Stock Car Brasil

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Stock Car Brasil in 2006

Stock Car Brasil in 2007

Stock Car Brasil (officially Copa NEXTEL Stock Car {NEXTEL Cup Stock Car}), also known as Campeonato Brasileiro de Stock Car is a stock car auto racing series held in Brazil. The cars are similar to the ones in NASCAR, although there are no oval tracks. The competing marques are Chevrolet, Mitsubishi, Volkswagen and Peugeot among others.

1 History
- 1.1 Fatal accidents
2 Previous Champions
3 Notable drivers
- 3.1 Former Formula One drivers
  - 3.1.1 Currently in the series
  - 3.1.2 Formerly in the series
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

The first race was held on April 22, 1979 at the Autódromo de Tarumã in Rio Grande do Sul.

Chevrolet was the only motor company in competition until 2005, when Mitsubishi entered competition with Lancer. In 2006 Volkswagen came with Bora and 2007, the fourth competitor, Peugeot with 308. However, all cars use a common chassis and the engine both supplied by ZF Racing. The tire supply is only Pirelli consistently from 1979.

Besides the Stock Car V8 series that is the main series, the event also has two junior leagues, the Vicar Cup (since 1993), formerly Stock Car Light, and Stock Junior (since 2006) series. As for the spec of the Stock Car Light, the engine is suppressed compared with the V8 series though other spec is basically the same as the V8 series and the external is only Chevrolet. Stock Junior uses small race car that combined the engine of Yamaha for motorcycle with the chassis of ZF Racing.

[edit] Fatal accidents

There have been four fatal accidents:

In 1985, Zeca Gregoricinski, a driver, was killed at Interlagos. He was burnt to death.^[1]
In June 2001, Laércio Justino, a driver, was killed at Nelson Piquet Circuit of Brasília after lost control of the car and crashed at the pit lane entrance.^[1]
In September 2003, Raphael Lima Pereira, a photographer of age 19, knocked against the car of Gualter Salles at Campo Grande circuit and died. He was besides the safety area at the accident.^[1]
On 9 December, 2007, Rafael Sperafico, of the Sperafico racing family, was killed in the final race of the Stock Car Light 2007 season at Interlagos. His cousins Rodrigo and Ricardo Sperafico race in the top-level series. It was the first fatal accident in Stock Car Light series.^[2]^[3]^[4]

[edit] Previous Champions

Year	Driver
1979	Paulo Gomes
1980	Ingo Hoffmann
1981	Affonso Giaffone
1982	Alencar Jr.
1983	Paulo Gomes
1984	Paulo Gomes
1985	Ingo Hoffmann
1986	Marcos Garcia
1987	Zeca Giaffone
1988	Fábio Sotto Mayor
1989	Ingo Hoffmann
1990	Ingo Hoffmann
1991	Ingo Hoffmann / Ângelo Giombelli
1992	Ingo Hoffmann / Ângelo Giombelli
1993	Ingo Hoffmann / Ângelo Giombelli
1994	Ingo Hoffmann
1995	Paulo Gomes
1996	Ingo Hoffmann
1997	Ingo Hoffmann
1998	Ingo Hoffmann
1999	Chico Serra
2000	Chico Serra
2001	Chico Serra
2002	Ingo Hoffmann
2003	David Muffato
2004	Giuliano Losacco
2005	Giuliano Losacco
2006	Cacá Bueno
2007	Cacá Bueno

[edit] Notable drivers

Ingo Hoffmann, the 12 times champion.

Affonso Giaffone Filho (1979 - 1980s) - The winner of the first race in 1979, and the champion of the 1981 season. The father of Affonso Giaffone, a IRL driver.
Ingo Hoffmann (1979 - ) - 12 times champion (1980, 1985, 1989-1994, 1996-1998 and 2002) and most winner of the series.
Cacá Bueno (2002 - ) - Champion: 2006 and 2007, Runner-up: 2003, 2004 and 2005. He is a son of Galvão Bueno.