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NTORTH EAST MOTOR SPORTS MUSEUM 2020 FEATURES ISDT, NEW ENGLAND FLAT TRACKERS AND AMA “LACONIA” NATIONALS
the very early 1900’s reflect a he North East Motor Sports Museum located just very diverse culture of all
south of the New Hampshire Motor Speedway on RT motor racing. New England
106 broke ground in September of 2015. Construction of the museum was completed in the Fall of 2016.For 2020 the museum will feature a special exhibit keyed in part to the 1973 International Six Days Trials event held in Massachusetts. As a part of that exhibit the Museum will also feature the very rare factory ROKON flat track motorcycle that was manufactured in Keene, New Hampshire. Featured also will be historic motorcycles that competed in the Laconia AMA nationals and New England flat tracks.
produced some of the world’s top riders and drivers in all motor sports disciplines.
Along with rotating special exhibits, the museum in general will showcase the rich history of all motorsports that took place in New England from motorcycles to stock cars, midgets, sprint cars, dragsters, sports cars etc. Historically, New England’s tracks dating back to
The AMA sanctioned Gypsy Tour on June 14 will go from Laconia Motorcycle Week headquarters to the new museum and then to the international FIM Vintage motorcycle races at the Speedway on June 14 The Gypsy Tour will be a fundraiser for the museum. H
The non-profit museum is constructed on leased land from the New Hampshire Motor Speedway. It will house a varied permanent collection of race vehicles, feature special exhibits and house an extensive collec- tion of race memorabilia.
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TWEIRS BEACH DRIVE-IN OFFICIAL SPONSOR FOR LACONIA MOTORCYCLE WEEK 2020!
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Corporate sponsors, like the Weirs Beach Drive-In, help make the marketing efforts of the Laconia Motorcycle Week® Association possible. Join us in thanking them and all of our sponsors for their support! H
he Weirs Beach
Drive-In has been a major
player during Motorcycle
Week since the early
1980’s, first as a parking
area and then as one of
the premier vendor loca-
tions in the heart of Weirs Beach.
Pat Baldi, owner of the Weirs Beach Drive-In, stepped up as a corporate sponsor of Laconia Motorcycle Week® for 2020 because she understands the value the Rally brings to the Lakes Region and State of NH. The Weirs Beach Drive-In will be showing first-run movies on multiple screens all summer and have always been a favorite place to catch a great show under the stars.
Photo Courtesy: John Bielawski