The 95th annual Laconia Motorcycle Week wasn’t complete without a trip to New Hampshire Motor Speedway for the 2018 FIM North America Vintage Road Racing Championships the weekend of June 9-10, 2018.
Races started off with Registration from 7am to 1030am both days, then off to Technical Inspection 7:30 to 11:00 am. The Mandatory Riders Meeting was held at 7:30 am.
Practice sessions ran from 8am to 10:00 am… and then it was on! Racing began at 10:15am.
The United States Classic Racing Association (USCRA) racing event got its start back in the mid 1970s. Vintage races organized by a racer, Bob Coy, who raced Yamaha TZ350s and AMA Superbikes joined forces with Rob Ianucci. Their partnership led them to organize vintage races on Long Island at the old Bridgehampton Raceway. It was from there that Bob found the opportunity to organize and pull off a solo stand-alone vintage event in 1981. The event was held at the Old Bryar Motorsports Park in Laconia over the 4th of July weekend. The Belknap Cup Summer Vintage Festival was born. The event featured “classic racing machinery” both two wheeled and four wheeled. Read more.
