Route 106 turns into a single crawling line of taillights the second the checkered flag drops at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, and it stays that way while 1,200 acres of parking lots empty out one at a time. If your group drove up in three or four separate cars, that's three or four separate exits to plan, three or four spots to remember, and three or four chances someone gets stuck waiting at the wrong gate while everyone else already left. The question that actually decides how your race day ends isn't which grandstand you're sitting in — it's where your ride is parked and how fast it can get you out of Loudon once the race is over.
A charter bus or party bus rental solves that before you ever leave Manchester. Your group loads once, parks once, and rolls out together on the exit route that's already built for larger vehicles — instead of forty people scattering into a dozen cars and hoping everyone finds each other in the S11 lot after dark. Below is what the speedway's own parking rules, camping policies, and race-week schedule actually say, plus how a bus fits into all of it.
Why Rent a Bus to New Hampshire Motor Speedway?
New Hampshire Motor Speedway is the only NASCAR Cup Series stop in New England, and that pulls fans up Route 106 from every corner of the Northeast on race weekend. A group riding together in one Manchester charter bus rental skips the caravan problem entirely — no one falls behind on I-393, no one loses the group at the S1 lot, and no one has to stay sober for the drive home after a full day in the sun. The same reasoning that makes a bus the smart call for any large Manchester fan trip applies at highway speed here: see the Manchester sporting event transportation page for how it works for other venues around the city.
Race weekend is also a multi-day event for a lot of groups. NASCAR week runs from the Friday Dirt Duels through the Sunday Cup race, and plenty of fans camp on-site the whole time. A bus that drops your group at the speedway on Friday and comes back for the Sunday pickup means nobody has to keep a car parked in a field for three straight days, watching the weather and hoping it doesn't rain the lot into mud.
Charter Bus & Party Bus Drop-Off and Parking at New Hampshire Motor Speedway
New Hampshire Motor Speedway sits at 1122 Route 106 North, Loudon, NH 03307, about 14 miles northeast of Concord on a 1,200-acre property that the track itself describes as roughly three miles across at its widest, connected by the Gil Rogers Highway running through the grounds. Per the track's own directions and parking page, general parking gates open by 7 a.m. on NASCAR weekend, and vehicles enter through either the South Entrance (used for Friday and Saturday) or the North or South Entrance on Sunday, race day.
Paid parking — Premium Parking, the Village Green Tailgate lot, the S1 Lot, and Overlook Tailgate Hill — is accessed off the Main Entrance on Route 106 North, and this is the cluster of lots closest to the grandstands. Rideshare pickup and drop-off is staged at the Main Office entrance, an immediate left just past the Main Entrance. The speedway does not publish a separate charter-bus gate the way some stadiums do, so if your bus is bringing a large group, call the Fan Relations line at 833-456-8366 ahead of the weekend to confirm which lot your vehicle should stage in — that one phone call is the difference between a smooth pull-in and circling the property looking for a spot big enough.
Post-Race Exit Flow: Which Lots Go North, Which Go South
The one traffic detail worth planning around before you ever leave Manchester: after the race, the "S" lots plus lots N1, N2, and N3 are routed to exit south, while the remaining "N" lots exit north, according to the same official parking page. That split matters because it decides which direction your bus rolls out into — toward Concord and I-93 south back to Manchester, or north toward Tilton. Knowing your exit direction before the race starts, rather than discovering it in a line of cars, is exactly the kind of detail that gets lost when a group splits into several vehicles with no single plan.
The speedway's own advice for finding your vehicle afterward says something on its own: "take a photo of the sign closest to where you parked" is the official tip on the track's know before you go page, because the lots are large enough and similar enough that fans genuinely lose their cars. A bus staged in one confirmed spot, with one confirmed pickup time, removes that entire problem for your group.
There is no published charter-bus gate at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Paid parking runs through the Main Entrance off Route 106 North, and the Fan Relations line (833-456-8366) is the way to confirm exactly where an oversized vehicle should stage for your race date.
