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1940 Piston Cup Season

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The 1940 Piston Cup Season was the 1st season of the Piston Cup Racing Series.

Racers[]

  • Bold - Rookie
  • Italics - Part-Timer
  1. 0 - Lee Michaels
  2. Pepsi 01 - Jay Roper
  3. Albertsons & AXELE 03 - Buff Posey
  4. 06 - Harold Turner
  5. Grandol Oil Co. 2 - Tony Steeringson (15, 19, 26, 28)
  6. Speed Water 4 - Blue Byrev (1-13, 15-30) Don Choden (14)
  7. Sunoco 10 - Ray Steeringson
  8. Bench Engineering, AC41 and Krelman Private Select Honey 12 - Roy Bench
  9. 14 - Tilpey Redline (1-6, 8-30) Owen Carman (7)
  10. Japanese Noodles 16 - Ya Chun Fei
  11. 22 - Bill Clark (1-4, 5, 15, 18-20, 25-26, 29)
  12. 25 - Eddy Duke
  13. 25 - Albert Brakeson Carburettor Drive (11, 15, 19, 26, 28)
  14. 26 - George Thomason
  15. Savoy & Ernest Savings 27 - Robert Allman (1-6, 8-30) Frank Chapcar (7, 15)
  16. Gemstone Ruby Industry’s, MD, IVC, Speed News, WTY, Raich Autos, Multi Pecas, 2DA & Pocos 37 - Robert Finchum
  17. Turbo Energy 50 - Henry Wayne
  18. Clutch Aid and Cozsen 121 - Kurt Shiftright

Race Winners[]

  1. (Mar 10) Beachside 500 - Jay Roper (1)
  2. (Mar 17) Southern Gold 400 - Blue Byrev (1)
  3. (Mar 24) WTY 400 - Ya Chun Fei (1)
  4. (Mar 31) Clutch Aid 300 - Jay Roper (2)
  5. (Apr 7) IVC 400 - Buff Posey (1)
  6. (Apr 14) AC41 300 - Jay Roper (3)
  7. (Apr 21) Fireball Beach 350 - Ya Chun Fei (2)
  8. (Apr 28) Raich Autos 350 - Henry Wayne (1)
  9. (May 5) Sunoco 400 - Ya Chun Fei (3)
  10. (May 12) AXELE 450 - Jay Roper (4)
  11. (May 19) Stanley Hill 100⅞ - Buff Posey (2)
  12. (May 26) Japanese Noodles 250 - Buff Posey (3)
  13. (Jun 2) Thomasville 400 - Robert Allman
  14. (Jun 9) Multi Pecas 350 - Jay Roper (5)
  15. (Jun 16) Port Royal 500 - Blue Byrev (2)
  16. (Jun 23) Speed News 400 - Ya Chun Fei (4)
  17. (Jun 30) Gemstone 400 - Jay Roper (6)
  18. (Jul 7) Coszen 400 - Buff Posey (4)
  19. (Jul 14) Greensville 350 - TBA
  20. (Jul 21) Hollywood 400 - Henry Wayne (2)
  21. (Jul 28) Heartland 400 - Jay Roper (7)
  22. (Aug 4) Pocos 400 - Robert Finchum
  23. (Aug 11) Turbo Energy 400 - Harold Turner
  24. (Aug 18) Pepsi 400 - Buff Posey (5)
  25. (Aug 25) Raich Autos 400 - Jay Roper (8)
  26. (Sep 1) 2DA 400 - Blue Byrev (3)
  27. (Sep 8) Thunder Hollow 500 - Kurt Shiftright
  28. (Sep 15) Faster 500 - Buff Posey (6)
  29. (Sep 22) Savoy 400 - Jay Roper (9)
  30. (Sep 29) Virginia 400 - Jay Roper (10)

Win Chart[]

  1. Jay Roper - 10 Wins
  2. Buff Posey - 6 Wins
  3. Ya Chun Fei - 4 Wins
  4. Blue Byrev - 3 Wins
  5. Henry Wayne - 2 Wins
  6. Robert Allman - 1 Win
  7. Robby Hammond - 1 Win
  8. Robert Finchum - 1 Win
  9. Harold Turner - 1 Win
  10. Kurt Shiftright - 1 win

Championship Standings[]

After 15/30 races

  1. Jay Roper - 5584 points
  2. Ya Chun Fei - 5472 points
  3. Buff Posey - 5256 points
  4. Kurt Shiftright - 5052 points
  5. Lee Michaels - 4944 points
  6. Blue Byrev - 4795 points
  7. Robert Finchum - 4751 points
  8. Henry Wayne - 4331 points
  9. Roy Bench - 4235 points
  10. Ray Steeringson - 4186 points
  11. Harold Turner - 3833 points
  12. Robert Allman - 3619 points
  13. Eddy Duke - 3117 points
  14. George Thomason - 2786 points
  15. Tilpey Redline - 2678 points
  16. Bill Clark - 1682 points
  17. Frank Chapcar - 848 points
  18. Albert Brakeson Carburettor Drive - 687 points
  19. Tony Steeringson - 500 points
  20. Don Choden - 400 points
  21. Owen Carman - 20 points

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • Ya Chun Fei, Ray Steeringson and Roy Bench are the last surviving racers of the season and after Bench's pitty Frank Window died age 100 in 2020 the last surviving pitties are Carl Friedrichs, Jim Cascan, and Robert Bruisfield. Sadly no crew chiefs from the season are still alive. The last one was Dennis Scheck who died on March 9, 2023.

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