The 80th Anniversary of the Piston Cup Race

**The 80th Anniversary of the Piston Cup Race** is a non-championship milestone race of the 2020 Piston Cup Season. The race was held on Tuesday, February 18, 2020, in Florida at Florida International Super Speedway.

This race is to celebrate 80 years of the Piston Cup Racing Series since the first race was held in 1940. The grid position is determined by the wheel of names.

## Review

### Grid Order

A total of 48 teams entered for the milestone race. Only 43 could get into the race. The racer that has there name chosen first will start at the front. The 43rd chosen racer will be at the back of the grid.

Ed Truncan was chosen first on the wheel while Sky Lewis was the last chosen on the wheel. Neither of the 2020 rookies made it.

### Results

1. Mood Springs 33 - Ed Truncan
2. Temple Speed 32 - Rebecca Rose
3. Sidewall Shine 74 - Abby Shiftright Jr.
4. Gasprin 70 - Richie Gunzit
5. Clutch Aid 121 - Noah Gocek
6. Shiny Wax 82 - Conrad Camber
7. N20 Cola 68 - H.J. Hollis
8. Combustr 11 - Chris Roamin
9. Shifty Drug 35 - Aid Carterson
10. Youtube 267 - Joe Rose
11. Carbon Cyber 67 - Jim Reverick
12. RPM 64 - Barry Depedal
13. Vitoline 24 - Chase Racelott
14. Blinkr 21 - Ryan Laney
15. Lil Torquey Pistons 117 - Spikey Fillups
16. Dinoco 51 - Cruz Ramirez
17. View Zeen 39 - Michael Rotor
18. Spare Mint 93 - Nick Shift
19. Intersection 00 - Flip Dover
20. Dale Earnhardt Inc 8 - Mark Davis
21. Vinyl Toupee 76 - Will Rusch
22. Rust-Eze 95 - Tim Ramirez
23. Easy Idle 15 - Harvey Rodcap
24. TripleDent Gum 31 - Cam Spinner
25. Tank Coat 36 - Rich Mixon
26. Hostile Takeover Bank 86 - Nelson Masterson
27. Tach-O-Mint 101 - Jade Tach
28. IGNTR 2.0 - Jackson Storm
29. Retread 79 - Maximus Inngas
30. Octane Gain 19 - Danny Swervez
31. Fiber Fuel 56 - Gage Shell
32. SynerG 5 - Eric Braker
33. Tow Cap 4 - J.D. McPillar
34. Re-Volting 48 - Aaron Clocker
35. Rev-N-Go 73 - M Fast Fong
36. Apple Inc 84 - J.P. Drive
37. Sputter Stop 92 - Sheldon Shifter
38. Faux Wheel Drive 54 - Herb Curbler
39. Transberry Juice 6 - Bubba Wheelhouse
40. Leak Less 52 - George New-Win
41. Gask-Its 80 - Dan Carcia
42. No Stall 123 - Jonas Carves
43. Ultra VIP 29 - Sky Lewis

##### Did not make it

1. Texas 16 Racing - Zach Wheeler
2. Pepsi 20 - Eric Jones
3. Nitroade 28 -Tim Treadless
4. Trunk Fresh 34 - Steve LaPage
5. Bumper Save 90 - Paul Conrev

## Transcript

### Start

Chick: The green flag is in the air and we’re racing for the 80th anniversary of the Piston Cup

Natalie: Clean start from Ed Truncan

Chick: Yeah it’s insane how he wasn’t the 19th chosen like he mostly places 19th

Natalie: True but he is holding a great lead out there

Chick: Meanwhile Rebecca Rose is catching up with him

### Rebecca Rose's failed overtake Lap 5

Chick: Rose is gonna make a great pass from Ed Truncan to take the lead

Natalie: Oh trouble!!

Chick: Rose looses it and is onto the grass

Natalie: What a failed overtake for such a promising driver

(Temple Speed radio)

Rebecca: I WAS SO CLOSE!!!!!

### The Battle Lap 67

Chick: Ed Truncan hasn’t led this many laps in his life

Natalie: Side by side battle between Bubba Wheelhouse

Chick: Ed is still holding his lead determined not to give up

Natalie: Here comes Maximus Inngas down the inside in 3rd, he overtakes wheelhouse but can he overtake Ed out there

Chick: I don’t know, the future can tell us.

### The future is right Lap 156

Natalie: Maximus takes the lead after Ed Truncan led for a whole variety of laps

Chick: Can he win this special race.

Natalie: We'll wait and find out

### Eds Win and last lap

Chick: Maximus blows a tire and he spins!!!

Natalie: Truncan takes the lead again and and it

Both: ITS TRUNCAN!!!

Chick: Ed Truncan wins the 80th Anniversary race of the Piston Cup what a special win for him

Natalie: Sky Lewis clinches up to second, what a good performance from Sky who started dead last at the start

(Mood Springs radio)

Ed Truncan : Yeah baby, I won!! And it’s all thanks to the wheel of names deciding our grid positions.

Chick: Bubba is in third, Storm fourth and Inngas now 5th, Storm somehow managed to perform good here today.

Natalie: He normally doesn’t perform well at Superspeedways but today he does.

## Results

1. Ed Truncan - 200 Laps
2. Sky Lewis - 200 Laps
3. Bubba Wheelhouse - 200 Laps
4. Jackson Storm - 200 Laps
5. Maximus Inngas - 200 Laps
6. REST TBA