Route 106 Traffic and Getting to New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Race Day
From Manchester, the drive to Loudon follows the same route the speedway publishes for traffic coming from the south: I-93 North to Exit 15E, onto I-393, then Exit 3 onto Route 106 North, where the speedway sits about nine miles up the road on the right. On a normal day that's roughly 25 miles and 35 to 45 minutes. On Cup race Sunday, with huge numbers of fans converging on the same two-lane stretch of Route 106 at the same few hours before an 11 a.m. gate open, that drive stretches out considerably, and it stretches out again in reverse once the race ends and every lot tries to empty at once.
None of that changes with a bus. What changes is who's dealing with it. A charter bus rolls into whichever lot the speedway assigns for the day, stages there for the full event, and pulls back out on the confirmed exit route while your group naps, talks over the race, or just isn't the one white-knuckling Route 106 in bumper-to-bumper traffic.
New Hampshire Motor Speedway Charter Bus Rental vs. Driving Yourself
A bus isn't the right call for two people going to a Saturday truck race. For a group of 15 or more heading to the Dollar Tree 301, it usually is. Here's an honest side-by-side.
| Option | Parking | Group stays together? | Exit after the race | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charter or party bus | One vehicle, staged in a confirmed lot | Yes — one pickup, one drop-off | Rolls out on the assigned S/N exit route as a block | 15–56 people, multi-day camping groups |
| Driving separately | Every car needs its own spot in the same lot | No — easy to get split up over a 1,200-acre property | Every transportation provider stuck in the same lot-by-lot release | 1–2 cars |
| Rideshare | None needed | No — multiple pickups, multiple fares | Long waits; pickup is staged at the Main Office entrance only | Small groups without gear |
The trade-off is straightforward: a bus costs more than a single tank of gas but a lot less than a dozen tanks of gas, a dozen parking spots, and a dozen chances of losing someone in a field the size of a small town.
What Size Bus Fits Your Group for a New Hampshire Motor Speedway Trip
Race weekend groups run everywhere from a small circle of friends splitting one hotel room in Concord to a 50-person company outing with a hospitality tent. Compare the full Manchester vehicle lineup against your headcount and how much gear — coolers, folding chairs, canopies — you're bringing.
| Vehicle | Typical seats | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Sprinter van | Up to ~14 | Small friend groups, suite holders, VIP hospitality guests |
| 18-passenger minibus | Up to 18 | A single tailgate group heading for the Village Green Tailgate lot |
| Party bus | 15–35 | Groups that want the celebration to start on the ride up |
| 35-passenger minibus | Up to 35 | Company outings, larger fan clubs |
| Full-size charter bus | Up to 56 | Multi-day NASCAR week camping groups, large corporate hospitality bookings |
For a camping trip that stretches across the whole NASCAR week, the bigger vehicles matter for a second reason beyond seating: undercarriage storage. A 1,200-acre property with a self-contained camping requirement means gear adds up fast, and a full-size coach carries a lot more of it than four sedans ever could.
New Hampshire Motor Speedway Bus Rental Prices
Manchesterminibuscompany.com shows quotes online in under 30 seconds, and the price is shaped by a handful of clear factors: vehicle size, how many hours the bus is booked for, the date (a Cup Series Sunday prices differently than a quiet Tuesday test day), and how far the pickup point is from Loudon. Compare current ranges on the Manchester bus rental prices page, or call 603-945-6900 for a number specific to your date.
To give you an idea: a 30-person group booking a full day for the Dollar Tree 301 — pickup from Manchester at 8 a.m., a full day at the track through the checkered flag, and a return drop-off that evening — runs in the range that most 10-to-12-hour full-size charter bookings do. Split across 30 people, that number usually comes out cheaper per head than 30 people each buying their own $50-plus race-day parking pass and driving separately. Pricing always varies by date and vehicle, so the fastest way to get your number is a quick call to 603-945-6900 or the online form.
