New Hampshire Motor Speedway

New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Loudon, The Magic Mile
1990–1992: Bryar Motorsport Park
1993–2007: New Hampshire International Speedway

Address: 1122, Route 106 Loudon, New Hampshire 03307
Loudon ( Merrimack County ), USA
Route type:	permanent race track
Owner:	Speedway Motorsports Inc.
Operator:	Speedway Motorsports Inc.
Start of building:	August 13, 1989
Opening:	June 5th 1990
Speedway oval
oval
Route data
Important events:	Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Overton's 301 NASCAR Xfinity Series Lakes Region 200
Route length:	1.697  km (1.05  mi )
Curve superelevation:	Curves: 12% (approx. 7 °) Straight lines: 2 °
Audience capacity:	91,000
http://www.nhis.com

Coordinates: 43 ° 21 '44 "  N , 71 ° 27' 40"  W.

The New Hampshire Motor Speedway , formerly Bryar Motorsports Park and New Hampshire International Speedway is a 1.058 miles long oval track used by the NASCAR used -Rennserien since its opening in 1990th It is often referred to as Loudon or The Magic Mile after its location in Loudon , New Hampshire .

history

The circuit opened in June 1990, around nine months after the Bahre family bought Bryar Motorsports Park and construction began. The previously existing motorcycle course has been converted for a variety of purposes, including races of the NASCAR and SCAA series. It thus became the largest speedway in New England and, with additional expansions in the following years, the largest venue for sporting events in the region. NASCAR made its debut in July 1990 through a Nationwide Series race won by Tommy Ellis . For the next three years, the NASCAR Nationwide Series held two races annually on the track.

The races were so successful that the New Hampshire International Speedway, a race of that time as in 1993 Winston Cup designated Sprint Cup received. Rusty Wallace won the first race in July 1993.

In 1997, the speedway was awarded a second race over 300 miles and took one of the two dates of the North Wilkesboro Speedway , which had previously been sold. This race takes place in mid-September and was the first to host a Chase for the Cup of the Sprint Cup when it was introduced in 2004 .

In addition to NASCAR events, formula racing was held at the New Hampshire International Speedway for seven years . The CART IndyCar series was on the racetrack between 1992 and 1995 , followed by the Indy Racing League from 1996 to 1998.

Several fatal accidents occurred in 2000 that resulted in the death of some talented young drivers. In May, Adam Petty died while training for the Nationwide Series when his accelerator pedal jammed at the exit of Turn 2 and he drove straight into the outer wall midway between Turns 3 and 4. A similar incident occurred in the Sprint Cup in May and cost Kenny Irwin Jr. , the 1998 Rookie of the Year. For safety reasons, the owners of the racetrack decided to use air flow limiters for the next race in September . It was the first and only time that they were used outside of the Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway : The race was uneventful without a change in leadership. Jeff Burton was the first rider to do this since the 1970s.

In 2001 the Sylvania 300 was originally planned for September 16, the Sunday after the September 11 terrorist attacks . Initially, NASCAR announced that the race would take place as planned, but then decided to move it to the Friday after Thanksgiving . Due to the relocation, there were initially concerns about the weather, but the race day was unusually mild for the season and the race was not endangered.

There were two changes to the circuit over the next two years. First of all, the curves were adjusted in 2002 so that the superelevation increases progressively towards the outside of the curve. For this purpose, the flat surface on the inside of the curve was included so that the curve elevation increases from 4 ° on the inside to 12% (about 7 °) on the outside. This was hoped for more exciting races, since the different curve lines were now almost equivalent. In 2003, the so-called safer barriers were also installed in the curves, which should reduce the strength of impacts in the curves.

An incident occurred in the Sylvania 300 in September 2003 that led to a rule change in the NASCAR regulations. Dale Jarrett was stuck in his racing car in the middle of the track and was in danger of being hit by the other racing cars that stormed towards the yellow flag on the home straight. NASCAR then banned these yellow flag races and introduced the “Free Pass”, also known colloquially as the “Lucky Dog Rule”. In the case of a yellow phase, it allows the first driver behind the leader who is not in the lead lap, i.e. the driver who was last lapped, to lap back.

In mid-May 2006, Loudon was one of many New England parishes to suffer from flooding after weeks of rain. Both the infield and the track itself were flooded when a race was taking place.

On November 2, 2007, it was announced that Bruton Smith , owner of Speedway Motorsports , had bought the Speedway for $ 340 million. As part of this acquisition, the name was changed from New Hampshire International Speedway to New Hampshire Motor Speedway .

Route length

When the route opened in 1992, the New Hampshire International Speedway was referred to as a one-mile oval. The route length of exactly one mile was used by CART until 1995 . After a remeasurement in 1995, the route length of CART was given in their timekeeping as 1.058 miles. This route length is also used by NASCAR . For the ICS race in 2011, the track length was given as 1.025 miles. certainly. The guidelines and methods used to determine this route length are not specified.

Records

• NASCAR Sprint Cup Qualifying: Juan Pablo Montoya , 28,545 s (133,431 mph), 2009
• NASCAR Sprint Cup Race: Jeff Burton , 2:42:35 (117.134 mph), 1997
• NASCAR Nationwide Series Qualifying: Kevin Harvick , 29.138 s (130.716 mph), 2001
• NASCAR Nationwide Series Races: Bobby Hamilton Jr. , 1:55:02 (110.368 mph), 2002
• NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Qualifying: Mike Skinner , 29.383 s (129.626 mph), 2006
• NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Race: Jack Sprague , 1:56:13 (109.244 mph), 2001
• NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Qualifying: Mike Ewanitsko , 28.693 s (132.743 mph), 2001
• NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Race: Chuck Hossfeld , 1:02:33 s (101.87 mph), 2002

Formula racing results

season	date	winner	chassis	engine
CART IndyCar
1992	5th July	Bobby Rahal	Lola	Chevrolet - Ilmor
1993	8th August	Nigel Mansell	Lola	Ford-Cosworth
1994	August 21	Al Unser Jr.	Penske	Mercedes-Benz - Ilmor
1995	20th of August	André Ribeiro	Reynard	Honda
IRL IndyCar Series
1996	18th of August	Scott Sharp	Lola	Ford-Cosworth
1997	17th August	Robbie Buhl	G-Force	Oldsmobile
1998	June 28th	Tony Stewart	Dallara	Oldsmobile

Web links

• Official website
• New Hampshire International Speedway on NASCAR.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.honda.com: MoveThatBlock.com Indy 225 Race Report , accessed July 14, 2015