Welcome Hobby Emporium!

Hooligan Motorsports is pleased to welcome Hobby Emporium, New England's largest full line hobby shop, to our family of sponsors for 2012!

In business since 1974, Hobby Emporium carries slot cars, HO & N scale trains, puzzles, paint by numbers, model rocketry, reference books, modeling supplies, plastic models (cars, ships, aircraft, military, motorcycles, etc.) and so much more! 

WHY GROW UP? - visit Hobby Emporium, located inside the TJ Maxx Plaza in Tyngsboro, MA.  Find them on Facebook or give them a call at 978-649-5055. 

Mark your calendars now for Hobby Expo 2012 on Saturday, July 14th from 10:00am - 4:00pm.  Stop by and see the #8 Hooligan Motorsports Legend car and driver, take photos and ask questions.  Plus, see some of the area's top model builders and their handy work.  The event is free... see you there!

2012 Racing Season

Everyone at Hooligan Motorsports is busy working to get the #8 ready for the quickly approaching 2012 season. 

We are also working to finalize agreements with several new sponsors for 2012.  In fact, we should be able to announce our first new sponsor later this week!  If you are interested in unique advertising for your business, contact us at HooliganLegends8@aol.com and we'll put together a sponsorship package that works for you!

2011 - nearly over?

We hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas / Happy Hanukkah / Joyous Kwanzaa / Happy Festivus!  No matter how you celebrate, we hope it was time well spent with family and friends.

Hooligan Motorsports is pleased to have had a successful 2011 rookie Legends season.  Matt finished 9th in NELCAR points and took home the US Legends NH Masters Championship.  We'd like to thank all of our family, friends and fans for the wonderful support over the past year.  We are currently in the process of making repairs and improvements to the #8 in preparation for the 2012 season.  At this time, we are also looking to add to our wonderful list of sponsors.  If you are interested, please contact us ASAP at HooliganLegends8@aol.com.  You can check out the tentative 2012 NELCAR Schedule here.

We wish everyone a Happy New Year and are looking forward

to the 2012 season!

NHMS ~ 10/15/11

reprinted from nelcar.net

Bourgoine Wins Road Course, Beaulieu and Buffington Crowned Champions

As the Amsoil Nelcar Legends Tour season came to a close this past Saturday, you could feel the energy in the pit area as the drivers were preparing for one last shot at a victory before retiring their vehicles for the winter. This time however, the tour was back on the road course at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Shaun Buffington, who came into this race undefeated on the road course, was quickest in practice. The field was realigned after the top eight drivers were inverted and the 18 car Legends field took the track for the final time of the 2011 season.



The 99 of Mike Alton led the field to the green flag with the 399 of Bob Weymouth on his outside. As the field went through the first few corners, debris on the track brought out the first yellow flag. The field realigned and went green for the second time. Alton got a good jump but it was Weymouth who got the lead after the first few corners. On the second lap, the 23 of Shawn Buffington lost his brakes heading into turn four, which lead him to make contact with the 56 of Evan Beaulieu. Beaulieu was able to continue on, but Buffington saw his day end early.



On the restart, Weymouth led the field to the green, but it didn’t take long before the 38 of Matt Bourgoine overtook him for the race lead. Around the halfway point the 20 of Taylor Martin spun in the downhill section of the track and was stuck in the grass, forcing the full course yellow.



On the final restart of the race, Bourgoine once again got the jump and took off. However, the 79 of Max Zachem was right on him in the race for the win. At the end, it was all Bourgoine as he showed his skill on the road course and pulled away to take the victory. Beaulieu raced his way from the rear of the field to finish second in a thrilling race with Zachem who settled for third. Rookie Reid Lanpher and Tom Gray rounded out the top five.



Ironically enough, even after their incident, both Beaulieu and Buffington were crowned champions after the event. Evan Beaulieu solidified the Amsoil Nelcar Legends Tour championship in his fourth full season of racing Legend Cars. Shawn Buffington captured the NHMS championship with his dominating season on both the quarter mile oval and the 1.6 mile road course. This was a season to remember, as many drivers found victory lane, and it was one of the most competitive in the tour’s history. The tour would like to thank its competitors, fans, and sponsors for a successful 2011 season, and to keep updated over the offseason, and how to get involved before opening day in 2012, visit Nelcar.net.

Photos by Chris Roy, official Nelcar photographer

Last Race of 2011 This Saturday!

Don't miss the last NELCAR Legends race of 2011 as the cars take to the road course at NHMS on Saturday afternoon, October 15th!







Photos by Chris Roy, rpm photography

STAR Race Postponed to October 8th

Due to Mother Nature, the NELCAR Legends race at Star Speedway has been postponed to Saturday night, October 8th! Come out to support the #8 Hooligan Motorsports team, as well as our fellow Legends drivers. Please sign in at the Legends window, as this is how the track will know how many fans and friends the series brings to the track -- and hopefully get the NELCAR series on the regular schedule for 2012!

NHMS ~ 9/27/11

reprinted from nelcar.net

Buffington Takes Sylvania 300 Pre Race Victory!

The Amsoil Nelcar Legends Tour made a return to the New Hampshire Motor Speedway for the Sylvania 300 Nascar Sprint Cup Series event. This race was huge not only because it had only the best of the best in New England in this invitational only event, but also because it marked a year since the first event for Legends Cars at “The Magic Mile.” Although the racing is much different than most drivers in the North East are used too, they have adapted well and put on a great show for the thousands who packed into the seats. Those fans were treated to a spectacular race as the drivers took to the quarter mile as the pre race for the Sylvania 300.

The 25 lap feature lineup was determined from practice speeds, and the 18 of Tom Gray took the top spot with his teammate Shawn Buffington in the 23 on the outside. On the start, the two drove side by side for the first few laps, with Buffington able to get the lead around the outside with Gray, the 38 of Matt Bourgoine and the 56 of Evan Beaulieu right behind. The drivers at the front were dicing it out for the race lead before Beaulieu went for a solo spin in turn three, bringing out the first and only caution of the race. During the caution period, Gray, running in second had to pull off with an oil leak, ending his hopes of winning early.

For the start with 14 laps remaining, Buffington got the jump on Bourgoine. While there was a mad dash for the second spot, Buffington was able to pull away just a bit over that battle between Bourgoine and the 79 of Max Zachem. As the final laps ran incident free, Buffington once again added to his dominance at NHMS, taking the win on Sylvania 300 weekend! Zachem was able to wrestle his way to second after starting deep in the field. Bourgoine ended up in third while the 59 of Reid Lanpher and the 20 of Taylor Martin rounded out the top five.

After post race inspection, Martin did not pass, handing the top five position to Beaulieu in the final rundown. While this race was not a NHMS or Nelcar points race, it was the final points race for the National Legends Points, which many drivers in the race were gunning for. The next race comes in just a week as the Tour will make it’s debut at Star Speedway on Saturday, October 1st. Racing starts at 6PM. For more info, news and how you can get into the fast and fun racing that Legends has to offer, visit Nelcar.net