New Hampshire Indy 225 Explained

Race Title:	New Hampshire Indy 225
Series Long:	IndyCar Series
Series Short:	ICS
Venue:	New Hampshire Motor Speedway
First Race:	1992
First Series Race:	1996
Last Race:	2011
Distance:	238.05miles
Laps:	225
Previous Names:	New England 200 (1992-1993, 1995) Slick-50 200 (1994) True Value 200 (1996) Pennzoil 200 (1997) New England Indy 200 (1998) MoveThatBlock.com Indy 225 (2011)
Most Wins Driver:	no repeat winners
Most Wins Team:	Team Menard (2)

The New Hampshire Indy 225 was an IndyCar race at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. It was held as a CART Champ Car event from 1992 until 1995, switching to the Indy Racing League for the 1996–97 season. On June 21, 2010, it was announced that the IndyCar Series would return to New Hampshire for the 2011 season.^[1] When the IndyCar Series returned to New Hampshire Motor Speedway the race was scheduled to be 225 laps. A Firestone Indy Lights and NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race accompanied the feature. The race did not return for the 2012 IndyCar Series season.

Race results

Season	Date	Driver	Team	Chassis	Engine	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)	Report	Ref
						Laps	Miles (km)
CART PPG Indy Car World Series
1992	July 5	Bobby Rahal	Rahal/Hogan Racing	Lola	Chevrolet-Ilmor	200	211.6 (340.537)	1:35:00	133.621	Report	^[2]
1993	August 8	Nigel Mansell	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	200	211.6 (340.537)	1:37:33	130.148	Report	^[3]
1994	August 21	Al Unser Jr.	Penske Racing	Penske	Mercedes-Benz-Ilmor	200	211.6 (340.537)	1:43:31	122.635	Report	^[4]
1995	August 20	André Ribeiro	Tasman Motorsports	Reynard	Honda	200	211.6 (340.537)	1:34:36	134.203	Report	^[5]
IndyCar Series
1996-97	Aug 18, 1996	Scott Sharp*	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	200	211.6 (340.537)	1:36:58	130.934	Report	^[6]
	Aug 17, 1997	Robbie Buhl	Team Menard	G-Force	Oldsmobile	200	211.6 (340.537)	1:46:51	118.829	Report	^[7]
1998	June 28	Tony Stewart	Team Menard	Dallara	Oldsmobile	200	211.6 (340.537)	1:51:30	113.861	Report	^[8]
1999 – 2010	Not held
2011	August 14	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Dallara	Honda	215*	227.47 (366.077)	1:58:02	112.03	Report	^[9]

Race recaps

• 1996: Scott Sharp won his first career Indycar race, and won the first race for owner A. J. Foyt since the 1981 Pocono 500. Tony Stewart had led 165 laps and had a nearly three-lap lead over second place, but coasted into the pits with 18 laps to go. Scott Sharp took over the lead, and stretched his fuel to the finish.
• 2011: Indy-style racing returned to New Hampshire after a 13-year sabbatical. The race was scheduled for 225 laps / 238.05 miles. Rain affected the race, bringing out the caution on two lengthy occasions. With 5 laps to go, officials attempted to restart the race and finish under green. The track, however, was too moist for racing, and Danica Patrick immediately spun on the frontstretch, which led to a controversial five-car pileup. Officials accepted blame for the decision, and reverted final scoring back to the previous standings prior to the restart attempt. The official race distance was 215 laps / 227.47 miles.

Indy Lights

Season	Date	Winning Driver	Ref
CART-sanctioned Lights race winners
1992	July 5	Adrián Fernández	^[10]
1993	August 8	Steve Robertson	^[11]
1994	August 21	Greg Moore	^[12]
1995	August 20	Greg Moore	^[13]
IndyCar-sanctioned Lights race winners
2011	August 14	Josef Newgarden	^[14]

USF2000

Season	Date	Winning Driver
USAC FF2000 Eastern Division Championship
	August 22	Chris Simmons
USAC FF2000 National Championship
	August 20	Chris Simmons
USF2000 National Championship
1995	August 19	Jeret Schroeder
1996	August 18	Bruno Bianchi

Whelen Modified Tour (Indy weekend only)

Since 1994, the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour has joined the open-wheel card, typically racing as part of the Indy weekend. The series usually participates in all major race weekends at the circuit.

Season	Date	Winning Driver
1994	August 21	Steve Park
1995	August 20	Mike Stefanik
1996	August 18	Tony Hirschman
1997	August 16	Jan Leaty
1998	June 28	Mike Stefanik
2011	August 13	Mike Stefanik

External links

• Champ Car Stats: New Hampshire archive
• Ultimate Racing History: New Hampshire archive

Notes and References

1. News: Cavin. Curt. IndyCar returning to New Hampshire. 22 June 2010. The Indianapolis Star. June 21, 2010.
2. Web site: 1992 New England 200. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. November 27, 2023.
3. Web site: 1993 New England 200. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. November 27, 2023.
4. Web site: 1994 Slick 50 200. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. November 27, 2023.
5. Web site: 1995 New England 200. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. November 27, 2023.
6. Web site: 1996 True Value 200. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. November 27, 2023.
7. Web site: 1997 Pennzoil 200. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. November 27, 2023.
8. Web site: 1998 New England 200. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. November 27, 2023.
9. Web site: 2011 MoveThatBlock.com Indy 225. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. November 27, 2023.
10. Web site: 1992-06. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. November 27, 2023.
11. Web site: 1993-08. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. November 27, 2023.
12. Web site: 1994-09. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. November 27, 2023.
13. Web site: 1995-10. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. November 27, 2023.
14. Web site: 2011 New Hampshire 100. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. November 27, 2023.