2006 Piston Cup Season

The 2006 Piston Cup Season had Lightning McQueen win his first Piston Cup. Cal Weathers, Strip Weathers' nephew debuted for Dinoco replacing him. Johnny Blamer was fired and replaced by Tommy Highbanks. Chick Hicks in the Dinoco 400, caused the career ending crash of Rusty Cornfuel. This was the last season for Rusty Cornfuel, Lee Revkins, Kevin Racingtire, Slider Petrolski, and Ryan Shields. Haul Inngas retired after this season due to health problems which affected him these last few years. He was replaced by his son Liam Inngas who was let go after 2012 because of Retread shutting down their racing team.

## 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 42 - Cal "The Prince" Weathers **(Rookie)**
10. Easy Idle 51 - Ruby Oaks
11. Leak Less 52 - Claude Scruggs
12. Faux Wheel Drive 54 - Tommy Highbanks **(Rookie)**
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
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
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

## Races & The Winners

1. Nightdona 500**-Lightning McQueen**
2. Glen Ellen 350**-Darren Leadfoot**
3. Leak Less 400**-Chick Hicks**
4. Copper Canyon 400**-Floyd Mulvihill**
5. Southern Gold 300**-Lightning McQueen**
6. Lightyear 500**-Todd Marcus**
7. Corrosion Seal 400**-Kevin Shiftright**
8. Palm Mile 300**-Sage VanDerSpin**
9. Octane Gain 400**-Crusty Rotor**
10. Pizza Planet 250**-James Cleanair**
11. Vitoline 400**-Floyd Mulvihill**
12. Calladega 500**-Brush Curber**
13. Gask-Its 350**-Lightning McQueen**
14. Mood Springs 400**-Cal Weathers**
15. Shiny Wax 250**-Winford Bradford Rutherford**
16. Trunk Fresh 400**-Dale Earnhardt Jr.**
17. No Stall 350**-Mac ICar**
18. Virginia 400**-Murray Clutchburn**
19. Transberry Juice 400**-Darren Leadfoot**
20. RPM 350**-Ralph Carlow**
21. Rev N Go 350**-Greg Candyman**
22. Vinyl Toupee 400**-Davey Apex**
23. Dinoco Records 400**-Dirkson D'Agostino**
24. Iowa Hybird 450**-Cal Weathers**
25. Georgia Safety Horn 350**-Aiken Axler**
26. Dinoco Light 350**-Kevin Shiftright**
27. Los Angeles 500**-Eugene Carburski**
28. Grandol Oil 400**-Ernie Gearson**
29. Frostar Air Filters 400**-Claude Scruggs**
30. BnL 500**-Chick Hicks**
31. Mood Springs Sputter Stop 350**-Kevin Shiftright**
32. DataShift 400**-Brush Curber**
33. Sun Valley 400**-Lightning McQueen**
34. Bumper Save Gears & Glory 450**-Ponchy Wipeout**
35. Beachside 500**-Lightning McQueen**
36. Dinoco 400**-Lightning McQueen**

## Final Standings

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