North East -- June 1st Ride To The Races, (Loudon Road Racing Series

I'm thinking about going to the races at Loudon Speedway on Sunday, June 1st. I plan on riding up with some friends, the long way of course, and stopping for breakfast along the way.

I'll be leaving from the D'nD in STERLING, MA at 8:30. Breakfast will be in either Peterborough, NH at the Peterborough Diner or at Cliff's in Townsend, MA.

Details are still being worked out, but I will update this post when I can.

LINK TO LOUDON ROAD RACING SERIES

 

let me know, I will be around and might be up for a cruise up there. I live in RI but am not super far away...

 

Hi Pat,
Post up the details when you have them. I might be able to escape on a Sunday morning and meet up in Peterbourgh.

 

My Buddy JayPark should be racing that day.... errrr If he gets a new motor in time....

 

A couple of my riding friends, including the guy who is planning all of this out, are riding 2up for this ride, but it should still be a nice ride.


Here's what he has to write.

"We will take the long way to Loudon, using some great motorcycle roads like..

137
136
31
132
...taking us north to the New Hampshire Speedway for a 12:30 arrival time. If possible we will bring a packed lunch to the track, grinders, potato salad, pasta salad and the like. I will need volunteers to make items and help lug it up there.

Most likely the ride home will be via slap 93,89 to 13 south. Seeing its a school night and all.

So if you ever wanted to watch motorcycle racing to see what its like, or a seasoned fan now is the time to come along with the OSJ's for a day!"



Some details about the track
Racing starts at Noon. Its $15 to get into the grandstands or $25 for grandstands and infield area. There is a restaurant and concessions in the infield area only. I'm sure its expensive and not the best quality. I will most likely do the infield pass and we plan on eating a good sized breakfast so most likely we will skip a formal lunch. I will pack a cooler with water and a few snacks, if you have room on your bike then you should do the same.

Once we get there we will pick a time for all of us to meet up and start the ride home. Depending on when OSJ's kids will be back from their day with his family will decide when its time to leave. I will let you know Sunday morning. If we have time we will stop at Jackie's Dairy Bar (Rt 13 & Rt 2 in Leominster, MA) on the way home for some fried clams.

 

EDIT: I'VE BEEN GIVING THE WRONG DUNKIN DONUTS STARTING POINT

We'll be leaving from the STERLING, MA DUNKIN' DONUTS ( UPDATED: CLICK FOR DIRECTIONS)

 

Are you going up there? I believe Hoss will already be up there.

 

Great. I'm waiting on a reply to find out where breakfast is going to be, but we'll be riding through Peterborough no matter what.

 

I'm unable to post a Microsoft Streets and Trips file on this message board. If you want a copy of the route in S&T format, go to the New England Sport Touring forum here and sign on as a guest. Go to the bottom of the post and click on the attachment to download it.

http://forums.delphiforums.com/NewEnglandsport/messages?msg=738.3

 

Leaving Sterling, MA Dunkin Donuts at 8:30 - breakfast at Cliffs in Townsend, MA, but if it's to small, crowded and has a long wait, then we'll go to Peterborough Diner in Peterborough, NH - arriving at track around 12:30.

Here are the people that are in:

OSJ (leader/planner; Ducati Multistrada; NEST) - 2up with Michelle
STDave (ST1300; NEST) - 2up with SO
PhatPat33 (VFR800; NEST, vfrd, vfrworld)

Tentative Maybes:

NeverlosT (vfrworld - meeting at Dunkin Donuts in WB?)
dskelton (vfrworld - meeting at breakfast?)
MrJoelieC (vfrworld - meet at the track?)
Hoss (NEST - meet at the track)

 

