Cal Weathers

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## Cal Weathers

* 2006-Present
* 2003-2005

## General

### Birth date

March 12, 1980 (1980-03-12) (age 43)Asheville, North Carolina

### Model

Axxelo Fission (2003-2005)
Capitol Motors Mark ll (2006-?)

## Racing

### First Year

2003 (Juniors)
2006 (Piston Cup)

### Last Year

2005 (Juniors)
2016 (Piston Cup)

### Piston Cup Racing Series Wins

TBA Career Wins
1 Piston Cup (2011)

*"We had good times together, I'm gonna miss that the most I think."*
―Cal Weathers saying goodbye to Lightning McQueen
**Cal "The Prince" Weathers** is a former American professional racing driver who competed for Dinoco in the Junior Piston Cup Pro Series from 2003 to 2005 and then the Piston Cup Racing Series from 2006 to 2016. He also served as the reserve driver for his uncle Strip Weathers from 2003 to 2005.

## Career

### Juniors (2003-2005)

Following the retirement of John Swift, Cal was hired to race in the Junior Piston Cup Pro Series as well as being the reserve driver for his uncle Strip in the Piston Cup Racing Series. Cal would win his first race at Florida in 2003 and would end up winning the Junior Piston Cup Rookie of the Year award that same year after taking 3 wins and finishing 6th in the championship. 2004 would be better as he picked up 5 wins but finished 4th in the standings as he lost out to John Harper who won his second title that year. In 2005 he would win 6 races and finish 2nd in the standings behind 2005 Juniors champion Brick Yardley. Since his uncle Strip retired that year, he was announced as his replacement.

### Piston Cup (2006-2016)

Weathers entered the 2006 season to a decent start. He picked up his first win at the TBA and then won the TBA. He finished TBA in the standings. 2007 would be a great year as he picked up TBA wins.

2011 however would be his best year as he took home TBA wins, including his first Grand Slam win at the Alabama 500 and would win the Piston Cup for the first time although he didn’t win the final race of the season as he crashed out on the 227th lap.

To be continued..

## Pit Crew

* Crew Chief - Strip Weathers
* Tire Changer 1 - Luke Pettlework (2006) Bart Pettlework (2007-?)
* Tire Changer 2 - Mike Pettlework (2006-2009) Will Pettlework
* Jackpitty - Lane Pettlework
* Tire Carrier 1 - Jakson Fenderson (2006-2011) Harry Roads (2012-2016)
* Tire Carrier 2 - Paul Whiteman
* Gaspitty - Hamish Towhitch (2006-2007), Blue Peter III (2007-2016)
* Utility Pitty - Gibby Gears (2006-2013), Rich Ram (2014-2016)
* Hauler - Gray (2006-2009), Haulena Fecho (2010-2016)
* Team Owner - Tex Dinoco

## Wins (TBA)

* **Bold - Grand Slam rounds**

2. 2007 Transberry Juice 400
3. 2007 Georgia Safety Horn 350
4. 2007 Simpletown 400
5. 2008 RPM 400
6. 2008 Copper Canyon 400
7. 2008 DataShift 400
8. 2009 Vinyl Toupee 350
9. 2009 Mood Springs 400
10. 2009 Brickyard 400
11. 2010 Re-Volting 400
12. 2010 Pocono 400
13. **2013 Florida 500**
14. 2013 Gasprin 350
15. 2013 Simpletown 400
16. 2015 Tow Cap 400
17. 2015 Pocono 400
18. 2015 Sputter Stop 350
19. 2016 Iowa Hybrid 450

## Gallery

Cars 3 - Cal Weather's Retirement (Movie Clip)Car Racing Pranks! - Pixar CarsIn The 2016 Dinoco 400 With Lightning McQueen and Bobby SwiftWinning the 2016 Iowa Hybrid 450
## Trivia

* If Lightning McQueen never raced, he would have 8 championships, and would have more wins.
* He had two working names before Pixar finalized on Cal: Hank Weathers and Strip Weathers Jr. The name Hank Weathers is seen on the original version of Cal’s diecast.