Race Postponed until Nov 23rd: hearing from good sources that the New Hampshire race has been postponed (NOT cancelled) from this weekend until Friday, November 23rd, 2001 (day after Thanksgiving and it’ll be cold). The field will be set by Owners Points and it will be a one day event(9-13-2001 1:25pm/et) UPDATE: NASCAR’s Winston Cup race in New Hampshire on Sunday was postponed because of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. The move to put off the New Hampshire 300, announced by the speedway’s owner, followed a decision by the NFL to scrap its games for this Sunday. The race was rescheduled for Friday, Nov. 23, the day after Thanksgiving. “It was NASCAR’s decision, but we agreed with them 100 percent,” track owner Bob Bahre said. “We hated to cancel [postponed not canceled], but at the same time you have to think of the people, all the problems they have in New York. I think all our fans will understand, and we’ll honor all their tickets,” Bahre said. About 4,000 fans in mobile homes already had arrived at the track, some of them as early as last Saturday. The race, the second of the season at the 1-mile oval, attracts about 100,000 fans. It was only the second non-weather postponement for NASCAR in at least 30 years. The 1999 (actuallly it was the 1998 race, not 1999) Pepsi 400 in at Daytona International Speedway was postponed from July until October because of forest fires in central Florida. see two columns at That’s Racin’: Sunday’s Winston Cup race postponed and NASCAR postpones N.H. race(9-13-2001 2:27pm/et) UPDATE 2: NASCAR has announced the postponement of Sunday’s New Hampshire 300 NASCAR Winston Cup Series race at New Hampshire International Speedway. The race has been rescheduled for Friday, November 23. NASCAR also announced the cancellation of the New Hampshire 125 for Busch North Series cars and the New Hampshire 100 for Featherlite Modified Series. Speedway official announced that tickets for Sunday’s New Hampshire 300 will be honored for the rescheduled race on November 23. They also announced that those having tickets for Saturday’s Busch North Series and Featherlite Modified Series races can receive refunds by mail. The Speedway’s mailing address for Saturday refunds is: New Hampshire International Speedway P.O. Box 7888 Loudon, NH 03307 Gary Bahre, NHIS President said, “We fully support NASCAR’s decision to postpone the race. We regret the tragic circumstances that made the postponement necessary, but we truly understand the decision, and our hearts go out to those who have suffered losses.” Mike Helton, NASCAR President said, “We join the nation in mourning those who lost their lives and pray that those wounded will fully recover.” The starting line-up for the New Hampshire 300 has already been set according to the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series rule book and will be used for the rescheduled race(NHIS PR) Starting Lineup: NASCAR announced that there would be no qualifying and that the field would be lined up according to the points and procedures announced last Tuesday, not according to the points at the time of the rescheduled race(SpeedVision). See the starting lineup on myNew Hampshire 400 Starting Lineup page (since the fields is set by Owners Points not Drivers Points, if a driver change is made by Nov 2001, the car will start in the same spot with the new driver). NOTE: Last year, the high temperatures on the weekend after Thanksgiving in the region were in the 20s. ALSO – This is all I know or has been reported, no word on exact schedule for the postponed race has been posted as of yet(9-14-2001)
