2001 Piston Cup Season

*"I don’t know like we had 3 deaths this season of 2 nice racers and 1 mean racer but this will be the final race of the season so yeah."*
―Sky Lewis having an interview before the Dinoco 400

The 2001 Season Is Tragic Due To Dale Earnhardt’s Death, Along With Stace Cyper Loosing Her Eye, And Kelly Moonwater Junior Crashing Hard Leading To Her Death. Strip Weathers Wins His Final Piston Cup. 86 racers competed.

## Racers TBA

1. Theofire 0 - Lilly Cornflake
2. Intersection 00 - Geoffrey Pillar
3. Rodopolis 1 - Jinn Steeringson
4. Rust-Eze 01 - Gerald Leadfoot
5. Rodopolis 01 - Lee General
6. IVC 2 - Zack Oilchanger
7. Goodwrench 3/29 - Dale Earnhardt Sr (Nightdona 500) Kevin Carvick (Since Las Vegas 400)
8. Tow Cap 4 - Rusty Cornfuel
9. SynerG 5 - Tike Plow
10. Dale Earnhardt Inc 8 - Dale Earnhardt Jr.
11. Combustr 11 - Phil Gearsworth
12. MD 11 - Barrel Brakedrum (Nightdona 500)
13. Ultra VIP 13 - Sky Lewis
14. Revfender Racing 14 - Dirk Revfender
15. NAPA 15 - Michael Cartrip
16. Zoom Racing Magazines 16 - Joe Collins
17. Oil, Cars 17 - Benny Shiftright
18. Dewalt 17 - Matt Carseth
19. IGNTR 20 - Ruby Storm
20. Eggman Movers 20 - Tony Gaswart
21. Blinkr 21 - Lane Highbanks
22. Band-Aid 21 - Boris Carterson
23. BNL 23 - Dan Sheldon
24. Dupont 24 - Jeff Gorvette
25. Vami 26 - Amanda Aeroski
26. Nitroade 28 - Oscar "Man" Tanum
27. Nitroade 28 - Aiken Axler (Part-time)
28. Tripledent 31 - Millie Teal
29. B Fly Juice 32 - Nick Charger
30. Mood Springs 33 - Chuck Armstrong
31. Trunk Fresh 34 - Dirkson D'Agostino
32. Shifty Drug 35 - Kevin Racingtire
33. Tank Coat 36 - Eugene Carbureski
34. Brighttone 37 - Fred Lorenzen
35. Sunoco 37 - Steve Trunkman
36. View Zeen 39 - Ryan Shields
37. Dinoco 43 - The King
38. BStop 44 - Zeke Carbureski
39. Unsponsored 46 - Jacob Dave
40. Rons Turbo Chews 46 - Avery Ron Monika Jones
41. Pepsi 47 - Robotnik Chicks
42. Gas Can 49 - Theo Stalker Junior
43. Kleen Giass 50 - Ryan Thunderbolt Jr
44. Easy Idle 51 - Ruby Oaks
45. Leak Less 52 - Claude Scruggs
46. Faux Wheel Drive 54 - Johnny Blamer
47. Fiber Fuel 56 - Brush Curber
48. Octane Gain 58 - Billy Oilchanger
49. Vitoline 61 - James Cleanair
50. Transberry Juice 63 - Lee Revkins
51. RPM 64 - Winford Bradford Rutherford
52. 43 Drive Away 66 - Ruby Nightcar
53. Carbon Cyber 67 - Stace Cyper
54. N20 Cola 68 - Manny Flywheel
55. Gasprin 70 - Mike Yankee
56. Lavera Racing 71 - Jess Mike Lavera
57. Rev N Go 73 - Misti Motorkrass
58. Sidewall Shine 74 - Slider Petrolski
59. Aquafina 75 - Mario Axler
60. Vinyl Toupee 76 - Crusty Rotor
61. Retread 79 - Haul Inngas
62. Gask-its 80 - Sage VanDerSpin
63. Lifewater 81 - Bradley Locke
64. PP88 81 - Alice Axler (Nightdona 500-Las Vegas 400)
65. Shiny Wax 82 - Darren Leadfoot
66. Moon Stones 83 - Kelly Moonwater Junior (Until Reverse 500) Lyle McQuaid (After Reverse 500)
67. Revolting 84 - Davey Apex
68. Apple Inc. 84 - Mac Icar
69. HTB 86 - Chick Hicks
70. Papyrus Design Group 86 - Fred Jones
71. Bumper Save 90 - Ponchy Wipeout
72. Sputter Stop 92 - Murray Clutchburn
73. Spare Mint 93 - Ernie Gearson
74. Tach O Mint 101 - Greg Candyman
75. Lil Torquey Pistons 117 - Ralph Carlow
76. Clutch Aid 121 - Kevin Shiftright (Rookie)
77. No Stall 123 - Todd Marcus (part time)
78. Clim Em Lawn Service 127 - Steve Myers
79. Blizzard 128 - David Sweet
80. Nolio City 145 - Aladdin Wisconsin
81. Pocos 195 - Walter Kennedy, Jr
82. Run-Off 200 - Jeff Hammer
83. Posta 203 - Kristoff Waterson
84. Windy Power 230 - Stering Carlin
85. Oil Sausages 267 - Ricky Hoodson
86. TurboBurst 271 - Ryan Noonan
87. Parker Stars 281 - Abbey Parker Senior

