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{{Motorsport venue| Name = New Hampshire International Speedway |
Nicknames = Loudon
The Magic Mile |
Image = |
Location = 1122 [New Hampshire Route 106, [Loudon, New Hampshire 03307|
Broke_ground =
August 13, [ |
Opened =
June 5, [ |
Owner = Bob and Gary Bahre |
Operator = New Hampshire International Speedway, Inc. |
Former_names = Bryar Motorsport Park |
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[Lenox Industrial Tools 300, [Sylvania 300
NASCAR Busch SeriesNew England 200 presented by RVs.com
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Sylvania 200Motorcycles Loudon Classic)|
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Miles_first = True |
Length_mi = 1.058 |
Length_km = 1.703 |
Banking = Turns - 12% grade, about 7 degrees
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-->
New Hampshire International Speedway is a 1.058 mile (1703 m) oval track which has hosted
NASCAR racing since the 1990s. It is commonly referred to by its location, Loudon, New Hampshire.
History
The track was opened in June 1990, after nine months of construction following the Bahre family's purchase of the Bryar Motorsports Park. The existing road circuit was redeveloped into a multi-purpose track, with NASCAR added to the popular Loudon Classic motorcycle, World Karting Association go-kart and
Sports Car Club of America races on the complex. It was the largest speedway in New England, and later expansion has made it the largest sports venue of any type in the region. NASCAR made its debut at the track in July 1990, with a Busch Series race won by
Tommy Ellis. For three years, the Busch Series hosted a pair of races at the track each year.
These races were successful and led to Loudon earning a spot on the NEXTEL Cup schedule in 1993. Rusty Wallace won the inaugural Slick 50 300 in July of that year.
A second race was added to the schedule in 1997, taking one of the spots that
North Wilkesboro Speedway once had on the schedule after that track was sold in an estate sale. The race is held in the middle of September, and in 2004, Loudon became the first race in NASCAR's Chase for the Cup "playoff" series.
The track also hosted open wheel racing for seven years, hosting CART from 1992-1995, then the Indy Racing League from 1996-1998.
In 2000, the track was the site of a pair of fatal accidents which took the lives of promising young drivers. In May, while practicing for a Busch Series race, Adam Petty perished when his throttle stuck exiting the second turn, resulting in a full speed crash head-on in the middle of the third and fourth turns. When the Winston Cup Series made their first appearance of the season, a similar fate befell 1998 Rookie of the Year Kenny Irwin, Jr.. For safety reasons, track owners decided to run
restrictor plates on the cars during their return trip to the speedway in September 2000, making it the first track in recent history outside of Daytona and Talladega to use them. It would be the last one as well; an uneventful race won by
Jeff Burton, which had no lead changes, was the result of the experiment. It was the first wire-to-wire race since the 1970's.
The 2001
Sylvania 300 was originally scheduled for September 16, the Sunday after the
September 11 terrorist attacks. NASCAR initially announced that the race would be held as scheduled, but the event was postponed until the Friday after Thanksgiving. There was much concern about the weather, but race day turned out to be unseasonably mild. Robby Gordon won that race.
Two changes were made. In 2002, in an effort to increase competitive racing, the track's corners were turned into a progressive banking system, as the apron was paved and became part of the track, and the track's banking was varied from 4 degrees in the lower two lanes to 12% grade (about seven degrees). The addition of SAFER barriers to the corner walls was made in 2003.
During the September 2003 Sylvania 300, an incident occurred at this track involving
Dale Jarrett where his car was stuck in the middle of the race track and was in danger of getting hit while other cars raced back to the caution flag. As a result, NASCAR banned racing back to the caution flag, resulting in a "free pass" (popularly referred to as "the lucky dog") in which the first car behind the leader not on the lead lap would get their lap back during each caution period in all of NASCAR's national and regional series.
In mid-May 2006, Loudon was one of many New England communities which experienced damaging floods after a week of near-record rainfall. Several roads and bridges were washed out near the speedway. The infield was flooded, as was the track itself (while a road racing event was going on.) The facility also experienced flooding in October 2005.
Pronunciation - Loudon is pronounced
lau' d&n as in loud un except with the d in the second syllable instead of in the first.
