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1.600 miles (2.575 km) Race lap record. 1:12.100 ( George Follmer, Ford Mustang Boss 302, 1971, Trans-Am (TO)) New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a 1.058 mi (1.703 km) oval speedway located in Loudon, New Hampshire, which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since 1990, as well as the longest-running motorcycle race in North America, the Loudon Classic.
The facility opened as Lee Raceway in 1964 as a dirt tri-oval, 1 ⁄ 3 mile (0.54 km) in length. [2] Original owner Bob Bonser later recounted that he initially bought the land the track is located on in order to have a site along New Hampshire Route 125 to place advertising for a nudist camp that he owned and operated. [3]
Internal combustion auto racing events began soon after the construction of the first successful gasoline -fuelled automobiles. The first organized contest was on April 28, 1887, by the chief editor of Paris publication Le Vélocipède, Monsieur Fossier. [ 1] It ran 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from Neuilly Bridge to the Bois de Boulogne.
Iowa Speedway is a 7⁄8 mile (1.4 km) oval short track in Newton, Iowa. Since its inaugural season of racing in 2006, the track has hosted a variety of racing events, including events sanctioned by NASCAR and IndyCar. NASCAR has owned the facility since 2019, with Eric Peterson currently serving as the track's president.
Poles. 30. 55. 17. Josef Nicolai Newgarden[ 2] (born Joseph Edgar Newgarden, December 22, 1990) [ 3][ 4] is an American racing driver who races the No. 2 Team Penske Dallara / Chevrolet in the IndyCar Series. [ 5] He was the 2011 Indy Lights champion, and 2017 and 2019 IndyCar Series Champion. He won the 2023 and 2024 Indianapolis 500, and the ...
Monadnock Speedway is a paved one-quarter-mile (0.40 km) oval race track in Winchester, New Hampshire. Located south of Keene, the track is nestled between New Hampshire Route 10 and the Ashuelot River . The track hosts various races for regional touring series, including the Valenti Modified Racing Series, the Granite State Pro Stock Tour, the ...
Length. 1.058 mi (1.703 km) Turns. 4. Stock car racing events in the NASCAR Cup Series has been held at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway since 1993. The race is currently held as a 301 lap (318.458-mile (512.508 km) race and under the USA Today 301 name for sponsorship reasons. A second race in September was also formerly held at the track from ...
Star Speedway opened in 1966, having been primarily built by Charlie Elliot, a contractor, restaurant owner, and car enthusiast from nearby Dover, New Hampshire. The prior year, Elliot had gone into business with Kendall C. Smith and local journalist Russ Conway to build a race track on what had formerly been Star Brick Yard in Epping, New Hampshire.