Time Mile Instruction For Toward
Summary: 115.1 miles (4 hours, 14 minutes)
8:30 AM 0.0 Depart Dunkin Donuts on SR-12 [Leominster Rd] (North) 2.0 mi
8:32 AM 2.0 Turn LEFT (West) onto N Row Rd 1.8 mi
8:36 AM 3.8 Bear RIGHT (West) onto Upper North Row Rd 2.0 mi
8:41 AM 5.8 At near Moores Corners, bear RIGHT (North-West) onto Justice Hill Rd 1.1 mi
8:44 AM 6.8 Bear RIGHT (West) onto Lucas Rd 0.4 mi
8:45 AM 7.2 Road name changes to Hobbs Rd 1.2 mi
8:48 AM 8.4 Turn RIGHT (North-West) onto SR-140 [SR-31] 0.7 mi
8:50 AM 9.1 Keep RIGHT onto SR-31 [Fitchburg Rd] 1.6 mi
8:52 AM 10.7 At near Leino Park, stay on SR-31 [Fitchburg Rd] (North) 1.8 mi
8:55 AM 12.5 Keep STRAIGHT onto SR-31 [Princeton Rd] 0.3 mi
8:55 AM 12.8 Turn LEFT (North) onto Local road(s) 10 yds
8:56 AM 12.8 Take Ramp (LEFT) onto SR-2 0.7 mi RT-2 / Westminster / Athol
8:57 AM 13.6 At exit 27, turn RIGHT onto Ramp 0.4 mi Depot Rd / Narrows Rd
8:58 AM 13.9 Keep RIGHT to stay on Ramp 65 yds Depot Rd
8:58 AM 13.9 Bear RIGHT (North) onto Depot Rd 0.6 mi
8:59 AM 14.6 Turn RIGHT (North-East) onto SR-2A [State Rd E] 0.4 mi
9:00 AM 15.0 Turn LEFT (North) onto S Ashburnham Rd 4.1 mi
9:07 AM 19.1 At near South Ashburnham, bear RIGHT (North) onto Needham Rd 0.3 mi
9:09 AM 19.4 Road name changes to Cashman Hill Rd 1.5 mi
9:13 AM 20.9 Bear RIGHT (North-East) onto SR-101 [Central St] 0.6 mi
9:15 AM 21.5 Turn RIGHT (East) onto SR-101 [SR-12] 153 yds
9:15 AM 21.6 Turn LEFT (North) onto SR-101 [Water St] 0.2 mi
9:15 AM 21.8 Keep STRAIGHT onto SR-101 [Ashby Rd] 3.8 mi
9:22 AM 25.6 Turn RIGHT (East) onto SR-119 [Rindge St] 4.9 mi
9:29 AM 30.5 Turn LEFT (East) onto SR-119 [SR-31] 5.2 mi
9:37 AM 35.8 Arrive Cliff's
10:37 AM 35.8 Depart Cliff's on SR-119 [Main St] (West) 1.9 mi
10:40 AM 37.7 Turn RIGHT (North) onto Canal St 0.2 mi
10:41 AM 37.8 Road name changes to Mason Rd 1.1 mi
10:43 AM 39.0 Turn RIGHT to stay on Mason Rd 1.1 mi
10:45 AM 40.0 Entering New Hampshire
10:45 AM 40.0 Road name changes to SR-123 [Valley Rd] 0.9 mi
10:47 AM 40.9 At near Mason, stay on SR-123 [Valley Rd] (North) 1.9 mi
10:50 AM 42.9 Turn LEFT (West) onto SR-123 [Merriam Hill Rd] 2.0 mi
10:54 AM 44.8 Bear LEFT (West) onto SR-123 [Mason Rd] 0.4 mi
10:55 AM 45.2 Turn RIGHT (North) onto SR-123 [SR-31] 0.3 mi
10:55 AM 45.5 Turn LEFT (West) onto SR-123 [Pleasant St] 0.8 mi
10:56 AM 46.3 Turn LEFT (West) onto SR-123 [Main St] 131 yds
10:56 AM 46.3 Bear RIGHT (North-West) onto SR-123 [SR-45], then immediately bear RIGHT (North) onto SR-45 [Main St] 0.3 mi
10:57 AM 46.6 Turn LEFT (West) onto SR-45 [Temple Rd] 0.9 mi
10:59 AM 47.5 Keep STRAIGHT onto SR-45 [Greenville-Temple Hwy] 0.8 mi
11:00 AM 48.4 Keep STRAIGHT onto SR-45 [Senator Tobey Hwy] 1.8 mi
11:03 AM 50.2 At near Temple, stay on SR-45 [Senator Tobey Hwy] (North-West) 2.2 mi
11:07 AM 52.4 Turn LEFT (West) onto SR-101 5.5 mi
11:14 AM 57.9 Turn RIGHT (North-East) onto US-202 [SR-123] 2.3 mi
