
5. BnL 500 - Ponchy Wipeout
6. Ben's Hot Sauce 400 - The King
7. Vitoline 350 - The King
8. Tank Coat 400 - James Cleanair
9. Tach O Mint 500 - Winford Bradford Rutherford
10. New York 300 - The King
11. Palm Mile 300 - Chuck Armstrong
12. Copper Canyon 400 - Billy Oilchanger
13. Piston Cup Hall Of Fame 500 - Randall Mudpad
14. Rev N Go 350 - Chick Hicks
15. N20 Cola 400 - Dirkson D'Agostino
16. Brickyard 400 - Haul Inngas
17. Clutch Aid/Coszen 400 - Chick Hicks
18. No Stall 350 - Eugene Carbureski
19. Retread 500 - Kevin Shiftright
20. Gasprin 400 - Edgar Filterroot
21. Nashville 400 - Kevin Shiftright
22. Homestead 350 - Ruby Oaks
23. Faux Wheel Drive 400 - The King
24. Shifty Drug 350 - Brush Curber
25. Easy Idle 450 - James Cleanair
26. Sidewall Shine 400 - Chuck Armstrong
27. Spare Mint 400 - Ponchy Wipeout
28. Fiber Fuel 400 - Murray Clutchburn
29. RPM 350 - Edgar Filterroot
30. Brake Dock 400 - Haul Inngas
31. Sputter Stop 400 - Ruby Oaks
32. Leak Less 400 - Chuck Armstrong
33. Octane Gain 400 - The King
34. Mood Springs 350 - Chick Hicks
35. Bumper Save 450 - James Cleanair
36. Dinoco 400 - Kevin Shiftright

## Championship Standings

1. Kevin Shiftright
2. The King
3. Chuck Armstrong
4. James Cleanair
5. Chick Hicks
6. Haul Inngas
7. Ruby Oaks
8. Dale Earnhardt Jr
9. Greg Candyman
10. Ponchy Wipeout
11. Murray Clutchburn
12. Winford Bradford Rutherford
13. Eugene Carbureski
14. Rusty Cornfuel
15. Billy Oilchanger (Rookie)
16. Randall Mudpad\* (Rookie)
17. Dirkson D'Agostino
18. Mark Landis
19. Joe Rodrun Jr
20. Ernie Gearson
21. Manny Flywheel (Rookie)
22. Edgar Filterroot
23. Claude Scruggs
24. Misti Motorkrass
25. Brush Curber
26. Johnny Blamer
27. Mac iCar (part-time)
28. Aiken Axler (part-time)
29. Lee Revkins (part-time)
30. Todd Marcus (part-time)
31. Travis Driftshaft

\*- replaced Driftshaft after race 5 of season

## Rookie Of The Year

Billy Oilchanger won the award after finishing fifteenth in points followed by Randall Mudpad in sixteenth, and Manny Flywheel in twenty-first.

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