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Story Archives of 'Auto Racing'
Here's What's Awesome: Giant Stuff, Drag Racing the Police
By Brady Carlson on Sunday, May 3, 2009.
Did you know that New Hampshire's school awesomeness rate - that is, the rate of students being able to find awesome links - has gone up 23% since the launch of Here's What's Awesome? Statistics don't lie - together, we're making a difference.
Not just limited to balls of twine or Lily Tomlin's rocking chair
New Hampshire Motor Speedway General Manager Jerry Gappens
By Richard Ager on Tuesday, August 12, 2008.Each year over 100,000 people travel up to Loudon for races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, the track owned by the Bahre family but sold to new owners in 2007. Senior Vice President Jerry Gappens was made the track’s new General Manager; we talk to Jerry Gappens about his new role and the role of auto racing in New Hampshire.
This program was originally broadcast July 17, 2008
Guest
- Jerry Gappens, General Manager for the New Hampshire Motor Speedway
New Hampshire Motor Speedway General Manager Jerry Gappens
By Richard Ager on Wednesday, July 16, 2008.Each year over 100,000 people travel up to Loudon for races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, the track owned by the Bahre family but sold to new owners in 2007. Senior Vice President Jerry Gappens was made the track’s new General Manager; we talk to Jerry Gappens about his new role and the role of auto racing in New Hampshire.
Guest
- Jerry Gappens, General Manager for the New Hampshire Motor Speedway
The New England Forest Rally Comes to New Hampshire
By Chris Jensen on Monday, July 7, 2008.One of the most unusual and challenging forms of auto racing is coming to New Hampshire.
It is the New England Forest Rally.
Competitors will race down forest roads near Berlin and in Maine at speeds around 100 miles per hour.
Correspondent Chris Jensen has the details.
NASCAR in New England
By Virginia Prescott on Monday, June 23, 2008.There was a time when NASCAR officials thought New Hampshire was about five miles from the North Pole.
That was before the Southern sport - along with the culture, dollars, and perhaps even the so-called "NASCAR dads" voting block - revved across the United States to stop off right here in Loudon, home of the New Hampshire Motor Speedway, a track that can seat 105,000-plus people.
As local racing fans gear up for the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 this coming Sunday, industry insiders are thinking about the future of NASCAR. Track attendance is down, corporate sponsors may be pulling out, and gas prices are at an all-time high, affecting the race teams as well as fans who trek in from across the country to hear the engines roar.
Charlie Pierce wrote about the foothold NASCAR now has in New England for The Boston Globe Magazine, and he joins Word of Mouth to talk about NASCAR's financial crunch - and its identity crisis.
(Photo by pocketwiley)
The Speedway Scene
By Shay Zeller on Wednesday, July 12, 2006.Lovers of NASCAR know there's a lot more to the sport than watching fast cars chase each other toward a finish line. We'll talk with Allen Lessels, the author of Live Free, Drive Fast about some of the unusual stories behind the visible track scene. Lessels makes a compelling case for why The New Hampshire International Speedway has hosted NASCAR races since 1990. We'll also talk with NASCAR's 2005 Rookie of the Year Sean Caisse. He's 20, and already has an impressive record for 2006. Sean is a native of Pelham, NH.
Tamworth Race Track Owners Retain Edge in Senate
By Dan Gorenstein on Thursday, May 5, 2005.The State Senate has killed a plan supporters say would have restored local oversight to the regulation of private race tracks.
New Hampshire Public Radio's Dan Gorenstein reports.
House Votes on Bill to Regulate Racetracks
By Dan Gorenstein on Thursday, April 7, 2005.The House considered a controversial measure yesterday that pits local control against big money and fast cars.
New Hampshire Public Radio's Dan Gorenstein has more.
NASCAR in New Hampshire
By Laura Knoy on Thursday, July 22, 2004.It's the number one spectator sport in the state, and it's not politics! New Hampshire fans love the drama, intrigue and high speed stakes of NASCAR racing. And for one weekend in July, a local racetrack become's the state's second largest city, welcoming over 100,000 visitors. Laura's guests are Gordon Kirby, a racing journalist who travels the world covering the sport of auto racing, Kevin Provencher, Sports Writer who covers NASCAR for The Manchester Union Leader, and Pete Pistone, Executive Editor and Sports Journalist for Racing One Magazine. Petes' uncle was "Tiger" Tom Pistone who raced NASCAR in the 50s.
Rally Racing
By John Walters on Tuesday, May 11, 2004.Tim O?Neil likes to drive cheap, fast, and out of control. Well, not out of control, he?s a many-times-over champion rally driver. And, actually, not really cheap either. Professional rally driving takes a decent investment.
Tim O?Neil drives expensive, fast, and in control down loose one-lane dirt and gravel roads, on ice, and through mud and snow. Rally racing sends suped-up, stripped-down cars to places one might imagine are meant for ATVs or snowmobiles. It?s hugely popular in Europe and Canada and North Country native O?Neil is a big name in the circuit. We visit him at Team O'Neil Rally School in Dalton to talk about his life barreling down un-paved roads and go for a spin- literally.
