May 29, 2013 | Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS
Story by Chris Roy
Fifteen year-old Jordan Lamothe of Woodstock, CT is becoming the Iron Man of Legend and Bandalero racing, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS). Jordan’s last race weekend at NHMS he competed in two of the Moat Mountain Legends Road Course races, a Granite State Legends oval race, and got the win in the first-ever Gifford’s Ice Cream Bandolero race. “Yes, it was a long weekend but an awesome weekend for my first races on the oval.” With 16 road course legend races, 12 oval legend races, and 12 Bandolero races, plus heat races and practice Jordan will have over a thousand laps at NHMS, this season.
This upcoming weekend, the Legends and Bandoleros return to NHMS to race on the mini Magic Mile. Jordan adds, “Yes, I will be racing both Legends and Bandoleros this weekend!”
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May 17, 2013 | NE Racing News, NHMS
LOUDON, N.H. – Ladies and gentlemen, start your ovens! In front of New Hampshire Lodging & Restaurant Association (NHLRA) dignitaries and Celebrity Chefs, New Hampshire Motor Speedway executive vice president and general manager Jerry Gappens officially waved the green flag on the beginning of NH Restaurant Week.
Standing on the Granite Stripe, which serves as the Magic Mile’s start/finish line, Gappens gave Celebrity Chefs personalized hand-engraved knives to commemorate the occasion.
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May 13, 2013 | Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS
MANCHESTER, N.H. – Bethany Moreau pulled up to the stoplight, waiting to make a right turn onto Lake Avenue next to the Verizon Wireless Arena. But when Manchester Police Department officers asked her to pull over for wearing her seat belt, a routine traffic stop turned into a lucky day for Moreau, close to 300 drivers rewarded with tickets to July’s New Hampshire 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Monday as part of the state’s Buckle Up NH campaign.
Magic Mile officials handed out “Good Tickets” to motorists who were seen wearing their seat belts by members of the MPD. Drivers were given two tickets to the New Hampshire 300 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on July 14 at NHMS.
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Apr 12, 2013 | Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS
New Hampshire Motor Speedway is one of eight speedways owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports, Inc. all which are under the leadership of Smith
“In recognizing a person who has done so much to help build the sport of NASCAR and help move it forward for over five decades, I can’t think of a more appropriate nomination than Bruton. Through his vision of providing world-class facilities for our fans, competitors and corporate partners, he has invested more than $4 billion in the sport’s infrastructure. His innovations include taking the sport to Wall Street; lighting a superspeedway for night-time racing; building trackside condominiums; the first to provide VIP suites to attract corporate partners; building lavish, country club-style speedway clubs at several of his facilities; elaborate pre-race shows; and, several fans-first amenities, such as luxury seating and first-class restroom/shower facilities.
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Apr 5, 2013 | American Canadian Tour, Lee Speedway, Maine Race Tracks, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, NHMS, Touring Series News, White Mountain
story by Christopher Roy
Ben Lynch is all set for the 2013 American Canadian Tour (ACT) race season opener at Lee Speedway. “The car has been done for a while. We had a great end to last year so there wasn’t much to do this off season. We just worked on the little things we had problems with last year. I’m excited for Lee. I think we should have a great car, and its hopefully going to kick start another great year. It’s one of the closest tracks to us so we end up with a lot of fans there, so I really wanna do well for all of them.”
Though Ben has kept busy in the over the winter monthes, “This off season has been just school and work. I’m still at UNC Charlotte studying Mechanical Engineering. That takes up most of my time. But when I’m not doing school work, I work at the Richard Petty Driving Experience. I give fans rides around race tracks like Charlotte Motor Speedway. It’s a great job and it keeps me behind the wheel of the of race cars all off season.”
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Apr 2, 2013 | Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, New England Motorsports North, NHMS, Touring Series News
Exotic Driving Experience opens doors at NHMS for 2013 season
LOUDON, N.H. (April 2, 2013) – New Hampshire Motor Speedway officials are happy to see the snow melting and the track drying in time for a unique event that will drop the green flag on the 2013 season at the Magic Mile. The Exotic Driving Experience, featuring super-fast supercars such as Ferrari, Lamborghini and Aston Martin, will scream into the Granite State April 5-7 in the first of several planned stops through the spring, summer and fall.
The Orlando-based driving class will use the Magic Mile’s 1.6-mile, winding road course, allowing serious thrill-seekers an opportunity to push the limits and feel the acceleration, speed and precise handling of some of the coolest high-performance vehicles in the world.
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