Manchester Airport to New Hampshire Motor Speedway Bus Rental
Out-of-town fans flying in for the Cup Series weekend land at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT), about 30 miles south of the speedway. Instead of a group splitting into several rideshares or rental cars at baggage claim, one bus gathers everyone at the terminal and runs the whole group north on I-93 and Route 106 together. MHT's own ground transportation page lists the shuttle and limo services operating out of the terminal, but none of them are built for a 20-plus person fan group traveling as one unit — which is exactly the gap a private bus fills.
See the Manchester airport transportation page for how airport pickups are arranged.
Camping and Multi-Day NASCAR Weekend Transportation at New Hampshire Motor Speedway
A lot of the Cup Series crowd doesn't leave after Sunday's checkered flag — they never left the property in the first place. Per the speedway's own camping page, NASCAR week camping runs from Saturday one week before the race through the Monday after, with tent camping available exclusively in the S7 Lot during Cup week and RV spots in the S6 Lot at 20′×30′ and 20′×40′ sizes. Every RV or camper has to be self-contained — the track doesn't provide hookups, though mobile pump-out service runs Wednesday through race-day Sunday, with Monday service shifted to the S11 Lot.
Camping requires a minimum of two Sunday tickets to purchase.
For a group camping the whole week, a bus works differently than it does for a single-day trip: rather than one round-trip run, it can drop the group and gear at the start of the week and come back for a scheduled pickup after the race, so nobody has to keep a car sitting in a field lot for six or seven days. Corporate groups booking hospitality tents for the weekend get the same benefit — see the Manchester corporate transportation page for how multi-day bookings are arranged, or the Manchester group transportation services page for larger parties splitting across more than one vehicle.
Leaving New Hampshire Motor Speedway After the Race
Getting out is the part every NASCAR fan already knows to dread. With one road in and one road out through Route 106, and the exit split between the north-bound "N" lots and the south-bound "S" lots plus N1–N3, a property this size doesn't clear in ten minutes no matter how the lots are organized. A bus doesn't make the wait disappear, but it does mean your entire group leaves as one unit, on the exit route it's already assigned to, instead of hoping four separate cars all find each other again in the dark.
Set your pickup window and staging lot with the transportation provider contact before the race starts, not after. Cell service at a 1,200-acre outdoor venue packed with fans is unreliable enough that a preset meeting plan — not "text me when it's over" — is what actually works.
Tips for Visiting New Hampshire Motor Speedway
A few things worth knowing before race day, straight from the speedway's own track policies and know before you go pages:
- The facility is cashless. Bring a credit or debit card — cash isn't accepted at the gates or concessions.
- Bag sizes are strict. Clear bags and soft-sided coolers are capped at 14″×14″×14″, backpacks at 18″×18″×4″, and purses or fanny packs at 4″×6″, 6″×9″, or 4.5″×6.5″. Hard coolers and glass containers are not allowed past the gates.
- Alcohol is allowed, glass isn't. The track's own policy states it plainly: cans and plastic only.
- Bring a seat cushion, not a chair. All seating is grandstand-style bleachers; collapsible chairs are on the prohibited list, but a cushion is recommended.
- Re-entry needs a hand stamp. Ticket holders who leave the grandstands mid-event get a hand stamp at the exit gate and go back through security to return.
- Gates open early. On NASCAR weekend, parking gates open by 7 a.m., well ahead of an 11 a.m. grandstand gate open on Cup race Sunday.
New Hampshire Motor Speedway Race Weekend Calendar
The marquee date on the 2026 calendar is August 21–23, when New Hampshire Motor Speedway hosts what the track calls New England's only NASCAR Cup Series weekend, per its NASCAR Cup Series weekend page:
- Friday, August 21 — SIG SAUER Academy Dirt Duels.
- Saturday, August 22 — a doubleheader with the Truck Series and the Whelen Modified Tour.
- Sunday, August 23 — the Dollar Tree 301, gates open at 11 a.m., green flag at 3 p.m.
