With anticipated crowds exceeding the Super Bowl, Final Four, NBA Finals, World Series games, and even the Stanley Cup Playoffs , New Hampshire Motor Speedway will host the three the biggest sporting events in New England during its 2011 racing season. For the 15th consecutive season, the ‘Magic Mile’Â will host two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series weekends. Moving from its recent late-June date, NASCARs elite series makes its season debut at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday, July 17 for the LENOX Industrial Tools 301. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will make its second trip to the ‘Granite State’Â on Sunday, September 25, as the SYLVANIA 300 lights up the competition for the second race in the ‘Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.’Â In addition to the two Sprint Cup Series races at NHMS, a ‘New Breed of Speed,’Â invades the track when the IZOD IndyCar Series returns after a 13-year hiatus. On August 14 Dario Franchetti, Danica Patrick, Helio Castroneves, and all of the IZOD IndyCar Series stars will bring close wheel-to-wheel action and speeds reaching up to 200 miles per hour. Gappens also announced that there will not be a price increase for NASCAR events in 2011.(NHMS)(8-11-2010)
