New Hampshire International Speedway is a 1.058 mile oval track which has hosted NASCAR racing since the 1990s. It is commonly referred to by its location, Loudon. The National Association for Stock Car Automobile Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ... The National Association for Stock Car Automobile Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ... Loudon is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA. The population was 4,481 at the 2000 census. ...

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 motorcycle circuit was redeveloped into a multi-purpose track, with NASCAR added to the popular motorcycle and SCCA 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. The states marked in red show New England. ... NASCAR Busch Series logo The Busch Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR. It is NASCARs second division (often compared to Triple-A baseball), and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organizations top level, the Nextel... Tommy Ellis was a NASCAR short track ace of the 1970s and 1980s. ...

These races were successful and led to Loudon earning a spot on the Winston Cup schedule in 1993. Rusty Wallace won the inaugural Slick 50 300 in July of that year. The NASCAR Championship is the championship held in NASCARs top stock car racing series. ...

A second 300 mile race was added to the schedule in 1997, taking one of the spots that North Wilkesboro 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. North Wilkesboro is a town located in Wilkes County, North Carolina. ...

The track also hosted open wheel racing for seven years, hosting CART from 1992-1995, then the Indy Racing League from 1996-1998. A simple wooden cart in Australia A cart transporting watermelons in Harbin, China. ... The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel racing series. ...

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. Adam Kyler Petty (July 10, 1980 - May 12, 2000) was the first fourth-generation driver in NASCAR history. ... Kenny Irwin, Jr. ... Restrictor plates are devices installed between the carburetor and intake manifold that restrict the amount of air and fuel entering the engines combustion chamber. ... Jeffery Brian Burton (born June 29, 1967) of South Boston, Virginia is an NASCAR driver. ...

The 2001 New Hampshire 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. This article is about the year 2001. ... The Sylvania 300 is a NASCAR Nextel Cup stock car race held at the New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. ... September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ... The World Trade Center on fire The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. ... Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is an annual one-day holiday to give thanks, traditionally to God, for the things one has at the close of the harvest season. ...

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. Dale Jarrett prior to the Pepsi 400 at Daytona International Speedway. ...

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.[1]

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

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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, 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, N. Babylon, N.Y., 28.693 sec. (132.743 mph), 2001
• NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Race: Chuck Hossfeld, Ransomville, N.Y., 1 hr. 2 min. 33 sec. (101.487 mph), 2002

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Open wheel race history

CART

Season	Date	Winning Driver	Chassis	Engine
1992	July 5	Bobby Rahal	Lola	Chevrolet-Ilmor
1993	August 8	Nigel Mansell	Lola	Ford-Cosworth
1994	August 21	Al Unser Jr.	Penske	Mercedes-Benz-Ilmor
1995	August 20	André Ribeiro	Reynard	Honda

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IRL Indycar Series race history

Season	Date	Winning Driver	Chassis	Engine
1996	August 18	Scott Sharp	Lola	Ford-Cosworth
1997	August 17	Robbie Buhl	G-Force	Oldsmobile
1998	June 28	Tony Stewart	Dallara	Oldsmobile

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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)
• Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 43.36226° -71.46125°
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