when where and who

RICK MILLER · **Posted:** Jul Tue 22, 2008 1:58 pm

We started racing Pro Street in 1995. The rules then were alot closer to what NPS is today.

bbnova · **Posted:** Jul Tue 22, 2008 2:04 pm

Tema BBNova was there.

Norwalk, can't remember the year though.

Tony Valente won...

RICK MILLER · **Posted:** Jul Tue 22, 2008 2:36 pm

2000?? 2001???

Keith Seymore · **Posted:** Jul Tue 22, 2008 2:40 pm

This was my feeble attempt at being helpful over on the other board:

"I don't recall, but remember before these cars were "Nostalgia" and were the big dogs in Pro Street.

I was there watching when Danny Scott won in Memphis in 1994; that was a couple years after the first Hot Rod magazine sponsored Memphis shoot out in 1992 (I believe)."

Checking my notes I show that I partipated in NMCA events in 1999 and then NSCA events in 2000.

So - the question then becomes: was NPS started at the beginning of the association, in 2000, or later on?

Summary of the history of the Tony Depillo organizations:

1999 and prior - NMCA
2000 - NSCA
2001 - NMCA
2002 - NMCA/NSCA "Super Series"
2003 - NMCA
2004 - NSCA
2005 - NSCA
2006 - NSCA
2007 - NSCA
2008 - RIP

bbnova · **Posted:** Jul Tue 22, 2008 3:10 pm

Looks like I will have to call the expert....

Brian Mullaney :shock:

RICK MILLER · **Posted:** Jul Tue 22, 2008 3:17 pm

Tony was with NSCA in 1998. Frank was running it and Tony was involved. But didn't own it yet.

Keith Seymore · **Posted:** Jul Tue 22, 2008 4:05 pm

RICK MILLER wrote:

Tony was with NSCA in 1998. Frank was running it and Tony was involved. But didn't own it yet.

Do you mean NMCA?

My race calendar shows that I attended a Norwalk NMCA event in May of 1998.

I will agree that Tony was in on the deal (not necessarily as owner) with Frank and (maybe) Jim Sellers in that timeframe; my point was that I didn't think the NSCA naming came into being until 1999, and also trying to make a distinction between Tony's organization vs the Hot Rod/Charlie Harmon NMCA.

K

Keith Seymore · **Posted:** Jul Tue 22, 2008 4:08 pm

Keith Seymore wrote:

My race calendar shows that I attended a Norwalk NMCA event in May of 1998.

Looks like I ran the Norwalk and Union Grove NMCA events in 1997, too...

That's as far back as my Franklin planner goes. Beyond that, I'd have to start looking at time slips in the data book...

:lol:

RICK MILLER · **Posted:** Jul Tue 22, 2008 4:20 pm

NSCA Started in 1998. We ran at Virginia motorsports park. It was their 3rd race as a sanctioning body. We then ran the rest of the season with them at Mid michigan, Bowling Green and the finals were at Columbus. They still had the little tech trailer that the M was peeled off of and an S stuck in it's place. :lol:

We were at the 1997 NMCA race at Norwalk. That's where the wheelie bars snapped off and I stood the car up about 6ft. It was 1st round elims against Animal Jim driving Bob Geratugas (sp) Lincoln Mark 8

Keith Seymore · **Posted:** Jul Tue 22, 2008 4:33 pm

I'll meet you halfway...

:lol:

I made a mistake, and see that there are a mixture of NSCA and NMCA meets on my calendar, but I don't see any NSCA on my 1998 calendar.

I'm sure I would have run with Tony's organization if that was the first year...

RICK MILLER wrote:

NSCA Started in 1998.

Are you sure it wasn't 1999?

RICK MILLER wrote:

We were at the 1997 NMCA race at Norwalk. That's where the wheelie bars snapped off and I stood the car up about 6ft. It was 1st round elims against Animal Jim driving Bob Geratugas (sp) Lincoln Mark 8

I was there, too! :lol:

Keith Seymore · **Posted:** Jul Tue 22, 2008 4:42 pm

bbnova wrote:

Tema BBNova was there.

Norwalk, can't remember the year though.

Tony Valente won...

Don't you keep your old timeslips? Can't you go back and check your records?

RICK MILLER · **Posted:** Jul Tue 22, 2008 4:43 pm

RICK MILLER wrote:

We were at the 1997 NMCA race at Norwalk. That's where the wheelie bars snapped off and I stood the car up about 6ft. It was 1st round elims against Animal Jim driving Bob Geratugas (sp) Lincoln Mark 8

I was there, too! :lol:

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You don't happen to have a picture do you?

RICK MILLER · **Posted:** Jul Tue 22, 2008 4:45 pm

Keith Seymore wrote:

bbnova wrote:

Tema BBNova was there.

Norwalk, can't remember the year though.

Tony Valente won...

Don't you keep your old timeslips? Can't you go back and check your records?

I have some timeslips. I also have a t-shirt that has my car and 1998 NSCA finals printed below. And I have the program from the awards banquet that was in Columbus a few weeks after the race.

RICK MILLER · **Posted:** Jul Tue 22, 2008 4:47 pm

RICK MILLER wrote:

Keith Seymore wrote:

bbnova wrote:

Tema BBNova was there.

Norwalk, can't remember the year though.

Tony Valente won...

Don't you keep your old timeslips? Can't you go back and check your records?

I have some timeslips. I also have a t-shirt that has my car and 1998 NSCA finals printed below. And I have the program from the awards banquet that was in Columbus a few weeks after the race.

My bad. I answered the wrong question. :oops:

RICK MILLER · **Posted:** Jul Tue 22, 2008 4:59 pm

cailin wrote:

To clarify i wanted to know the info on the "first race" where the words Nostalgia Pro Street to the lanes please occurred And how different the rules are from than to now ? How has the class changed. And was there a race before any organization even picked the class up ?
And thanks for the input !

Did you really think this post would stay on topic? :lol:

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