Groups of 10 or more qualify for group ticket pricing, and the speedway's own group ticket page notes savings of up to 25% off regular admission, with parties of 21 or more getting dedicated group-sales assistance. That's the same headcount range where a bus starts making financial sense too — if you're already coordinating a group rate on tickets, coordinating the ride up is the other half of that plan. New Hampshire Motor Speedway also opens limited camping in the Trackside Terrace and S5 Lot each June for Motorcycle Week, a smaller but growing draw for group trips north on Route 106.
Call 603-945-6900 as soon as your race weekend plans firm up — vehicle availability for Cup Series weekend tightens well before August.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where does a charter bus or party bus drop off at New Hampshire Motor Speedway?
There's no separate motorcoach gate published by the track. General parking uses the South Entrance on Friday and Saturday, and the North or South Entrance on Sunday; paid parking runs through the Main Entrance off Route 106 North. Because the speedway doesn't publish oversized-vehicle routing, calling the Fan Relations line at 833-456-8366 ahead of your date confirms exactly where a bus should stage.
How much does parking cost at New Hampshire Motor Speedway?
General parking is free, with gates opening by 7 a.m. on NASCAR weekend. Paid options through the Main Entrance include Premium Parking, the Village Green Tailgate lot, the S1 Lot, and Overlook Tailgate Hill, all closer to the grandstands than the free general lots.
How far is New Hampshire Motor Speedway from Manchester, NH?
About 25 miles, following I-93 North to Exit 15E, then I-393 to Exit 3, then Route 106 North for roughly nine miles to the speedway. That's a 35-to-45-minute drive on a normal day and considerably longer around race-day gate times.
Which direction does traffic exit after a race?
The "S" lots plus lots N1, N2, and N3 exit south toward Concord and I-93, while the rest of the "N" lots exit north toward Tilton. Knowing your assigned direction ahead of time helps a group plan its route home before the parking lot itself becomes the traffic jam.
Can our group camp on-site during Cup Series weekend?
Yes. NASCAR week camping runs from the Saturday before race week through the following Monday. RV camping is in the S6 Lot (20′×30′ and 20′×40′ spots), and tent camping during Cup week is limited to the S7 Lot.
Every unit must be self-contained, since the track doesn't provide hookups; mobile pump-out service runs Wednesday through Sunday, shifting to the S11 Lot on Monday. Camping requires purchasing at least two Sunday tickets.
Is New Hampshire Motor Speedway a cashless venue?
Yes, the entire facility accepts credit and debit cards only, at the gates and at concessions.
What's the bag policy?
Clear bags or soft-sided coolers up to 14″×14″×14″, backpacks up to 18″×18″×4″, and small purses or fanny packs are allowed. Hard coolers and glass containers are prohibited at the gates.
Is alcohol allowed?
Yes, in cans or plastic only — glass containers of any kind are not permitted on the property.
Does the track offer group ticket pricing?
Yes. Groups of 10 or more qualify for group pricing with savings advertised up to 25% off regular admission, and groups of 21 or more get dedicated group-sales support, per the track's group ticket page.
What size bus fits a race-day group?
It depends on headcount and gear. A Sprinter van covers up to about 14 people, an 18-passenger minibus suits a single tailgate group, and a full-size charter bus up to 56 works well for company outings or multi-day camping groups hauling a week's worth of gear.
What's the closest airport for out-of-town fans?
Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT), about 30 miles south of the speedway. One bus can gather a group at the terminal and run everyone north together, rather than splitting into several rideshares or rental cars.
How early should we book a bus for Cup Series weekend?
As soon as your race weekend is confirmed. New England's only NASCAR Cup Series weekend draws fans from across the region, and the right-size vehicles for a 20-plus person group go first as August approaches.
Book Your New Hampshire Motor Speedway Bus Today
Whether it's a single-day trip up for the Dollar Tree 301 or a full week camped out for NASCAR week, getting your group to Loudon and back is one call away. Manchesterminibuscompany.com compares charter bus, party bus, and minibus options from a large network of bus companies serving Manchester, so your group rides up Route 106 together and rolls back out the same way. Call 603-945-6900 or use the online quote form to see pricing for your date in under a minute.
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