100th Loudon Classic
 

Video says it all

Pros coming to town to compete for the largest purse ever in American motorcycle road racing!

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https://youtu.be/SHSZbg3kGb0

Nice article in Road Racing World about the history of the Loudon Classic

https://www.roadracingworld.com/news...n-road-racing/

Sounding like the green flag flies around 3p on Saturday the 17th!

Track Design and Familiarity Essential for Instruction...
 

One of this Winnipesaukee forum's members is very familiar with this race course.

Appearing in my "signature", the taller of the two (pictured) persons is a Massachusetts driving instructor who is responsible for approving "snowbird" instructors for BMW-CCA track events in New Hampshire. ;)

Nostalgia
 

It's nothing like the races at Belknap where spectators stood at the edge of the road, or they did hill climbs by the ski jumps.

If getting close to the action is what you want, there are always opportunities to be a corner marshal. ;)

Every year I'm surprised that the crowds keep coming back. It seems that many recent years have been cold washouts, as the final weekend will be this year.

It seems to me that "cold washout"? may be an overstatement. The people who got washed out today are likely mostly local from New England. The people who come for the week make reservations weeks or months ahead. They come, they have fun, they spend their money. Everybody is happy. Saturday afternoon, 6/17, we joined friends for an early dinner at 4:00 pm. The Ellacoya B & G had a 75 minute wait. Called ahead to the Breeze and we got in almost right away, but they were full with others waiting. No washout there. I guess if you wanted to people watch at the Weirs, it was a washout. No idea about the track--are tickets prepaid? We were in Loudon at 6:45--ghost town.

Not this weekend, but during the week we were saying we have never heard the constant drone of motorcycles in the background like we did this week. I think it will turn out to be a very busy week. I can't remember if the state does a count or just Laconia?

Well, the 100th Loudon Classic was memorable, no doubt about that.

Weather conditions were pretty rough throughout the day but it was the 10 or so red flags (due to crashes) that will probably stick out the most in my mind.

I can't say what changed because the conditions during morning practice were pretty much the same as when the race started.

Lap times between practice and the race were similar and everyone was riding clean enough yet traction seemed to disappear come race time.

Still, it was remarkable to see how quickly the MotoAmerica riders adapted to the NHMS road course in their few days here and their general lap times in the dry were remarkable...on par with or quicker than our fastest locals.

Hopefully the downed riders are all ok. Such a crazy set of events that unfolded yesterday...