2013 Piston Cup Season

The 2013 Piston Cup Season in PistonClip's universe was very nostalgic season. Ponchy Wipeout won his fourth and final Piston Cup after winning three races and getting thirty top tens. This was the last season to have the Piston Cup Hall Of Fame 500 as an event, which was won again by Darren Leadfoot. Lightning McQueen was injured for the season after a crash in the RPM 350, while leading the points standings. Brian Spark was the dark horse this season, winning three races and finishing third in points.

## Racers

1. Intersection 00 - Jimmy Cables
2. Tow Cap 4 - Jack DePost
3. SynerG 5 - Lane Locke
4. Transberry Juice 6 - Markus Krankzler
5. Combustr 11 - Chip Gearings
6. Easy Idle 15 - Carl Clutchen
7. Octane Gain 19 - Bobby Swift
8. Blinkr 21 - Speedy Comet
9. Vitoline 24 - Brick Yardley
10. Nitroade 28 - Phil Tankson
11. TripleDent 31 - Terry Kargas
12. Mood Springs 33 - Dud Throttleman
13. Trunk Fresh 34 - Dirkson D'Agostino
14. Tank Coat 36 - Reb Meeker
15. View Zeen 39 - Buck Bearingly
16. Dinoco 42 - Cal Weathers
17. Re-Volting 48 - T.G Castlenut
18. Leak Less 52 - Brian Spark
19. Faux Wheel Drive 54 - Tommy Highbanks
20. RPM 64 - Bruce Miller
21. Carbon Cyber 67 - Bobby Roadtesta
22. N20 Cola 68 - Parker Brakeston
23. Gasprin 70 - Floyd Mulvihill
24. Rev N Go 73 - Rev N Go Racer
25. Vinyl Toupee 76 - Rev Roadages
26. Gask-Its 80 - Rex Revler
27. Shiny Wax 82 - Darren Leadfoot
28. Apple Inc. 84 - Apple Racer
29. Bumper Save 90 - Ponchy Wipeout
30. Sputter Stop 92 - Murray Clutchburn
31. Spare Mint 93 - Ernie Gearson
32. Rust-eze 95 - Lightning McQueen (Florida 500 to RPM 350)
33. Lil Torquey Pistons 117 - Ralph Carlow
34. Clutch Aid 121 - Dino Draftsky
35. No Stall 123 - Todd Marcus

## Race Winners

1. Florida 500 - Murray Clutchburn
2. Las Vegas 400 - Todd Marcus
3. Texas 350 - Brian Spark
4. Rust-eze 500 - Ponchy Wipeout
5. BnL 500 - Ponchy Wipeout
6. Ben's Hot Sauce 400 - Carl Clutchen
7. Vitoline 350 - Cal Weathers
8. Tank Coat 400 - Lightning McQueen
9. Carbon Cyber 500 - Lightning McQueen
10. Tow Cap 300 - Bobby Roadtesta
11. Palm Mile 300 - Bobby Swift
12. Dinoco 400 - Brian Spark
13. Piston Cup Hall Of Fame 500 - Darren Leadfoot
14. Rev N Go 350 - Lightning McQueen
15. N20 Cola 400 - Bruce Miller
16. Brickyard 400 - T.G Castlenut
17. Clutch Aid/Coszen 400 - Ponchy Wipeout
18. No Stall 350 - Todd Marcus
19. Dinoco Light 350 - Terry Kargas
20. Gasprin 400 - Dud Throttleman
21. Trunk Fresh 400 - Lightning McQueen
22. Homestead 350 - Tommy Highbanks
23. Faux Wheel Drive 400 - Lightning McQueen
24. Transberry Juice 350 - Bobby Swift
25. Easy Idle 450 - Carl Clutchen
26. Combustr 400 - Brian Spark
27. Spare Mint 400 - Murray Clutchburn
28. SynerG 400 - Buck Bearingly
29. RPM 350 - Rex Revler
30. Gask-Its 400 - Cal Weathers
31. Sputter Stop 400 - Dino Draftsky
32. Leak Less 400 - Ponchy Wipeout
33. Octane Gain 400 - Dud Throttleman
34. Mood Springs 350 - T.G Castlenut
35. Bumper Save: Gears And Glory 450 - Brick Yardley
36. Los Angeles 500 - Jimmy Cables

## RPM 350

The RPM 350 was the 29th race of the 2013 season and it was held at Rocker Arms International. This particular event featured records but was overshadowed by Lightning McQueen's injury which put him out for the rest of 2013.

