Jerry Gappens, executive vice president and general manager at New Hampshire Motor Speedway confirmed this afternoon that the IndyCar Series will most likely return to “The Magic Mile”.
“There is 100 percent interest from both the IndyCar Series and Speedway Motorsports Inc. to having the IndyCar Series return to New Hampshire Motor Speedway,” Gappens said.
After meeting with IndyCar Series executive Terry Angstadt last weekend at Texas Motor Speedway, Gappens said open-wheel racing could return to NHMS as soon as the 2009 season and definitely in 2010.
“If it doesn’t happen in 2009, it’s almost guaranteed for 2010 when (IndyCar Series) can do their schedule from scratch,” Gappens said.
Gappens said a perfect scenario would be to have the IndyCar Series race at NHMS next season in either late July or the first of August.
The last time a IndyCar Series race was held at NHMS was in 1998 when the series was known as the Indy Racing League.
“We definitely have interest in returning to NHMS – the geographic location gives us a presence we don’t already have and the oval layout is one that is very attractive for IndyCar racing,” John Griffin, vice president of public relations for the IndyCar Series said.
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