Is It Time for New Hampshire Speedway to Change?

Okay,I’ll admit I have a negative bias towards New Hampshire Speedway, from a spectator perspective. Similar to Pocono, New Hampshire just doesn’t provide very good racing from a sittin-on-your-couch perspective. There’s been a couple of good races over the years, but they’re the exception, not the rule.

The primary problem is that it’s a virtual flat track. I’d like to see Bob Bahre, owner of the speedway, add some banking to the track, and because it’s only a 1-mile track, I think it would be unique enough to create some excellent racing. The now-defunct Pikes Peak International Speedway, in Colorado Springs, was a 1-mile d-shaped oval, and while the Cup guys never ran there, but Busch drivers at the time (including Kennseth and Earnhardt Jr.) thought it was an excellent track, and were in fact disappointed that NASCAR pulled out.

T.V. ratings are down this year for NASCAR and while it’s nothing to alarmed about, there are things that NASCAR should be looking at to get people excited about racing again.