Father’s Day weekend is an "off" weekend for NASCAR Busch East Series teams, although few will be taking time off. The series’ next race is the New England 125 at New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon, N.H., on Friday, June 29.NHIS is a favorite stop for the series drivers and teams.
The 1.058-mile superspeedway proudly serves as "home turf" for the series, having hosted 46 events since opening in 1990. The Bahre family, led by Bob Bahre and his son, Gary, operators of NHIS, helped NASCAR establish the original "NASCAR Busch Grand National North Series" in 1987. They hosted six series events that year, when they operated Oxford Plains Speedway. Those events served as the foundation of the series.
When the Bahres opened NHIS in 1990, they brought their affection for the series with them, and became the first superspeedway to host stand-alone NASCAR Busch East Series events. The "modern era" NHIS events set the stage for growing a series the Bahres helped establish at their former .333-mile paved track in Maine.
This year, the track hosts a pair of NASCAR Busch East Series events on June 29 and Sept. 14. The events play out in front of two of the highest-paying, largest-attended events for the series each year.
-- Courtesy NASCAR PR
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