The Bahre family, well known for promoting the Oxford Plains Speedway throughout the seventies and eightes, purchased what was known as the Bryar Motorsports Park in 1989 and developed the property into what we know today as the New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Constuction of the 1.058 New England oval was extremely unusual for a speedway of its caliber as it was designed and constructed without consulting engineers, and using only one surveyor who primarily planted stakes.

After nine months of construction the track opened in June 1990 and NASCAR debuted the following month with a Busch Series event that was won by 1988 Busch Series champion Tommy Ellis of Richmond, Virginia. NASCAR contunied to run a pair of Busch Series events at New Hampsire Motor Speedway until 1993 when a Sprint Cup date was added.

Rusty Wallace took the checkers in the inaugural Slick 50 300 on July 12, 1993. That race would be Davey Allison's final race as he was involved in a helicopter crash the following day that resulted in his death.

NASCAR agreed to a second Sprint Cup date at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in 1997 after the Bahre family and Bruton Smith purchased North Wilkesboro Speedway and closed it down, leaving two open dates on the schedule. New Hampshire became the first race in the Chase to the Cup beginning with the 2004 race season.

Tradegy struck at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in 2000 when two young drivers with promising futures were killed in practice accidents. Adam Petty, grandson of Richard, sustained fatal injuries in May when his throttle stuck exiting turn two causing a head on collision with the turn three and four wall. 1998 Rookie of the Year Kenny Irwin, Jr. died in a simular accident just two months later.

The New Hampshire racing facility has hosted many great and exciting events and has sold out all twenty six Sprint Cup races to date. The track has more than 105,000 seats and is situated on eleven hundred acres.

It was announced by the Bahre family on November 2, 2007 that Speedway Motorsports founder Bruton Smith purchased the speedway for $340 million.

Hardcore Race Fans in the northeastern US are concerned the new owner will move one of the dates to another track but I believe New Hampshire Motor Speedway will retain both of it's races and continue to sell out due to it's location in a major market and the loyalty of Hardcore Race Fans.