National Sportsman Championship
History
As the NSC is just around the corner
now would be a good time to share a little history
about the series. This series has evolved over time. The
best comparison is to relate it to the NASCAR Busch
series. First it started out with with a million short
track races along with short track cars. Then NASCAR
changed the format to it's present schedule. The cars
went from Saturday Nite Specials with small blocks to
a Nextel Cup clone car with V-6's for power. It presently
uses the Nextel Cup type body but now has small blocks
back under the hood. It's still the BUSCH series just in
different forms over the years. The same can be said for
the NSCS. Back in 2000 we wanted to come up with a year
end special event, a big blowout. Bob Allega (Oxford
Raceway, Ma. shop owner) along with Ray Peitavino and Al
Perschilli came up with the "Sportsman Championship" to be run in
March 2001.We ran Sportsman cars (LL & Tyco stock) with NASCAR type
bodies along with a few other divisions. It was a hit. A huge
turnout. We realized that we hit a home run with this event. In
fact, everyone wanted to do it again. We ran the event in 2002
with the same cars but changed the name to "New England Sportsman
Championship". In 2003 we repeated with the same. In 2004 we changed
the name to the "Northeast Sportsman Championship" along with allowing
the neo LL cars to compete. We repeated the same for 2005. 2006
saw the most changes as the name was changed to the "National
Sportsman Championship" along with the format as well the running
gear changed. A series of point events in different regions of the
country was to determind who would start in the event. The LL cars
were replaced with JL's. The series and the "National Sportsman
Championship" were a big hit. Interest poured in and is still
pouring in. Over the years while the name,format and running gear
has changed, two things haven't changed since day one, the bodies
have always been a NASCAR type and the competition level has increased
each year.
Below is a rundown of the event's past champions.
2001 Oxford Raceway Oxford,Mass. Buck Track Roadcourse
Bob Cordeau Whittinsville, Mass.
2002 Oxford Raceway Oxford,Mass. Maxx Tri-Oval
Bruce Gordon Spencer, Mass.
2003 Oxford Raceway Oxford,Mass. Maxx Tri-Oval
Bruce Gordon Spencer, Mass.
2004 Monster Mile Harrisville,R.I. Hi-Banked Superspeedway Oval
Al Perschilli Harrisville, R.I.
2005 Big Bend Raceway Windsor, Ct. Maxx Flat Track Superspeedway
Matt Carmone Barrington, R.I.
2006 DCM Raceway Hamilton Sq. N.J. Wizzard 4x16 Roadcourse
James Tindall Hamilton Sq. N.J.
2007 Pit Stop Raceway Claremont N.C. Tomy 4 Sided Oval
Chris Walker Claremont N.C.
2008 Juniper Raceway, Southbridge, MA., Bucktrack Roadcourse
James Tindall Hamilton Sq. N.J.
2009 DCM Raceway, Hamilton Square, N.J., Wizzard 4x16 Roadcourse
James Tindall Hamilton Sq. N.J.
2010 Juniper Raceway, Southbridge, MA., Bianchi Slider Oval
Rich Audette Springfield, MA
After 7 month's of tough competition from Maine
to the Carolina's it boils down to 1 Race, 1 Champion !
Who will be the 2011 HOCOC National Sportsman Champion ?
Good Luck to all !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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