## Backups

1. Intersection 00 - Lavender Charger (Replacing Geoffrey Pillar For The Last 7 Races Due To Being Suspended)
2. Octane Gain 13 - Ruby Rome (Replacing Billy For The 2001 BNL 500 For Unknown Reasons)
3. Pepsi 25 - Ken Schroeder (Replacing Robotnik Chicks For The Nightdona 500 And Target 350 For Unknown Reasons but failed to qualify for the Target 350)
4. 43 Drive Away 66 - Mavis Axler (Replacing Ruby Nightcar For The Las Vegas 400 When Ruby Was In Tears After Dales Death)
5. Moon Stones 66 - Ruby Nightcar (Replacing Kelly Moonwater Junior For 5 Races Cause Kelly Died And Ruby Was In Tears Cause Kelly Was Ruby’s Childhood Friend)
6. Carbon Cyber 67 - Amy Tirecar (Replacing Stace Cyper For 2 Races After Stace's Accident In The Target 350)

## Race Winners

1. Nightdona 500 - Michael Cartrip
2. Las Vegas 400 - Lee General
3. Texas 350 - Chick Hicks
4. Olympus 500 - Strip Weathers
5. Ben's Hot Sauce 350 - Murray Clutchburn
6. Palm Mile 300 - Dan Sheldon
7. BnL 500 - Ruby Nightcar
8. Vitoline 350 - Ponchy Wipeout
9. New York 400 - Billy Oilchanger
10. Homestead 350 - Ruby Oaks
11. Clutch Aid/Cozsen 400 - Winford Bradford Rutherford
12. Mood Springs 400 - Ruby Oaks
13. Nitroade 400 - Strip Weathers
14. N20 Cola 400 - Dale Earnhardt Jr
15. Michigan 400 - Ralph Carlow
16. Los Angeles 500 - Mac Icar
17. Rev N Go 350 - Claude Scruggs
18. Brickyard 400 - Mac Icar
19. Mario Andretti 400 - Strip Weathers
20. Gasprin 400 - Greg Candyman
21. Copper Canyon 400 - Ryan Shields
22. Calladega 500 - Dale Earnhardt Jr
23. Boston 350 - Ruby Nightcar
24. Tow Cap 400 - Jeff Hammer
25. Leak Less 400 - Ruby Nightcar
26. Fei 400 - James Cleanair
27. No Stall 350 - Crusty Rotor
28. Sputter Stop 400 - Lee Revkins
29. Spare Mint 400 - Sky Lewis
30. Revolting 400 - Eugene Carbureski
31. Octane Gain 400 - Murray Clutchburn
32. Memphis 400 - Greg Candyman
33. Heartland 500 - Claude Scruggs
34. Washington 350 - TBA
35. Richmond 400 - Clipper Tirecar
36. Dinoco 400 - Strip Weathers

## Driver Retirements

* Dale Earnhardt Senior D.E.A.D
* Barrel Brakedrum Retired
* Alice Axler D.E.A.D
* Ron Blaster Retired
* Kelly Moonwater Junior D.E.A.D