Jackson Storm

**Jackson Storm** (born August 10, 1991 in Raleigh, North Carolina) is an American high-tech Next-Generation racing car who is the first Next-Gen to compete in the Piston Cup in 2016 started the Next-Generation of high-tech racers.

Storm was trained in a Special Racing Center near Los Angeles before being offered a sponsorship from IGNTR. He accepted and competed for the sponsor in the Piston Cup Racing Series making his debut at the 2016 Dinoco 400. He debut made quite an impact as it has began mush of the Next-Gen Takeover where many stock cars were fired or retired to make way for other cars of Jackson’s kind.

Jackson retired in 2020 after he span out while he pit manoeuvred Ryan Laney during the 2020 Dinoco Light 350 before announcing a return to racing in Piston Cup B for IGNTR again in 2023.

## Background

Before the start of his racing career, Jackson was a cyber-sportsman, making a living playing racing video game (most noticeably, the racing game SC3) Super Corsa 3. His greatest achievement was winning a lot of money from a cyber-sport tournament organized by businessman Axle P. Biggs. He organized this tournament to find a worthy racer for his team. His team was able to recruit piston cup racers Storm and Tim Treadless out of the 10 cars that entered this competition, Jackson was the winner. Mr. Biggs asked a pickup truck named Ray Reverham (A.K.A Jackson Storm's Crew Chief) to find Jackson and engage him in the real sport.

In the beginning, Jackson declined, having earned enough money from his career in cyber-sport. He liked his freedom and did not want to change anything. Mr. Biggs blackmailed Storm, saying that if he did not become a racer then he would have to return all the money that he won from the tournament, and that he would not be involved in the video-gaming business. Storm then accepted the offer, but his cockiness was hard to deal with.

He began training in a special racing center with the other next-generation racers, but again, his attitude was a huge problem. He would often bully other members of the training center and steal their allotted time on the racing simulators. He would frequently challenge the other racers on the simulators, and upon losing to one racer in particular, Storm raged, damaging equipment and setting off the fire alarm. Due to repeated bad behaviour, Mr. Biggs decided to fire Jackson. Ray saw some kind of potential in Jackson, however, and decided to leave the training centre with him.

IGNTR, a liquid adrenaline company, soon offered to sponsor Jackson. He accepted, on the condition that Ray could be his crew chief. A statistical analyst from the racing centre had actually contacted IGNTR and told them about Jackson's skills.

## Racing Career

### 2016

Jackson Storm was tested by the Piston Cup before he could be eligible to race in the Piston Cup. He was accepted and marked his debut in the 2016 Dinoco 400. During the first couple of laps, he found it hard to get through most of the other racing cars on the track, however during the closing stages he seemed to pass through more, including a last lap pass on Lightning McQueen, Cal Weathers and Bobby Swift seconds before the finish line and took his first win on his first ever race.

In the 2016 Dinoco Light 350 Storm made an impact and as a result 6 sponsors fired their Generation 5 racing drivers to make way for the Next Generation. He led every single lap and the fastest lap before winning the race shortly after.

Storm would have a 3 win at the Grandol Oil Co. 350, a 4th win at the Forstar Air Filters 350, a 5th win at the BnL 500, a 6th win at the Mood Springs Sputter Stop 350 a 7th win at the Data Shift 400, an 8th win at the Bumper Save Gears and Glory 450 and a 9th win at the TBA

Storm would compete at the 2016 Los Angeles 500 which was the 36th and final race of the 2016 Piston Cup Racing Series. At the time, 11 stock cars remained while Sky Lewis was upgraded into a Next-Gen meaning that 24 Next-Gens marked there debuts, however Daniel Swervez and Chase Racelott debuted in the Los Angeles 500. On lap 241, Jackson Storm and Lightning McQueen went to pit to change their tires and be refuelled. Lightning stormed out of the pits before Storm meaning that Lightning took the lead on Lap 242 for a brief amount of time before he had time to catch up and take over the lead.

Seconds after that, Lightning lost control and crashed heavily bringing out the red flag. As a result and mark of respect towards Lightning, the race way stopped on Lap 245 and thus, Storm was declared the winner as he was still in the lead at the time. At the end of the season, Storm received 448 career points which is enough to award him with the 2016 Lightyear Piston Cup Rookie of the Year.

## Career Wins

1. 2016 Dinoco 400
2. 2016 Dinoco Light 350
3. 2016 Grandol Oil Co. 350
4. 2016 Frostar Air Filters 350
5. 2016 BnL 500
6. 2016 Mood Springs Sputter Stop 350
7. 2016 Data Shift 400
8. 2016 Gears and Glory 450
9. 2016 Richmond 350
10. 2016 Los Angeles 500