Current Events
Records
- NASCAR Nextel Cup Qualifying: Ryan Newman, 28.561 sec. (133.357 mph), 2003
- NASCAR Nextel Cup Race: Jeff Burton, 2 hrs. 42 min. 35 sec. (117.134 mph), 1997
- NASCAR Busch Series Qualifying: Kevin Harvick, 29.138 sec. (130.716 mph), 2001
- NASCAR Busch Series Race: Bobby Hamilton Jr., 1 hr. 55 min. 2 sec. (110.368 mph), 2002
- NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Qualifying: Mike Skinner (NASCAR), 29.383 sec. (129.626 mph), 2006
- NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Race: Jack Sprague, 1 hr. 56 min. 13 sec. (109.244 mph), 2001
- NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Qualifying: Mike Ewanitsko, North Babylon, NY, 28.693 sec. (132.743 mph), 2001
- NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Race: Chuck Hossfeld, Ransomville, NY, 1 hr. 2 min. 33 sec. (101.487 mph), 2002
Open wheel race history
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"|-! Season! Date! Winning Driver! Chassis! Engine|-!colspan=5|CART Champ Car history|-| 1992|
July 5| [Lola Racing Cars|
Chevrolet-
Ilmor| [Nigel Mansell| [Ford-Cosworth| [Al Unser Jr.| [Mercedes-Benz-Ilmor| [André Ribeiro| [Honda| [August 18| [Lola Racing Cars|
Ford-Cosworth| [August 17| [Panoz| [Oldsmobile| [June 28| [Dallara|}
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Race Winners
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"|-! Season! Date! Winning Driver! Car #! Sponsor! Make! Avg Speed! Margin of Victory|-|-|-|
1993 in NASCAR|
July 11| 2| [Miller Genuine Draft| | 1.31 sec|-| [1994 in NASCAR|
July 10| 10| [Tide| | 0.69 sec|-| [1995 in NASCAR| July 9| 24| [DuPont Refinishes]| | 1.23 sec|-|
1996 in NASCAR| July 14| 28| Texaco Havoline| [Ford Thunderbird| [July 13| 99| [Exide Batteries| | 5.372 sec|-| [1997 in NASCAR| September 14| 24| DuPont Refinishes| [Chevrolet Monte Carlo| [July 13| 99| [Exide Batteries| | 7.439 sec|-| [1998 in NASCAR|
August 30| 24| DuPont Automotive Finishes| [Chevrolet Monte Carlo| [July 11| 99| [Exide Batteries| | 1.347 sec|-| [1999 in NASCAR| September 19| 42| [BellSouth| | UC|-| [2000 in NASCAR|
July 9| 20| [Home Depot| | UC|-| [2000 in NASCAR| September 17| 99| [Exide Batteries| | UC|-| [2001 in NASCAR| July 22| 88| [UPS| | 0.656 sec|-| [2001 in NASCAR|
November 23| 31| [Lowe's| | 2.008 sec|-| [2002 in NASCAR|
July 21| 22| [Caterpillar Inc.| Dodge Intrepid| [September 15| 12| [Alltel| | UC|-| [2003 in NASCAR| July 20| 48| [Lowe's| | 1.582 sec|-| [2003 in NASCAR| September 14| 48| [Lowe's| | 6.240 sec|-| [2004 in NASCAR| July 25| 97| Irwin Tools| [Ford Taurus| [September 19| 97| Irwin Tools| [Ford Taurus| [July 17| 20| [Home Depot| | 0.851 sec|-| [2005 in NASCAR| September 18| 12| [Mobil 1/
Alltel| | 0.292 sec|-| [2006 in NASCAR|
July 16| 5| [Kellogg's| | 0.406 sec|-| [2006 in NASCAR|
September 17| 29| [Reese's| | 0.777 sec|-| [2007 in NASCAR|
July 1| 11| [FedEx Ground| | 0.068 sec|-| [2007 in NASCAR| [September 17| 07| [Jack Daniels| | 1.88 sec|}
References
External links
- New Hampshire International Speedway Official Site
- New Hampshire International Speedway Page on NASCAR.com
- Trackpedia guide for drivers including telemetry sessions at the track (road course only)
{{Motorsport venue| Name = New Hampshire International Speedway |
Nicknames = Loudon
The Magic Mile |
Image = |
Location = 1122 [New Hampshire Route 106, [Loudon, New Hampshire 03307|
Broke_ground = August 13, [ |
Opened = June 5, [ |
Owner = Bob and Gary Bahre |
Operator = New Hampshire International Speedway, Inc. |
Former_names = Bryar Motorsport Park |
Events = '''[NASCAR [Nextel Cup'''
[Lenox Industrial Tools 300, [Sylvania 300
NASCAR Busch SeriesNew England 200 presented by RVs.com
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Sylvania 200
Motorcycles Loudon Classic)|
Layout1 = Oval |
Miles_first = True |
Length_mi = 1.058 |
Length_km = 1.703 |
Banking = Turns - 12% grade, about 7 degrees
Straights - 2 degrees |
-->
New Hampshire International Speedway is a 1.058 mile (1703 m) oval track which has hosted NASCAR racing since the 1990s. It is commonly referred to by its location, Loudon, New Hampshire.
