{"id":25248,"date":"2019-06-07T05:51:39","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T09:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/?p=25248"},"modified":"2019-06-07T05:51:39","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T09:51:39","slug":"a-new-chapter-of-racing-has-begun-at-new-hampshire-motor-speedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/2019\/06\/a-new-chapter-of-racing-has-begun-at-new-hampshire-motor-speedway\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Chapter of Racing Has Begun at New Hampshire Motor Speedway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A New Chapter of Racing Has Begun at New Hampshire Motor Speedway<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NHMS officially opened The Flat Track with a ribbon-cutting ceremony following the Laconia Motorcycle Week kick-off event at the North East Motor Sports Museum on Thursday.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

LOUDON, N.H. \u2013 New England\u2019s newest race track in 25 years, The Flat Track, is officially open Thursday after a ribbon-cutting ceremony with N.H. Governor Chris Sununu during the Laconia Motorcycle Week kick-off event at the North East Motor Sports Museum. The 0.25-mile dirt track, located behind the museum, is New Hampshire Motor Speedway\u2019s newest racing surface which will host its first event featuring American Flat Track, \u201cAmerica\u2019s Original Extreme Sport,\u201d on June 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Governor Chris Sununu spoke about how Laconia Motorcycle Week is a great source of pride for the state of New Hampshire and shared in the anticipation of the new event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never seen a flat track race, and I\u2019m actually quite excited to see that,\u201d said Sununu. \u201cI watched it on YouTube last night, and it\u2019s crazy! It\u2019s like the hill climb \u2013 it\u2019s a little bit nuts!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joining Sununu were other speakers, state and town officials, Cynthia Makris, Jennifer Anderson and Charlie St. Clair from the Laconia Motorcycle Week Association and American Flat Track rider Cameron Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McGrath, along with 19-year-old Smith, spoke about the excitement this new event brings to New Hampshire Motor Speedway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLess than a year ago, we met with the folks from American Flat Track, and we sat out in this gravel parking lot,\u201d said David McGrath, executive vice president and general manager of New Hampshire Motor Speedway. \u201cThe wonderful team at New Hampshire Motor Speedway worked tirelessly so they could get this track built, and last night, they were here until almost 10 o\u2019clock working on the finishing touches. We are so proud to add this electrifying new event to the already iconic Laconia Motorcycle Week, and we can\u2019t wait to see the bikes kicking up the dirt next weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Smith did a lap on the track, marking the first time a motorcycle has taken laps on the new Flat Track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m just excited to come here and put on the first flat track race for you guys,\u201d said Smith. \u201cThis track is small, so there\u2019s definitely going to be very close racing. It\u2019s going to be a good show for the fans. I can\u2019t wait to get back on the track next weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Known as the fastest-growing sport on two wheels, AFT has added multiple new venues to its 2019 schedule, including the all new Flat Track, to accommodate its growing fan base. With over 3 million viewers tuning into the sport in 2018, AFT plans to capitalize on the partnership with NHMS to further this momentum, starting with the inaugural Laconia Short Track presented by Russ Brown Motorcycle Attorneys<\/a> event put on by AFT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Flat Track\u2019s first event will be held during Laconia Motorcycle Week on Saturday, June 15. Race fans have a new reason to enjoy the thrill of racing in Loudon, as so much bar-banging, tire-rubbing action will be packed onto The Flat Track when these pro riders enter the arena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

General admission and VIP tickets for the Laconia Short Track presented by Russ Brown Motorcycle Attorneys are available on AmericanFlatTrack.com<\/a>. The race will also be streamed live on FansChoice.TV and broadcast on NBCSN on Sunday, June 23 at 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Flat Track is the fourth racing surface to be added to New Hampshire Motor Speedway, which already includes the famed 1.058-mile NASCAR oval, 1.6-mile road course and a 0.25-mile mini-oval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the new Laconia Short Track presented by Russ Brown Motorcycle Attorneys event (June 15), the speedway will host other on-track racing events throughout the week including the 96th<\/sup> annual Loudon Classic<\/a> (June 16), the longest-running motorcycle race in the United States, plus all new camping options, Harley-Davidson, Indian and Yamaha demo rides (June 10-15), a vendor mall and a plethora of entertainment, making the speedway the home base for riders visiting Laconia Motorcycle Week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A New Chapter of Racing Has Begun at New Hampshire Motor Speedway NHMS officially opened The Flat Track with a ribbon-cutting ceremony following the Laconia Motorcycle Week kick-off event at the North East Motor Sports Museum on Thursday. LOUDON, N.H. \u2013 New England\u2019s newest race track in 25 years, The Flat Track, is officially open Thursday […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-hampshire","category-nhms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25248"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25249,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25248\/revisions\/25249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}