Brad Keselowski
6:30 pm
Shooter’s
190 State Route 3
Belmont, NH.
Friday, September 23
David Reutimann
6:30 – 7:30 pm
Aaron’s store
320 Daniel Webster Highway
Belmont, New Hampshire
Sunday, September 25
David Reutimann
Michael Waltrip Racing merchandise hauler located in the fan concourse at New Hampshire Motor speedway.
9:30 am
Ten lucky fans will have the opportunity to wave the green flag during NASCAR Sprint Cup Series qualifying during Fans First Pole Day on Friday, Sept. 23. The contest will be run through Twitter and entering is simple.
Anyone that takes a picture at the track from now through Thursday and shares it on Twitter using #ILoveNHMS will be entered to win. There is a maximum of one entry per day. Pictures may be of anything from the track to FanFest to your camper to, well, whatever strikes your creative mind!
Entries will be randomly selected, so while you’re encouraged to take good photos, you don’t have to be a professional photographer to stand a chance at winning. Winners will be selected Friday morning and contacted via Twitter. Due to the nature of the contest, everyone that wins must be present to participate and if you can’t make it, there is no way to reschedule or substitute prizes.
Each winner will have the opportunity to wave the flag for one Sprint Cup driver during their qualifying session, which begins at 3:10 p.m. on Sept. 23. Winners will be assigned a driver and will not be able to choose any specific vehicle. Ear protection is recommended.
Source: www.nhms.com
Montgomery Gentry. Photo courtesy of NHMS.
Country award winning duo Montgomery Gentry will kick start the SYLVANIA 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway with a performance during pre-race ceremonies at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sept. 25.
Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry of Montgomery Gentry exploded onto the country music scene 11 years ago, releasing more than 20 charted singles including hits like “My Town,” “Hell Yeah,” “Something to be Proud Of,” “Lucky Man” and “Back When I Knew it All.”
Their latest single, “Where I Come From” just hit the country charts, and their new studio album, Rebels on the Run, will be in stores Oct. 4, 2011.
The weekend will include the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series SYLVANIA 300, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series F.W. Webb 175, the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East New Hampshire 125, the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour New Hampshire 100 and the American-Canadian Tour Invitational.
Tickets can be purchased by calling the NHMS ticket hotline at (603) 783-4931 or by visiting www.nhms.com.
Sunday, July 17, 2011 (my birthday!!!)
Race #: 19 of 36
301 Laps, 318.458 miles
Track Size: 1.058 miles Oval
Race Length: 317.4 miles (300 laps)
Banking/Corners: Variable at 2 & 7 degrees
Banking/Straights: 1 degree
Qualifying: Sprint Cup, Friday, July 15, at 3:10 p.m. (ET) SPEED
Event Winner (September, 2010)
Clint Bowyer, Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chevrolet
Time of Race: 2 hours, 58 minutes and 22 seconds
Average Speed: 106.769 mph
Margin of Victory: 0.477 seconds
Event Pole Sitter (September, 2010)
Brad Keselowski, AAA Dodge
133.572 mph, 28.515 seconds
Qualifying/Race Data
2010 race winner: Jimmie Johnson, 113.308 mph, 6-27-10)
Track qualifying record: Brad Keselowski (133.572 mph, 28.515 sec., 9-19-10)
Track race record: Jeff Burton (117.134 mph, 7-13-97)
Saturday, July 16
3:30 p.m.
Last Event Winner
Kyle Busch, Z-Line Designs Toyota
Event Pole Sitter
Brad Keselowski, Ruby Tuesday Dodge
Qualifying: Saturday, July 16 at 10:30 a.m., SPEED
Friday, July 15
4:40 p.m.
Thursday, July 14 at 3:15 p.m. (ET)
Driver Autograph Session
The NASCAR K&N Pro Series East driver autograph session will begin at 1 p.m. on Friday, July 15, at the speedway’s Broadway Midway.
Saturday, July 16
1:00 p.m. (EDT)
Event Winner (September, 2010)
Ryan Newman, Aggressive Hydraulics/Menards Chevrolet
Event Pole Sitter (September, 2010)
Ryan Newman, Aggressive Hydraulics/Menards Chevrolet
Driver Autograph Session
The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour driver autograph session will begin at 11:45 a.m. on Saturday, July 16, at the speedway’s Broadway Midway.
Top statistical performers at New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Clint Bowyer (No. 33 Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chevrolet)
Two wins, two top fives, four top 10s; one pole
Jeff Burton (No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet)
Four wins, eight top fives, 13 top 10s
Average finish of 13.5
Kurt Busch (No. 22 Shell / Pennzoil Dodge)
Three wins, seven top fives, 10 top 10s
Average finish of 13.7
Kyle Busch (No. 18 Interstate Batteries Toyota)
One win, four top fives, six top 10s
Average finish of 14.7
Dale Earnhardt Jr. (No. 88 National Guard / AMP Energy Chevrolet)
Six top fives, 10 top 10s
Average finish of 16.8
Carl Edwards (No. 99 SCOTTS ORTHO Ford)
Two top fives, two top 10s
Average finish of 14.5
Jeff Gordon (No. 24 Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet)
Three wins, 14 top fives, 18 top 10s; three poles
Average finish of 11.0
Denny Hamlin (No. 11 FedEx Freight Toyota)
One win, four top fives, seven top 10s
Average finish of 7.6
Kevin Harvick (No. 29 Budweiser Chevrolet)
One win, five top fives, 11 top 10s; one pole
Average finish of 13.9
Jimmie Johnson (No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet)
Three wins, six top fives, 12 top 10s
Average finish of 9.9
Mark Martin (No. 5 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet)
One win, nine top fives, 14 top 10s; two poles
Average finish of 11.7
Ryan Newman (No. 39 U. S. Army Chevrolet)
Two wins, five top fives, 12 top 10s; four poles
Average finish of 13.0
Tony Stewart (No. 14 Office Depot / Mobile 1 Chevrolet)
Two wins, 12 top fives, 14 top 10s; one pole
Average finish of 12.4
Top 10 Chase Contenders
Following race 16 of 36
1. Kyle Busch 624
2. Carl Edwards 620
3. Kevin Harvick 614
4. Kurt Busch 606
5. Jimmie Johnson 605
6. Matt Kenseth 602
7. Jeff Gordon 553
8. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 548
9. Ryan Newman 538
10. Denny Hamlin 529
At New Hampshire Motor Speedway:
History
• Groundbreaking for New Hampshire International Speedway, as New Hampshire Motor Speedway was originally named, was Aug. 13, 1989.