History
The track was opened in June 1990, after nine months of construction following the Bahre family's purchase of the Bryar Motorsports Park. The existing road circuit was redeveloped into a multi-purpose track, with NASCAR added to the popular
Loudon Classic motorcycle, World Karting Association go-kart and Sports Car Club of America races on the complex. It was the largest speedway in
New England, and later expansion has made it the largest sports venue of any type in the region. NASCAR made its debut at the track in July 1990, with a Busch Series race won by
Tommy Ellis. For three years, the Busch Series hosted a pair of races at the track each year.
These races were successful and led to Loudon earning a spot on the
NEXTEL Cup schedule in 1993. Rusty Wallace won the inaugural Slick 50 300 in July of that year.
A second race was added to the schedule in 1997, taking one of the spots that North Wilkesboro Speedway once had on the schedule after that track was sold in an estate sale. The race is held in the middle of September, and in 2004, Loudon became the first race in NASCAR's Chase for the Cup "playoff" series.
The track also hosted open wheel racing for seven years, hosting CART from 1992-1995, then the Indy Racing League from 1996-1998.
In 2000, the track was the site of a pair of fatal accidents which took the lives of promising young drivers. In May, while practicing for a Busch Series race, Adam Petty perished when his throttle stuck exiting the second turn, resulting in a full speed crash head-on in the middle of the third and fourth turns. When the Winston Cup Series made their first appearance of the season, a similar fate befell 1998 Rookie of the Year
Kenny Irwin, Jr.. For safety reasons, track owners decided to run restrictor plates on the cars during their return trip to the speedway in September 2000, making it the first track in recent history outside of Daytona and Talladega to use them. It would be the last one as well; an uneventful race won by Jeff Burton, which had no lead changes, was the result of the experiment. It was the first wire-to-wire race since the 1970's.
The 2001
Sylvania 300 was originally scheduled for September 16, the Sunday after the
September 11 terrorist attacks. NASCAR initially announced that the race would be held as scheduled, but the event was postponed until the Friday after
Thanksgiving. There was much concern about the weather, but race day turned out to be unseasonably mild.
Robby Gordon won that race.
Two changes were made. In 2002, in an effort to increase competitive racing, the track's corners were turned into a progressive banking system, as the apron was paved and became part of the track, and the track's banking was varied from 4 degrees in the lower two lanes to 12% grade (about seven degrees). The addition of SAFER barriers to the corner walls was made in 2003.
During the September 2003 Sylvania 300, an incident occurred at this track involving Dale Jarrett where his car was stuck in the middle of the race track and was in danger of getting hit while other cars raced back to the caution flag. As a result, NASCAR banned racing back to the caution flag, resulting in a "free pass" (popularly referred to as "the lucky dog") in which the first car behind the leader not on the lead lap would get their lap back during each caution period in all of NASCAR's national and regional series.
In mid-May 2006, Loudon was one of many New England communities which experienced damaging floods after a week of near-record rainfall. Several roads and bridges were washed out near the speedway. The infield was flooded, as was the track itself (while a road racing event was going on.) The facility also experienced flooding in October 2005.
Pronunciation - Loudon is pronounced
lau' d&n as in loud un except with the d in the second syllable instead of in the first.
