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PARIS, Maine (AP) — Bob Bahre, who brought NASCAR racing to New England at the New Hampshire International Speedway, died Friday at his home in Maine. He was 93.
Bahre owned the Oxford Plains Speedway in Maine before selling it in 1987 to focus on a much ambitious project — transforming Bryar Motorsports Park in Loudon, New Hampshire, into a much larger racetrack.
Bruton Smith, executive chairman of Speedway Motorsports, which now owns the New Hampshire racetrack, called him a “true pioneer for motorsports in New England.