Jun 17, 2013 | Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS
LOUDON, N.H. (June 16, 2013) – With more than 1,000 riders descending on New Hampshire Motor Speedway over the last three days, the 90th annual Loudon Classic motorcycle weekend wrapped up on Sunday with the highest number of entries in over six years.
More than 60 races were run over the three days at the Magic Mile, including the running of the 90th annual Loudon Classic Middleweight Grand Prix feature event on Saturday, won by Shane Narbonne.
Another 26 races were run on Sunday, highlighted by the Side Car Modern event. Chris Wells and Jeff Gillard picked up the win. The two made a pass on the penultimate lap and never looked back during a race that was littered with passes and bumps.
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Jun 16, 2013 | Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS
LOUDON, N.H. (June 15, 2013) – A wicked spill on Lap 3 cost Shane Narbonne an opportunity to defend his Loudon Classic title from 2011. But the native of Tyngsboro, Mass., made sure he wouldn’t make that mistake again, cruising to his third-career Middleweight Grand Prix championship in the 90th annual Loudon Classic.
“It feels good, especially with this being the 90th,” said Narbonne, who also won the title in 2009. “It was a battle for a while there and then I kind of pulled ahead for a while. It got close at the end, but I was comfortable.
“This race is always a challenge with some of the best riders we have going at it.”
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Jun 14, 2013 | Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS
LOUDON, N.H. (June 14, 2013) – Overcast skies gave way to a beautiful afternoon, just in time to cast rays of sunshine across the Magic Mile during first day of the 90th annual Loudon Classic motorcycle weekend.
Elite riders from the Loudon Road Race Series (LRRS) and Side Car Racers Association (SCRA), as well as amateur riders battled it out around the 1.6-mile road course over nine races, concluding with the exhilarating Motard race, an eight-lap sprint in which competitors battle on a combination of the asphalt road course, as well as areas of the track that includes gravel, grass and several high-flying jumps.
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Jun 12, 2013 | Granite State Series, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS, Touring Series News
story by Chris Roy
This race season, Casey Call from Pembroke, NH has made the move from racing karts and quarter midgets to racing Bandoleros in the Gifford’s Ice Cream Bandolero Series at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS).
The first step for most race car drivers is racing in karts, and according to Casey: “When I was 4 ½, my dad bought me my first Quarter Midget and we started racing it at Route 106 Race Park every weekend. It was a big learning curve for me but I loved every minute of it. In our first year we won seven times and I won the track championship! Since then, I have moved up the karting ranks and have won a total of five Championships between two tracks and was also awarded with Driver of the Year at Twin State Speedway last year!”
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Jun 11, 2013 | Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS, Touring Series News
story by Chris Roy
Parker Brassard of Plainfield, CT., is the newest member of TS Motorsports race team. Parker is racing the #23 in the Gifford’s Ice Cream Bandolero Series at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS). A rookie, Parker is learning a lot about the ins and outs of racing. “This is my first year racing anything. I haven’t even practiced with the bando on my own; I have done everything at NHMS.”
This is Parker’s first season racing. There is a big learning curve, but he has some good teammates such as Jordan “Iron Man” Lamothe, Shaun Buffington, and Tom Gray. “Jordan has helped me so much, whether he’s showing me the line or showing me where to brake. Shaun and Tom also give me great advice and help push my nerves aside and concentrate on the big picture.”
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May 30, 2013 | NE Racing News, NHMS
MANCHESTER, N.H. – Just how long are 320,000 hot dogs lined up end to end? Well, it’s enough to wrap around New Hampshire Motor Speedway’s 1.058-mile oval 25 times. That sure is a lot of protein. Now it’s up to New Hampshire Food Bank to distribute it, as it received on Wednesday 40,000 pounds of hot dogs on behalf of Speedway Children’s Charities New Hampshire Chapter and partner Smithfield.
The donation is part of Smithfield’s Helping Hungry Homes tour, the company’s coast-to-coast effort to help families and individuals become more food secure. Through this program, Smithfield, along with charities like SCC, has donated and delivered more than 25.4 million servings of protein to food-assistance organizations across the country.
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