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Kevin Harvick wins NASCAR Race at N.H. Motor Speedway

By Associated Press • Jul 23, 2018

Kevin Harvick warned he was charging for the lead with taps on Kyle Busch's rear bumper over the waning laps.

Harvick had failed to methodically work his way around the race leader with a clean pass, so he set aim with his Ford on Busch for the knockout shot.

Harvick nudged the right side of the Toyota and jostled Busch out of his groove and three lanes up the track. He zipped to the front with a textbook bump-and-run that led to a beer-soaked celebration and left Busch fuming — the move of the race in another stellar showcase for the leader of the Big Three.

Judge Hears Arguments in N.H. Motor Speedway Music Festival Suit

By Todd Bookman • Apr 2, 2018

Owners of the New Hampshire Motor Speedway told a Superior Court judge on Monday that a 1989 agreement prohibiting them from holding music concerts doesn’t apply to land acquired since that contract was signed.

N.H. Motor Speedway Confident It Will Win Lawsuit Over Country Music Festival

By Todd Bookman • Dec 13, 2017

A group of residents are taking legal action to try to block a three-day country music festival scheduled for next summer at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, but officials for the track say they are confident the event will go on as planned.

Country Music Festival At Motor Speedway May See Legal Challenge

By Todd Bookman • Sep 29, 2017

A group of residents say they are still considering their legal options after the Loudon Zoning Board on Thursday approved a variance for a multi-day country music festival at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

As NASCAR Weekend Arrives, Final September Race Is Bittersweet

By Dan Tuohy • Sep 21, 2017

Race weekend is here and it's the last hurrah for the NASCAR September series at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Tim Sink, president of the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce, says this season finale has fans in a celebratory mood, even if it is a little bittersweet.

Track owners announced earlier this year that the Loudon speedway would not host the September race starting in 2018. Speedway Motorsports owns Las Vegas Motor Speedway and New Hampshire Motor Speedway, and plans to move the fall Monster Energy and Camping World Truck Series races to Las Vegas next fall.

Loudon Businesses Sorry to See NASCAR Race Leave Town

By Todd Bookman • Mar 9, 2017

After 20 years of racing, Loudon is losing one of its biggest economic engines.

Track owners announced this week that the annual September NASCAR event held at New Hampshire Motor Speedway will be relocated to Las Vegas. The town will still host a mid-summer race, but local businesses are bracing for the impact.

N.H. Motor Speedway Loses One Of Its NASCAR Race Weekends

By Michael Brindley • Mar 9, 2017

The New Hampshire Motor Speedway is losing one of its two NASCAR race weekends.

An announcement was made Wednesday that beginning in 2018, the Loudon speedway would no longer host its September event, which will be held instead in Las Vegas.

The track will continue to host its race weekend in July.

At Formula Hybrid Competition, Building Cars Is As Big As Racing Them

By Brady Carlson • Apr 29, 2014

It’s race season again at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway. No, NASCAR hasn’t come early. It’s time for the Formula Hybrid Competition, which started out as a small-scale event but now attracts engineering students - and car industry officials - from around the world.

$49M Listing In Alton Features Ballroom, 20-Seat Theater, Tennis Court

By Michael Brindley • Feb 27, 2014

For only $49 million, you could own the sprawling Alton mansion owned by the founder of the New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

In The Fast Lane: The Richard Petty Driving Experience

By Taylor Quimby • Jul 22, 2013

On July 14th, Brian Vickers led a group of professional NASCAR drivers to take the sprint cup at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon. Less than a week later, a group of men and women with absolutely no racing experience took to the same track, in the same six-hundred horsepower stock cars, in hopes of hitting the same high-octane speeds as the pros. The Richard Petty Driving Experience is a payed sports adventure that lets NASCAR fans get a taste of life in the fast lane… Producer Taylor Quimby was with them in Loudon last Friday, and brought us back this audio postcard.

Creating A Community of Fans At N.H. Motor Speedway

By Amanda Loder • Jul 15, 2013

This past weekend, thousands of people braved clogged roads and crowded parking lots to watch NASCAR racing at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon. But a small group of fans pitched tents in a grassy parking area for the duration.

Camping on track grounds has been going on for a long time, but this is only the second summer it’s been legal. Amanda Loder talked to some residents of this temporary village, and produced this audio postcard.

N.H. Motor Speedway Hosts Today's Sprint Cup Series Race

By Amanda Loder • Jul 14, 2013

Today is the big day for racing at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. NASCAR drivers will compete at the Loudon track this afternoon in a Sprint Cup series race. While thousands of people have been taking in events all weekend, a group of hardcore fans is camping at the track. Dennis Joyce is a Loudon regular. He says he prefers NASCAR over all other sports.

Christmas, Auto Racing, Lights, and a Baby

By Brady Carlson • Dec 23, 2011

When you think of Christmas, auto racing might not come to mind.

But the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon has turned a mile long race course into a Christmas display featuring more than a million LED lights.

NHPR’s Brady Carlson took his family to see the show and has this report.

I’m not really a light kind of guy – in fact, the first thing I do when I host All Things Considered is turn down the studio lights.

Winter solstice is fine with me.

But then I’m not really the target demographic for the Gift of Lights show.