### Dud Throttleman scores fastest ever pole lap

During qualifying, Dud Throttleman set fastest pole lap time ever at Rocker Arms, with a score of 23.49 seconds.

*"I truly feel really proud to hold a record at a track that is a favorite to many Piston Cup fans,"* *Dud Throttleman, 2013*

### Lightning McQueen's crash during the race on lap 63

During the race, Lightning McQueen was turned by Todd Marcus and he flipped 18 times and landed on his roof.

## Championship Standings

1. Ponchy Wipeout
2. Bobby Swift
3. Brian Spark
4. Jack DePost
5. Dud Throttleman
6. T.G Castlenut
7. Jimmy Cables
8. Bruce Miller
9. Cal Weathers
10. Darren Leadfoot
11. Carl Clutchen
12. Dino Draftsky
13. Reb Meeker
14. Terry Kargas
15. Brick Yardley
16. Murray Clutchburn
17. Ralph Carlow
18. Apple Racer
19. Rev N Go Racer
20. Bobby Roadtesta
21. Rex Revler
22. Speedy Comet
23. Markus Krankzler
24. Lane Locke
25. Rev Roadages
26. Tommy Highbanks
27. Todd Marcus
28. Lightning McQueen
29. Buck Bearingly
30. Chip Gearings
31. Phil Tankson
32. Parker Brakeston
33. Floyd Mulvihill
34. Ernie Gearson
35. Dirkson D'Agostino

2012 Piston Cup Season (Previous) (Next) 2014 Piston Cup Season

## Trivia

* This was the first season that people started to notice Floyd Mulvihill slowing down. He won the 2008 Cup, but finished 33rd in points this season.
* This was Jack DePost's first season in the top five in points since his rookie season in 2008.
* This was Bruce Miller's first season that he did not finish in the top five in points. He finished 3rd in his rookie year in 2010, 3rd in 2011, 5th in 2012 and now 8th in 2013.
* Murray Clutchburn got his final two wins this season to a 16th place points finish.
* This was Carl Clutchen's worst season ever, finishing 11th in points, his only season outside the top ten in points. (2008: 2nd, 2009: 3rd, 2010: 5th, 2011: 6th, 2012: 2nd)
* Chip Gearings and Phil Tankson had their worst seasons ever, finishing 30th and 31st in points. Same with Parker Brakeston, who came 32nd.
* After Lightning got injured, he fell from the points lead to 28th in the final standings.
* Todd Marcus was frowned upon after the RPM 350. It showed especially when he finished 27th in the final standings.
* Ernie Gearson considered retiring after 2013, but Spare Mint offered a really big money deal to stay three more years. He took it.
* Dirkson D'Agostino had the most DNFs in a season in Piston Cup history with 29 in 2013, 23 from part failures, and six from crashes, his best finish was a ninth in the Easy Idle 450, which was his only top ten during the whole season.
* The Piston Cup Hall Of Fame 500 ran a special anthem before the race honoring the cars in the Hall Of Fame already and the 2013 inductees. The crowd went silent on lap 43 as an honoring for The King who was inducted in 2007. Darren Leadfoot, the winner of the event dedicated his win to him.
* View Zeen almost withdrew mid-season due to poor performance from Buck Bearingly, but after he won the SynerG 400, they decided to stay in the sport a few more years.
* Dale Earnhardt Jr tried to race one final race in the Piston Cup Hall Of Fame 500 as a one-off retirement race, he was inducted in 2012, so he was allowed for a one-off if it was within ten years after their retirement (he retired in 2009), but he failed to qualify. He did pace the cars to the green flag though. He also did a burnout with Leadfoot after the finish to say goodbye to the Piston Cup.
* Speedy Comet and Blinkr were subject to criminal activity after the Mood Springs 350. Their suspect was the murder of a Bentley in France but the police never found evidence.
* 2013 was the last season to have bonus points for poles.