Texas Tea

Texas Tea was a Piston Cup sponsor from 1973 - 2003. They have sponsored several Piston Cup cars.

1973 - 1978
Texas Tea is an oil company headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. They debuted in the 1973 Carolina 400 with veteran Rick Alloy scoring a 28th place finish. Rick Alloy while racing for Texas Tea scored six Top 5s and 20 Top 10s but never won a race. Rick Alloy retired at the end of 1978.

1979 - 1992
After Rick Alloy retired, Chick Hicks was hired after finishing 2nd in the 1978 CARCA standings. He won his first race at the 1980 Texas 400 beating Darrell Cartrip by two seconds. Quickly, Chick Hicks earned a reputation for his extremely aggressive racing style, often resulting in wrecking other cars.

Even though he managed to win the 1986 Piston Cup Championship, Texas Tea's higher management thought Chick Hicks was giving the brand bad publicity. After Chick Hicks went winless for two straight seasons (1991, 1992) he was fired.

1993 - ???
After being 2nd in the CARCA championship in 1992, Anthony Wilford was promoted to the Piston Cup. His most notable achievement was winning the 2000 Piston Cup Championship, ironically with Chick Hicks finishing in 2nd.