Current Events
- NASCAR Nextel Cup - Lenox Industrial Tools 300
- NASCAR Nextel Cup - Sylvania 300
- NASCAR Busch Series - New England 200
- NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series - Sylvania 200
Records
- NASCAR Nextel Cup Qualifying: Ryan Newman, 28.561 sec. (133.357 mph), 2003
- NASCAR Nextel Cup Race: Jeff Burton, 2 hrs. 42 min. 35 sec. (117.134 mph), 1997
- NASCAR Busch Series Qualifying: Kevin Harvick, 29.138 sec. (130.716 mph), 2001
- NASCAR Busch Series Race: Bobby Hamilton Jr., 1 hr. 55 min. 2 sec. (110.368 mph), 2002
- NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Qualifying: Mike Skinner (NASCAR), 29.383 sec. (129.626 mph), 2006
- NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Race: Jack Sprague, 1 hr. 56 min. 13 sec. (109.244 mph), 2001
- NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Qualifying: Mike Ewanitsko, North Babylon, NY, 28.693 sec. (132.743 mph), 2001
- NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Race: Chuck Hossfeld, Ransomville, NY, 1 hr. 2 min. 33 sec. (101.487 mph), 2002
Open wheel race history
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"|-! Season! Date! Winning Driver! Chassis! Engine|-!colspan=5|CART Champ Car history|-| 1992|
July 5| [Lola Racing Cars| Chevrolet-
Ilmor| [Nigel Mansell| [Ford-Cosworth| [Al Unser Jr.| [Mercedes-Benz-Ilmor| [André Ribeiro| [Honda| [August 18| [Lola Racing Cars| Ford-Cosworth| [August 17| [Panoz| [Oldsmobile| [June 28| [Dallara|}
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Race Winners
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"|-! Season! Date! Winning Driver! Car #! Sponsor! Make! Avg Speed! Margin of Victory|-|-|-|
1993 in NASCAR|
July 11| 2| [Miller Genuine Draft| | 1.31 sec|-| [1994 in NASCAR|
July 10| 10| [Tide| | 0.69 sec|-| [1995 in NASCAR|
July 9| 24| [DuPont Refinishes]| | 1.23 sec|-|
1996 in NASCAR|
July 14| 28| Texaco Havoline| [Ford Thunderbird| [July 13| 99| [Exide Batteries| | 5.372 sec|-| [1997 in NASCAR|
September 14| 24| DuPont Refinishes| [Chevrolet Monte Carlo| [July 13| 99| [Exide Batteries| | 7.439 sec|-| [1998 in NASCAR| August 30| 24| DuPont Automotive Finishes| [Chevrolet Monte Carlo| [July 11| 99| [Exide Batteries| | 1.347 sec|-| [1999 in NASCAR| September 19| 42| [BellSouth| | UC|-| [2000 in NASCAR| July 9| 20| [Home Depot| | UC|-| [2000 in NASCAR| September 17| 99| [Exide Batteries| | UC|-| [2001 in NASCAR| July 22| 88| [UPS| | 0.656 sec|-| [2001 in NASCAR|
November 23| 31| [Lowe's| | 2.008 sec|-| [2002 in NASCAR|
July 21| 22| [Caterpillar Inc.|
Dodge Intrepid| [September 15| 12| [Alltel| | UC|-| [2003 in NASCAR| July 20| 48| [Lowe's| | 1.582 sec|-| [2003 in NASCAR| September 14| 48| [Lowe's| | 6.240 sec|-| [2004 in NASCAR| July 25| 97| Irwin Tools| [Ford Taurus| [September 19| 97| Irwin Tools| [Ford Taurus| [July 17| 20| [Home Depot| | 0.851 sec|-| [2005 in NASCAR| September 18| 12| [Mobil 1/
Alltel| | 0.292 sec|-| [2006 in NASCAR| July 16| 5| [Kellogg's| | 0.406 sec|-| [2006 in NASCAR|
September 17| 29| [Reese's| | 0.777 sec|-| [2007 in NASCAR|
July 1| 11| [FedEx Ground| | 0.068 sec|-| [2007 in NASCAR| [September 17| 07| [Jack Daniels| | 1.88 sec|}
References
External links
- New Hampshire International Speedway Official Site
- New Hampshire International Speedway Page on NASCAR.com
- Trackpedia guide for drivers including telemetry sessions at the track (road course only)
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