Local Racing Schedule
Begins This Weekend

• Potential future stars in NASCAR begin quest in Legends’ Moat Mountain Road Course Series
  
• Loudon Road Race Series speeds into summer this weekend with the opening races of the two-wheel racing season
  
• The Legends’ Sign Works Oval Series and Sign Works Mini Oval Bandolero Series to begin on May 13 and May 20, respectively

Source:
Kristen Lestock
(603) 513-5708 / klestock@nhms.com 
Gavin Faretra 
(603) 513-5706 / gfaretra@nhms.com

The time has finally come to go racing at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, as the 1.6-mile road course gets ready to host motorcycle and legends car racing this weekend, April 29-30. The Loudon Road Race Series (LRRS) will feature more than two dozen races over the two days of action, while the Moat Mountain Road Course Serieswill hold the first point races of its season with a race on Saturday and Sunday.

The LRRS and Moat Mountain Road Course Series will drop the green flag on the local racing season, which also includes the Sign Works Oval Series (legends) and the Sign Works Mini Oval Bandolero Series. Both will begin their respective seasons on May 20.“We are immensely proud of the local racing that we feature here at New Hampshire Motor Speedway,” said David McGrath, executive vice president and general manager of the speedway. “We have an incredible group of drivers that might one day be making headlines in NASCAR, while our two-wheeled riders are true professionals and incredible to watch.”The bikes and legends cars will be on the track beginning on Thursday for open track sessions.

Legends

The Moat Mountain Road Course Series will run its 14-race schedule on NHMS’ 1.6-mile road course. The Sign Works Oval Series will run a 10-race schedule, featuring seven races on the NHMS quarter-mile mini-oval and, for the first time, three off-property races at Monadnock Speedway (May 13), Lee USA Speedway (May 27), andSpeedway 51 (Aug. 5).

Shaun Buffington (Plainfield, Conn.) is a multi-time track champion in both series, while other local drivers looking to make their marks include Ryan DeCandia (Chaplin, Conn.), Jack Walker (Bow, N.H.), Taylor Martin (Windham, N.H.), Jordan O’Brien (Yarmouth, Maine), and Thomas Saari (Rindge, N.H.).With drivers ranging in age from 12 to 65, legends car racing is not only one of the most affordable types of American motorsports, but serves as a feeder system for drivers looking to make the jump to the next level of racing. Two-time NHMS Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series winner Joey Logano, former Cup Series champions Kyle and Kurt Busch, and former Daytona 500 winner David Ragan highlight an impressive list of drivers that got their starts in legends racing.

Loudon Road Race Series

The LRRS docket will feature seven weekends – running April through October – of motorcycle racing, highlighted by the 94th annual Loudon Classic motorcycle weekend June 16-18. Notable riders include 2016 LRRS Track Champion Scott Greenwood (Dunbarton, N.H.) and two-time reigning Loudon Classic champion Shane Narbonne (Tyngsboro, Mass.), as well as Charles Sandoz (Plainville, Mass.), Eric Wood (Ashburnham, Mass.), Kevin Allen (Manchester Center, Vt.) and 2016 Rookie of the Year Shawn Barron (Riverhead, N.Y.).

Thanks to a strong development program, Penguin Roadracing School, the LRRS has become the Northeast’s premier motorcycle racing circuit, featuring some of the tightest and most intense racing on two wheels. To help build for the future, Penguin has once again scheduled race school days on the Friday prior to all LRRS weekends – a program that started in 2016.Present and future motorcycle road racers can get the training needed to become a fully licensed competitor in the LRRS. More information on the Penguin Roadracing School can be found on the school’s website.

Bandoleros

The Sign Works Mini Oval Bandolero Series started at NHMS in May of 2013. Smaller and easier to drive than legends cars, bandolero cars serve as a stepping stone to the more powerful legends division and feature drivers as young as nine years old.