• The first NASCAR Sprint Cup race was on July 11, 1993.
• Renamed New Hampshire Motor Speedway in 2008.
Notebook
• There have been 32 NASCAR Sprint Cup races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway; one per year from 1993 through 1996 and two per year since.
• Four drivers have competed in all 32 races: Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Bobby Labonte and Joe Nemechek.
• Mark Martin won the first NASCAR Sprint Cup pole.
• Rusty Wallace won the first NASCAR Sprint Cup race.
• There have been 17 different pole winners, led by Ryan Newman (four).
• 20 different drivers have won, led by Jeff Burton (four).
• Jimmie Johnson (2003) and Kurt Busch (2004) are the only drivers that have posted season sweeps. Those are also the only back-to-back winners.
• Hendrick Motorsports has won eight races, more than any other organization.
• The deepest in the field that a New Hampshire race winner started was 38th, by Jeff Burton in 1999.
• There have been four winners who started from the pole. The last race winner to win from the pole was Clint Bowyer in 2007. He scored a perfect Driver Rating of 150.0 that event.
• Jeff Burton led all 300 laps raced in the 2000 fall race.
• Five drivers got their first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win at New Hampshire: Joe Nemechek (1999), Robby Gordon (2001), Ryan Newman (2002), Clint Bowyer (2007) and Joey Logano (2009).
• Two drivers got their first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole at New Hampshire: Patrick Carpentier (2008) and Brad Keselowski (2010).
• Eight of the last nine races that finished under green had a margin of victory of less than a second.
Source: NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications
99-year old Rachel Gilbert has her dream come true by taking the New Hampshire Pace car for a spin out on the track in celebration of her 100th birthday. Photo courtesy of New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
I saw the highlights on tv the other night that 99-year old Rachel Gilbert, who has been a diehard race fan, had her dream come true and took to the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in the pace car …reaching whooping speeds of up to 55 mph!! This was in collaboration in celebrating her 100th birthday. How cool is that?
Her life in the fast lane accelerated as early as 1960 when she followed her husband and “the good ole’ boys” to Loudon, N.H.’s, Bryar Motorsports Park. Nearly two decades later, while Gilbert’s family was vacationing in Florida, they attended the Daytona 500 where she saw stock car legends Richard Petty and Bobby Allison fight to the finish. Then she was hooked.
Clint Bowyer, driver of the No. 33 Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chevrolet, pits during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series SYLVANIA 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H. Photo credit: Getty Images
NASCAR is taking a closer look at Clint Bowyer’s race-winning car from New Hampshire. The #33 Chevy passed its initial inspection following Sunday’s victory, but since NASCAR discovered issues with the car in a more thorough inspection at its research and development center after last week’s Richmond race.
Though NASCAR does not typically strip wins from drivers, a car that fails inspection would lead to a significant points penalty.
Bowyer’s wins pushed him to second from 12th in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship, 35 points behind leader Denny Hamlin
RICHMOND
NASCAR warned Richard Childress Racing that Clint Bowyer’s car came close to failing inspection after his Chase-clinching drive at Richmond.
“This one just seemed to be different, and we felt we owed it to them to make sure they just aren’t off in one area,” said Robin Pemberton, NASCAR Vice President of competition. Bowyer’s car was chosen by NASCAR for random inspection following his sixth-place finish at the Sept. 11 race.
Photo by Karen Pistone
Kurt Busch was attempting to make a mock qualifying run with a pair of scuffed left tires AND a fresh pair of right “sticker” tires, which could only be possible with an extra set of tires. NASCAR then accused the No. 2 Penske team for harboring the extra set from the No. 64 Gunselman Motorsports organization. Busch’s crew chief, Steve Addington, claims it was a miscommunication with NASCAR.
The No. 2 Penske team was penalized and will lose a set of tires for Saturday’s two practice sessions. The No. 2 Dodge will have to run both sessions with just two sets of tires. Teams are allowed six set of tires for practice and qualifying at New Hampshire. Addington will retain all eight sets of his tires for the Sylvania 300 on Sunday.
Kurt Busch posted the 12th fastest lap during qualifying with a speed of 132.864 mph.
New Hampshire Motor Speedway at Loudon 
What do the residents of Lenox, Mass. have in common with NASCAR fans? Well, they will be at the LENOX Industrial Tools 301 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event this coming weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Speedway officials and LENOX Industrial Tools representatives rode into the quaint town of Lenox, Mass. with tickets for EVERYONE!! Lenox, Mass. chairman, Kimberly Reopell Flynn, received a life size ticket from Milo, New Hampshire Motor Speedway’s mascot and everyone’s favorite moose. The fire station, local bank, and even the crossing guard were even handed tickets to the race as well.
For race fans outside Lenox, great tickets are still available! Purchase them now for the LENOX Industrial Tools 301 on Sunday, June 27 and the SYLVANIA 300 on Sunday, September 19 by visiting online at www.nhms.com or by calling our Ticket Hotline at (603) 783-4931.