1979 Piston Cup Season

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1979 Piston Cup Season
Previous season	1978
Next season	1980
Strip Weathers, now the 1971, 1974, 1975 and 1979 Piston Cup champion
Season Information
Number of races	36
Season opener	Virginia 400
Season finale	Full Throttle 400
Points	175-170-165-160-155-150-146-142-138-134-130-127-124-121-118-115-112-109-106-103-100-97-94-91-88-85-82-79-76-73-70-67-64-61-58-55-52-49-46-43-40-37-34
Championship
Champion	Strip Weathers
Runner-Up	TBA
3rd	TBA
Awards
Rookie of the Year	Dale Earnhardt
Most Popular Driver	TBA

The 1979 Piston Cup season was the 31st season of the Piston Cup Racing Series.

Racers

• (R) - Rookie

1. Pepsi 01 - Sam Krankzler
2. Sidewall Shine 3 - Dale Earnhardt (R)
3. Tow Cap 4 - David Palmer
4. Texas Tea 9 - Bill Racelott
5. View Zeen 10 - Bill Shields
6. No Stall 13 - Marvin Johnson
7. Gatorade 17 - Darrell Cartrip
8. Buy N Large 23 - Nathan Allison
9. Nitroade and Gasprin 28 - Andrew Axler
10. Rubbertons Co. 30 - R.A. Rubberton
11. Lucky's Bar & Grill and Ulysses Mining Co. 31 - Alex Quint (1-3, 10-36)
12. Mood Springs 33 - Bill Brady
13. Trunk Fresh 34 - Alloy Wilson
14. Shifty Drug 35 - Harold Axel
15. Tank Coat 36 - Dick Miller
16. Dinoco 43 - Strip Weathers
17. Oxnard 48 - Thomas Tanrev
18. Easy Idle 51 - Ronald Oaks (1-10) Joe Carbureski (11-36)
19. Leak Less 52 - Michael Smith
20. Southern Gold Gasoline 53 - Thomas Tireson
21. Fiber Fuel 56 - Charles Johnson
22. Corrosion Seal 57 - Pete Wilson
23. Octane Gain 58 - Bernie Simpson
24. Vitoline 61 - William Highbanks
25. Transberry Juice 63 - Brad Gonzalez
26. RPM 64 - Don Chapcar
27. Southern Special 67 - Bertie Fast
28. N20 Cola 68 - Ron Pitcar
29. Gasprin 70 - Mike Yankee
30. Sludgee 71 - John Watson
31. Rev-N-Go 73 - Tony Steeringson Jr.
32. Frostar Air Filters 75 - Cole Speedland
33. Retread 79 - Norman Green
34. Gask-Its 80 - Billy Ford
35. Shiny Wax 82 - Tom Landis (R)
36. Re-Volting 84 - Spyder Dangerford
37. Cozsen 86 - Chick Hicks (R)
38. Chop Saves 87 - James Carlidge (1-31)
39. Bumper Save 90 - James Robson
40. Sputter Stop 92 - Herbert Brown
41. Spare Mint 93 - Ernie Gearson
42. Tuxedo Plumbing 98 - Jonathan Melter
43. Clutch Aid and Cozsen 121 - Kraig Shiftright
44. Motor Oil 122 - Klint Shiftright (R)

Race Winners

1. TBA

Win chart

1. TBA

Standings

1. TBA

Gallery

Sam Krankzler

Dale Earnhardt

David Palmer

Bill Shields

Marvin Johnson

Mike Seasons

Darrell Cartrip

Nathan Allison

Morris Axler

R.A. Rubberton

Alex Quint (1-3)

Alex Quint (10-36)

Bill Brady

Alloy Wilson

Harold Axel

Dick Miller

Strip Weathers

Thomas Tanrev

Ronald Oaks

Joe Carbureski

Michael Smith

Thomas Tireson

Charles Johnson (1-27)

Charles Johnson (28-36)

Pete Wilson

Bernie Simpson

William Highbanks

Brad Gonzalez

Don Chapcar

Bertie Fast

Ron Pitcar

Mike Yankee

John Watson

Tony Steeringson Jr.

Jordan Powers

Cole Speedland

Norman Green

Billy Ford

Tom Landis

Spyder Dangerford

Chick Hicks

James Carlidge

James Robson

Herbert Brown

Ernie Gearson

Jonathan Melter

Kraig Shiftright

Klint Shiftright (Motor Oil).png

Klint Shiftright

Trivia

• Final season for R.A. Rubberton, Michael Smith and James Carlidge.