Piston Cup Rolex Series

The **Piston Cup Rolex Series** is the British division of the Piston Cup Racing Series. Races are held in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Isle of Man. The series was founded in 2008.

## History

### 2008 (Inaugural Season)

The Piston Cup Rolex Series was founded in 2008 and is still the most popular Piston Cup international series of the 4 that exist. The series being announced in the summer of 2007, gained a lot of hype and support. The Vice President and runner of the series, former British Formula One racer, James Edwards said that for the 2008 season, a total of 30 tracks reached out to be apart of the series, 59 is the total number of tracks in the UK. The 2008 season had a bigger schedule than the other international series' which normally have 5 races in their first season. The 2008 season had 8 races with a total of 15 racers. The 2008 season was a historic season despite being its first. Henry Lewis and Alfred Hill battled the championship out but Alfred Hill edged Henry out by only a couple of points. Sadly Alfred would be diagnosed with the Decay sickness, meaning he contracted rust that made him very sick. Alfred wouldn't end up racing again until the 2014 season, but would pass in early 2015.

### 2009 (Expansion, Popularity)

The 2009 season had the series gain popularity with now 11 races and 21 racers. The 2009 season saw a 5 way title fight between two young stock cars of Benjamin Wright and Daniel Fisher. Older generation racers of Henry Lewis, Kurtis McNaughton, and Jack Evans also were in the title fight. Although the older 1990s and early 2000s generation didn't last long in the series since it was founded near the end of their time in the Piston Cup, they still put up a fight against the younger racers and Kurtis McNaughton was able to clinch the championship in 2009.

### 2010 (Stock Car Era Begins)

The 2010 season saw the schedule stay at 11 races now with now 30 racers. Only 8 older generation non-stock cars were left at this point and with the amount of stock cars, it didn't look like there was a chance for the veterans to challenge them. And the highest of the 8 only finished 8th with Benjamin Wright winning the championship.

### 2011-2013 (The Benjamin Wright Dominance)

From 2010-2013, Benjamin Wright won all of this 4 championships of the series, he became the most racer in Piston Cup Rolex history to do so and still holds the all time win record and championship record today. The schedule was 20 races from 2011-2013 with 32 racers in 2011, 35 racers in 2012, and 34 racers in 2013. The series was rapidly growing and looked on the rise challenging other British racing series' like Formula One.

### 2014-2016 (UK's Best Motorsport Series)

From 2014-2016, The Piston Cup Rolex Series was super popular and competitive, the competitive nature and personalities of the racers from 2014-2016 caused the series to rise as UK's Best Motorsport Series due to the lack of competitiveness in Formula One. 2014 saw Berry Adams win the championship with Daniel Fisher in a close second. In 2015, Jameson Davies won the championship with Daniel Fisher once again in second. Entering 2016, with the next gen takeover happening in the Piston Cup Original American Series, it was bound to happen in the international series'. No next gens debuted in any international series for 2016 as Daniel Fisher went on to finally win the 2016 championship and retire after due to the fact the next gens were announced for all international series' in 2017.

### 2017-2020 (Next Generation Era Begins)

The 2017 season had a total of 18 next gens out of the 34 car field. Berry Adams was the only stock car veteran to keep up with the next gens, finishing second behind Colton Adler, the first next gen champion of the series. In 2018, most stock cars retired with only 8 remaining out of the 34 cars. Noah Burton beat out Colton Adler to win the 2018 championship. In 2019, Berry Adams stuck it out as the only stock car left with his family owned UK store chain, Adams Foods sponsoring him. Berry still competed well and won his final 2 races that season, finishing 4th in the standings with Colton Adler winning his second championship in 2019. 2020 saw the pandemic hit which pushed the February start back to the end of May. A few days before the season started, Berry Adams' father and CEO of Adams Foods passed away due to complications of the Caronavirus or Carvid. Berry withdrew from the season along with Adams Foods as a sponsor. Berry took over as CEO of the company due to his father's passing. The 2020 season officially marked the first ever season without the stock cars. The schedule was only 10 racers instead of 20 races with still 34 racers. Ernest Sallow won the championship in 2020 with Asher Williamson second.

### 2021-Present ("The Barron")

In 2021, rookie Logan Barron debuted for the Vodaphone team replacing Ricky Robinson who didn't live up to their standards. Logan competed in many races growing up and was a promising talent. However instead of slowly improving, he challenged for the championship in his 2021 rookie season against Asher Williamson. Williamson was able to barely grab the title but Logan came back for the title in 2022. 2022 saw Logan win 8 of the now added 24 races. Logan was the talk of Motorsports around the UK. In 2023 so far, Logan has already made it clear he will win this years title for the second consecutive season. Logan has been given the nickname "The Barron" and may be the first Rolex racer to make it all the way to the national series of the Piston Cup. Many think Logan will go this upcoming 2024 season, others say 2025 or 2026.

## Champions

1. 2008 - Alfred Hill
2. 2009 - Kurtis McNaughton
3. 2010 - Benjamin Wright (1)
4. 2011 - Benjamin Wright (2)
5. 2012 - Benjamin Wright (3)
6. 2013 - Benjamin Wright (4)
7. 2014 - Berry Adams
8. 2015 - Jameson Davies
9. 2016 - Daniel Fisher
10. 2017 - Colton Adler (1)
11. 2018 - Noah Burton
12. 2019 - Colton Adler (2)
13. 2020 - Ernest Sallow
14. 2021 - Asher Williamson
15. 2022 - Logan Barron
16. 2023 - TBD