11:17 AM 60.1 Keep RIGHT onto SR-136 [Greenfield Rd] 3.1 mi
11:22 AM 63.3 At near Happy Valley, stay on SR-136 [Greenfield Rd] (North-East) 1.4 mi
11:24 AM 64.7 Keep STRAIGHT onto SR-136 [Peterborough Rd] 0.3 mi
11:25 AM 65.1 Keep STRAIGHT onto SR-136 [Forest Rd] 0.6 mi
11:26 AM 65.7 Keep STRAIGHT onto SR-136 [SR-31] 109 yds
11:26 AM 65.8 Turn LEFT (North) onto SR-136 [Francestown Rd] 1.2 mi
11:28 AM 67.0 Bear LEFT (North) onto SR-136 0.1 mi
11:28 AM 67.1 Keep STRAIGHT onto SR-136 [Greenfield Rd] 3.0 mi
11:33 AM 70.1 Turn RIGHT (East) onto Local road(s) 43 yds
11:34 AM 70.1 Turn RIGHT (East) onto SR-136 [New Boston Rd] 3.3 mi
11:40 AM 73.4 Keep STRAIGHT onto SR-136 [Francestown Rd] 1.7 mi
11:43 AM 75.1 At near New Boston, stay on SR-136 [Francestown Rd] (East) 2.2 mi
11:47 AM 77.3 Bear RIGHT (South) onto SR-77 [High St] 0.3 mi
11:48 AM 77.6 Turn LEFT (South-East) onto SR-13 [Meetinghouse Hill Rd] 142 yds
11:48 AM 77.7 Turn LEFT (North) onto SR-13 [River Rd] 4.2 mi
11:55 AM 81.9 Turn LEFT (North) onto Parker Rd 0.6 mi
11:57 AM 82.5 At near Parker, stay on Parker Rd (North) 0.3 mi
11:57 AM 82.8 Turn RIGHT (East) onto SR-114 [N Mast Rd] 0.2 mi
11:58 AM 83.0 Turn LEFT (North) onto Parker Station Rd 0.1 mi
11:59 AM 83.1 Turn RIGHT (North) onto Gorham Pond Rd 4.3 mi
12:06 PM 87.5 Turn LEFT (North) onto SR-13 [Stark Hwy S] 1.4 mi
12:09 PM 88.9 Keep STRAIGHT onto SR-13 [Stark Hwy N] 3.5 mi
12:15 PM 92.4 Turn RIGHT (East) onto SR-13 [Clinton St] 0.8 mi
12:16 PM 93.2 Keep STRAIGHT onto SR-13 1.0 mi
12:18 PM 94.2 Bear RIGHT (North) onto SR-13 [Clinton St] 2.0 mi
12:21 PM 96.2 Take Ramp (RIGHT) onto I-89 2.2 mi I-89
12:23 PM 98.5 Turn RIGHT onto Ramp 0.3 mi I-93 / I-393 / US-4 / Concord / Seacoast
12:24 PM 98.8 Take Ramp (LEFT) onto I-93 [Everett Tpke] 3.2 mi
12:27 PM 102.1 At exit 15E, take Ramp (RIGHT) onto I-393 [US-202] 3.5 mi I-393 / US-4 / US-202 / Loudon / Portsmouth
12:31 PM 105.6 At exit 3, turn RIGHT onto Ramp 0.1 mi RT-106 / Laconia / Pembroke
12:31 PM 105.7 Turn LEFT (North) onto SR-106 [Sheep Davis Rd] 1.5 mi
12:33 PM 107.2 Keep STRAIGHT onto SR-106 7.6 mi
12:42 PM 114.8 Turn RIGHT (East) onto Local road(s) 142 yds
12:43 PM 114.9 Bear LEFT (North-East) onto Local road(s) 0.2 mi
12:44 PM 115.1 Arrive New Hampshire International Speedway

SUMMARY
Driving distance: 115.1 miles
Trip duration: 4 hours, 14 minutes
Driving time: 3 hours, 14 minutes
Cost: $13.43

 

Hey Pat,
Thanks again for the invite. I had a great time on the ride. Kudos to Jim, he does an excellent job of plotting out a route.
The photo is of the 3 VFRs that made the trip to NHIS. Mine is the '03 lathered in stickers, Pat's has the luggage, and RC30 belongs to Pat's friend Dylan.
The two Multi-Stratas were on the ride as well. The red one is Jim's.

 

I'm glad that you made it out there, Dean. It was a perfect day for riding.

I'm glad that you took some photos, as I forgot mine. I can't believe that I left my camera.