2000 Piston Cup Season

The 2000 Piston Cup Season in PistonClip's universe is a season of relief for Ruby Oaks, who won his only Piston Cup. Ponchy Wipeout and Dale Earnhardt Jr were rookies. This would be the last season to not have 36 races on the schedule. It was Bernie Simpson and Ron Pitcar's final season, as they retired following this season.

## Racers

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

## Race Winners

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

## Championship Standings

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

## Rookie Of The Year

Dale Earnhardt Jr won the award after finishing seventh in the standings followed by Ponchy Wipeout in eleventh.

## Trivia

* This was one of three seasons by Ponchy Wipeout where he didn't finish in the top ten in points. (2000- 11th, 2005- 14th, 2016- 19th)

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