New Hampshire

This New England NASCAR track is among the best in the country, according to USA Today readers

It's only about an hour from Boston.

The New Hampshire 301 auto race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in 2016. The Associated Press

If you dream of attending a NASCAR race, you need only drive about an hour north of Boston for one of the best NASCAR tracks in America, according to USA Today readers.

“For many racing enthusiasts, attending a NASCAR race is a bucket list event,” USA Today’s editors wrote in its list of best NASCAR tracks in the country, which was released July 26.

New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., ranked No. 4 on the list.

“The oval at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, nicknamed the ‘Magic Mile’ or ‘Martinsville on steroids,’ has seating for 77,000 spectators who turn up to watch the New Hampshire 301, part of the NASCAR ‘Race to the Chase,'” the editors wrote.

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The No. 1 NASCAR track, according to USA Today readers, is Eldora Speedway in New Weston, Ohio.

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