New Hampshire Motor Speedway

New Hampshire Motor Speedway opened in 1990 and joined the Cup Series schedule in 1993. The 1.058-mile flat oval in Loudon, New Hampshire, was built by businessman Bob Bahre on the site of the former Bryar Motorsports Park and quickly established itself as the only Cup venue in New England. New Hampshire's distinctive flat 2-degree banking on the straightaways and 12 degrees in the turns produces a unique handling challenge: drivers cannot rely on banking to hold the car through the corners and must instead manage the chassis through long, patient corner entries. The track is widely known as the Magic Mile and hosts one Cup race per year, traditionally in mid-summer, with the surrounding pine forests producing one of the most distinct visual atmospheres on the schedule.