1941 Piston Cup Season

The **1941 Piston Cup Season** was the 2nd season of the Piston Cup Racing Series. Most racers from last season stayed with Percy Barbel and Ricardo Albany as rookies.

After the season ending race, the series was held until 1946 due to the United States joining WWII after Pearl Harbour was attacked by Japan on December 7, 1941.

## Changes

### Rookies and new sponsors

Percy Barbel and Ricardo Albany made there debuts with the numbers 30 (Barbel) and 2 (Albany). There sponsors are Candy Co. & Mikes Racing Center (Barbel) and Sweet Drink (Albany)

### Points

Starting from this season onwards, racers will receive 2 points for winning, 1 point for the fastest laps, and 1 point for the most laps led.

### Races

The calendar changed to 36 races with some names being replaced by other names.

### Rules

Wat happened at the end of 1940 developed a new rule where the race should end when it’s the designated number of laps held for the race.

## Racers **(Bold indicates rookie)**

1. Unsponsored 0 - Lee Michaels
2. Pepsi 01 - Jay Roper
3. **Sweet Drink 2 - Ricardo Albany**
4. TBA and Axele 03 - Buff Parker
5. Speed Water 4 - Blue Byrev
6. Lemon Green 6 - Harold Turner
7. Sunoco 10 - Ray Steeringson
8. Andrews 11 - Quintly James
9. Bench Engineering 12 - Roy Bench
10. Unsponsored 14 - Tilpey Redline
11. Japanese Noodles 16 - Ya Chun Fei
12. ABCD 25 - Albert Brakeson Carburettor Drive
13. Unsponsored 25 - Eddy Duke
14. Unsponsored 26 - George Thomason
15. Hooters 27 - Robert Allman
16. **Candy Co. & Mikes Racing Center 30 - Percy Barbel**
17. Gemstone Ruby Industries 37 - Robert Finchum
18. Turbo Energy 50 - Henry Wayne
19. Unsponsored 55 - John Shiftright
20. Retread 79 - Ruby Nightrider
21. LTP 117 - Tommy Diane Sr.
22. Clutch Aid 121 - Kurt Shiftright

## Race Winners

1. Florida 500 - Blue Byrev (1)
2. Las Vegas 400 - Buff Parker
3. Texas 350 - Jay Roper (1)
4. Olympus 500 - Ya Chin Fei (1)
5. Carolina's 350 - Ya Chun Fei (2)
6. Palm Mile 300 Robert Finchum (1)
7. BNL 500 Ya Chun Fei (3)
8. Speed Water 350 Blue Byrev (2)
9. New York 400 - Ya Chun Fei (4)
10. Southern Gold 400 - Ya Chun Fei (5)
11. Hudson Hornet 400 - Robert Finchum (2)
12. Phoenix 350 - Jay Roper (2)
13. Virginia 500 - Blue Byrev (3)
14. Calladega 400 - Robert Allman
15. Bristol 400 - Robert Finchum (3)
16. Fireball Beach 350 - Ray Steeringson
17. Revolting 350 - Ruby Nightrider (1)
18. Brickyard 400 - Ya Chun Fei (6)
19. Pocono 400 - Ya Chun Fei (7)
20. Nightdona 400 - Kurt Shiftright (1)
21. Michigan 400 - Ruby Nightrider (2)
22. Daniel 500 - Roy Bench
23. Calladega 500 - Kurt Shiftright (2)
24. Copper Canyon 400 - Quintly James
25. Sonoma 400 - Eddy Duke
26. Boston 350 - Ya Chun Fei (8)
27. Southern 350 - Blue Byrev (4)
28. Dover 400 - Blue Byrev (5)
29. Spare Mint 400 - Blue Byrev (6)
30. Langhorne 400 - Blue Byrev (7)
31. Thomasville 400 - Ya Chun Fei (9)
32. Los Angeles 500 - Ya Chun Fei (10)
33. Shifty Drug 400 - Jay Roper (3)
34. Heartland 500 - Ya Chun Fei (11)
35. Washington 350 - Robert Finchum (4)
36. Richmond 400 - Blue Byrev (8) (Ya Chun Fei crowned Champion)

## Winners chart

1. Ya Chun Fei - 11 Wins
2. Blue Byrev - 8 Wins
3. Robert Finchum - 4 Wins
4. Jay Roper - 3 Wins
5. Kurt Shiftright - 2 Wins
6. Ruby Nightrider - 2 Wins
7. Buff Parker - 1 Win
8. Eddy Duke - 1 Win
9. Quintly James - 1 Win
10. Ray Steeringson - 1 Win
11. Robert Allman - 1 Win
12. Roy Bench - 1 Win