Tin Top

Tin Top was a Piston Cup racer from 1996 - 2007. He scored 19 wins and was champion in 2001.

Tin Top was born with a rare manufacturing defect that meant his eyes were where his headlights were supposed to be. This basically disqualified him from driving on the road, (you know the no headlights) so he became a race car driver instead. He was a pretty good driver in his hay-day but he still give people the heebie jeebies (and who could blame them.) Even despite winning a championship, no one ever actually sponsored him and he had to pay the whole thing from out of his own pocket. It's pretty sad when you think about it.