{"id":25325,"date":"2019-06-16T19:46:26","date_gmt":"2019-06-16T23:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/?p=25325"},"modified":"2019-06-16T18:48:16","modified_gmt":"2019-06-16T22:48:16","slug":"greenwood-dethrones-the-king-of-the-classic-in-the-96th-annual-loudon-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/2019\/06\/greenwood-dethrones-the-king-of-the-classic-in-the-96th-annual-loudon-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenwood Dethrones “The King of the Classic” in the 96th Annual Loudon Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Scott Greenwood takes his first Loudon Classic victory since 2014, ending Shane Narbonne’s four-year winning streak at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LOUDON, N.H. \u2013 The 96th<\/sup> Annual Loudon Classic, the longest-running motorcycle race in America, was a fierce battle through wet conditions, ending with two generations of Greenwoods on the podium on Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Ending the reign of \u201cThe King of the Classic,\u201d Scott Greenwood took the win with his son Sam in third, sandwiching Cole Hall in second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been trying hard the past couple years to beat Shane in dry conditions,\u201d said Scott Greenwood. \u201cI was looking forward to making another attempt this weekend, but the rain came, and you never know what happens in the rain. I\u2019m comfortable in the rain; I like riding in the rain. I\u2019m sure Shane will be back stronger next year for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today\u2019s win marks Scott Greenwood\u2019s fourth Loudon Classic victory, dethroning Narbonne, who was dubbed \u201cThe King of the Classic\u201d in 2018 after his fourth consecutive Loudon Classic victory and seventh overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scott Greenwood led all 20 laps, while Cole Hall, Sam Greenwood, Alex Guilbeault and Shane Narbonne had a tight battle for second, third and fourth for most of the race. Narbonne worked his way up from his 18th<\/sup> place start to reach third by lap five and second at the halfway point before wrecking in turn five with six laps to go, ending his run early. After a strong restart following the second red flag of the race, Guilbeault, who took an early second place at the start of the race, dropped to seventh after crashing in the exit of turn two with 10 laps to go and returned to second with Hall close behind. Hall made the pass on Guilbeault with four laps to go, taking second, and Sam Greenwood took third with three laps to go, leaving Guilbeault to eventually finish fifth after dropping behind Kristopher Hopkins, who finished in fourth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt feels good; I\u2019m super stoked,\u201d said Sam Greenwood when asked how it feels to be standing on the podium with his dad on Father\u2019s Day. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t be here if it weren\u2019t for him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Beaulieu ran away with the win for the amateur class after launching off the start and never looking back for the entirety of the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today\u2019s 96th<\/sup> running of the Loudon Classic closes out a successful nine days of activities on- and off-track for motorcycle enthusiasts at New Hampshire Motor Speedway during Laconia Motorcycle Week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Loudon Classic has been held on-site since long before the speedway was built when it was simply a road course known as Bryar Motorsports Park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scott Greenwood takes his first Loudon Classic victory since 2014, ending Shane Narbonne’s four-year winning streak at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday. LOUDON, N.H. \u2013 The 96th Annual Loudon Classic, the longest-running motorcycle race in America, was a fierce battle through wet conditions, ending with two generations of Greenwoods on the podium on Sunday at New […]<\/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-25325","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\/25325","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=25325"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25326,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25325\/revisions\/25326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}