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NASCAR returns to New England, offering traditional giant lobster as prize

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LOUDON, NH (WWLP) – The NASCAR Cup Series will return to New Hampshire Motor Speedway this weekend.

New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) is also known as the Magic Mile. As we get ready for the next NASCAR weekend, here are four things to know about Loudon:

#1 New Hampshire is New England’s only NASCAR weekend

What’s more New England than lobster right? That’s exactly what the winner on Sunday gets.

General Manager of New Hampshire Motor Speedway David McGrath said, “Loudon the Lobster is usually a 24-25 pound monster. And it is a unique, unique trophy. Probably the most unique in all of NASCAR.”

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#2 The NASCAR Cup Series made its first visit to what has become known as “The Magic Mile” in 1993

The length of the track is 1.058 mi (1.703 km), making it just over a mile per lap.

“The Magic Mile goes back to the early owners of our speedway. They actually went to Disney World to learn about customer service and how to make sure people have a great experience at the Magic Mile,” said McGrath.

#3 Fan experience

There’s a full lineup of events from a Fan Zone to live music and fireworks. People are already camping out at the track enjoying the days leading up to the race including Saturday’s double header of the NASCAR Xfinity Series Race followed by the Whelen Modified Tour Race.

“People are going to need some days off when they get home to rest because they are going to need it! They are going to have a lot of racing, a lot of energy,” said McGrath.

#4 New Hampshire is a flat track

The Loudon track’s corners feature a maximum banking of just seven degrees.

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“Nobody just comes to NHMS and dominates our race. You really have to qualify well, position yourself well, have great pit strategy during the race,” said McGrath.

Race weekend in Loudon goes from Friday to Sunday.



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2 killed, 1 seriously injured in NH crash

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2 killed, 1 seriously injured in NH crash


Two people are dead and another person has serious injuries following a crash Friday in Rumney, New Hampshire.

The Rumney Fire Department says it responded to Route 25 just after 1:30 p.m. for a motor vehicle crash with entrapment. Crews, including from Plymouth-Fire Rescue and the Wentworth Fire Department, arrived on scene to find two vehicles in the road that appeared to have been involved in a head-on collision.

The driver from one vehicle was taken to a local hospital with serious injuries, the fire department said. The driver and a passenger in the second vehicle were both pronounced dead on scene.

The victims’ names have not been released at this time.

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Route 25 was closed for approximately five hours for an on-scene investigation and clean up, the fire department said.

It’s unclear what caused the fatal crash. The Rumney Police Department is investigating.



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Fireball spotted streaking over towns in southeast New Hampshire: video

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Fireball spotted streaking over towns in southeast New Hampshire: video


An eagle-eyed photographer captured the moment a shining fireball cut across the sky in southeast New Hampshire early Saturday evening.

Rob Wright, a professional photographer based in New Hampshire, shared dash camera footage of the suspected meteor — which he called a “bright green boldie” — blazing straight downwards while he was cruising through Portsmouth.

“That was one of the best I’ve seen and likely the best I’ve ever caught on camera,” Wright boasted on Facebook.

Dash camera footage captured a fireball beaming in the sky on Saturday. Rob Wright/Storyful

Wright was approaching a traffic circle in the coastal town when a pulsing yellow light appeared in the sky. It tracked downwards in a straight line and released a brighter spurt of light before disappearing entirely, all in the span of eight seconds, according to the video.

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Others in Nashua and Londonderry, both located southwest of Portsmouth and closer to the Massachusetts border, told WMUR that they also saw the suspected meteor.

The “bright green boldie” blazed over multiple towns in New Hampshire. Rob Wright/Storyful

Several other highlighted sightings around the same time in Dover, Bedford, Rindge, Hooksett and Jaffrey, which are all within a 90-mile radius of Portsmouth, according to the American Meteor Society.

Locals who follow Wright’s work reported seeing the fireball, too. One woman who also lives in Portsmouth commented that she “thought it must have been a firework.”

It’s unclear what exactly the fireball was.

It’s unclear what exactly the supposed fireball was. Rob Wright/Storyful

Meteorites present similarly to a fireball when they’re plummeting from orbit — but leave a more obvious impact.

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In August, a 3-foot meteor splintered in the air while it was flying over Georgia and left fragments scattered all over Newton County. The explosion caused a sonic boom equivalent to 20 tons of TNT exploding at once.

Pieces of the meteor were found all over the county, including one that crashed through the roof of a home.

Over the summer in 2024, a meteor disintegrated about 30 miles above Midtown Manhattan. The force shook parts of New York City, rattling midday commuters.



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Firefighters battle large blaze at home near NH’s Loon Mountain

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Firefighters from multiple northern New Hampshire communities helped battle a blaze at a home near Loon Mountain on Saturday night.

Campton-Thornton Fire Rescue said in a Facebook post Sunday morning that they responded to the fire on Crooked Mountain Road in Lincoln around 7 p.m. Several other area departments also responded and helped shuttle water to the scene from a site in nearby Woodstock.

No one was home at the time and no firefighters were injured battling the blaze. Fire crews cleared the scene around 4 a.m.

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