2005 Piston Cup Season

The 2005 Piston Cup Season was memorable for being shown in the *Cars* film and is remembered for having 2-time champion Strip Weathers, constant runner-up Chick Hicks, and rookie Lightning McQueen tied at **5013** points in the final race, the Dinoco 400. After they had a finish which will never be forgotten, a tie, they go into a tie-breaker race in which Lightning sacrifices the title to help Strip, who had a horrible wreck, allowing Chick to win his only Piston Cup before getting banned by the league.

It was also the season in which Johnny Blamer got his only career win in the Homestead 350 while finishing 30th in points.

## Racers

1. Tow Cap 4 - Rusty Cornfuel
2. Dale Earnhardt 8 - Dale Earnhardt Jr
3. Nitroade 28 - Aiken Axler
4. Mood Springs 33 - Chuck Armstrong
5. Trunk Fresh 34 - Dirkson D'Agostino
6. Shifty Drug 35 - Kevin Racingtire
7. Tank Coat 36 - Eugene Carbureski
8. View Zeen 39 - Ryan Shields
9. Dinoco 43 - Strip ''The King'' Weathers
10. Easy Idle 51 - Ruby Oaks
11. Leak Less 52 - Claude Scruggs
12. Faux Wheel Drive 54 - Johnny Blamer
13. Fiber Fuel 56 - Brush Curber
14. Octane Gain 58 - Billy Oilchanger
15. Vitoline 61 - James Cleanair
16. Transberry Juice 63 - Lee Revkins
17. RPM 64 - Winford Bradford Rutherford
18. N20 Cola 68 - Manny Flywheel
19. Gasprin 70 - Floyd Mulvihill **(Rookie)**
20. Rev N Go 73 - Misti Motorkrass
21. Sidewall Shine 74 - Slider Petrolski
22. Vinyl Toupee 76 - Crusty Rotor
23. Retread 79 - Haul Inngas
24. Gask Its 80 - Sage VanDerSpin
25. Shiny Wax 82 - Darren Leadfoot
26. Revolting 84 - Davey Apex
27. Apple Inc. 84 - Mac iCar
28. HTB 86 - Chick Hicks
29. Bumper Save 90 - Ponchy Wipeout
30. Sputter Stop 92 - Murray Clutchburn
31. Spare Mint 93 - Ernie Gearson
32. Rust-Eze 95 - Lightning McQueen **(Rookie)**
33. Tach O Mint 101 - Greg Candyman
34. Lil Torquey Pistons 117 - Ralph Carlow
35. Clutch Aid 121 - Kevin Shiftright
36. No Stall 123 - Todd Marcus

## Race Winners

1. Nightdona 500 - Chick Hicks
2. Las Vegas 400 - Lightning McQueen
3. Texas 350 - Darren Leadfoot
4. Olympus 500 - Ruby Oaks
5. Ben's Hot Sauce 350 - Sage VanDerSpin
6. Palm Mile 300 - Kevin Shiftright
7. BnL 500 - The King
8. Vitoline 350 - Dale Earnhardt Jr
9. New York 400 - Lightning McQueen
10. Homestead 350 - Johnny Blamer
11. Clutch Aid/Cozsen 400 - The King
12. Mood Springs 400 - Chick Hicks
13. Nitroade 400 - Kevin Shiftright
14. N20 Cola 400 - Dale Earnhardt Jr
15. Michigan 400 - Ryan Shields
16. Los Angeles 500 - Darren Leadfoot
17. Rev N Go 350 - Ponchy Wipeout
18. Brickyard 400 - The King
19. Mario Andretti 400 - Lightning McQueen
20. Gasprin 400 - Lightning McQueen
21. Copper Canyon 400 - Aiken Axler
22. Calladega 500 - Aiken Axler
23. Boston 350 - Ruby Oaks
24. Tow Cap 400 - Winford Bradford Rutherford
25. Leak Less 400 - Chick Hicks
26. Fei 400 - Todd Marcus
27. No Stall 350 - Ralph Carlow
28. Sputter Stop 400 - Sage VanDerSpin
29. Spare Mint 400 - Chick Hicks
30. Cartinsville 400 - Ralph Carlow
31. Tank Coat 400 - Mac Icar
32. Sidewall Shine 350 - Slider Petrolski
33. Heartland 500 - Eugene Carbureski
34. Washington 350 - The King
35. Richmond 400 - Ernie Gearson
36. Dinoco 400 - Lightning McQueen, Chick Hicks, and The King (tied)
37. Los Angeles Tiebreaker Race - Chick Hicks

## Championship Results

1. Chick Hicks
2. The King
3. Lightning McQueen
4. Dale Earnhardt Jr
5. Ruby Oaks
6. Darren Leadfoot
7. Ralph Carlow
8. Aiken Axler
9. Kevin Shiftright
10. Winford Bradford Rutherford
11. Ryan Shields
12. Ponchy Wipeout
13. Todd Marcus
14. Ernie Gearson
15. Eugene Carbureski
16. Sage VanDerSpin
17. Mac iCar
18. Slider Petrolski
19. Murray Clutchburn
20. Dirkson D'Agostino
21. Floyd Mulvihill
22. Greg Candyman
23. Misti Motorkrass
24. Claude Scruggs
25. Crusty Rotor
26. Billy Oilchanger
27. Lee Revkins
28. Kevin Racingtire
29. James Cleanair
30. Johnny Blamer
31. Brush Curber
32. Haul Inngas
33. Chuck Armstrong
34. Manny Flywheel
35. Davey Apex
36. Rusty Cornfuel