It was before my time, but iirc CH products provided the joysticks for FIRST awhile ago. Flightstick something. We still have one and it's our favorite driving stick. Ambidextrous too. But now they are just USB and expensive. (though USB isn't really an issue anymore).
http://www.chproducts.com/retail/j_flight_pro.html would be awesome if not for the price.
We have one of the first joystick Lowfategg said, but it's not ambidextrous. Good quality though.