The Future Home of North East Motor Sports History. Welcome to the official website of the North East Motor Sports Museum! The museum is a proposed 20,000 square foot facility that will be located on the grounds of the New Hampshire Motor Speedway. When completed, the museum will be home to an extensive collection of race cars, trophies, helmets, engines, motorcycles, books, photographs, newspapers, videos, magazines and memorabilia that represents a cross-section of the rich North East racing history. Thank you for your interest, and if you would like to know how you can help, please contact us.

Who Are We?

We are the Racing History Preservation Group. Incorporated in New Hampshire, we are a 501 (c) 3 non-profit. Some of the most significant personalities in Northeast Motorsports are members of our Board of Directors. The Board’s Executive Committee consists of President Dick Berggren, Vice President Lew Boyd, Second Vice President Joe Freeman, Treasurer Ken Smith, Secretary Ric Mariscal. Board members include Dick Batchelder, Ray Boissoneau, Ron Bouchard, Bones Bourcier, Russ Conway, Ricky Craven, Andy Cusack, Paul Giblin, Mark Hann, Lloyd Hutchins, Joe Lombardo, Skip Matczak, Al Novotnik, Ed Shea, RA Silvia,George Summers and Pete vonSneidern.

No member of the Executive Committee or the Board receives any compensation in exchange for their services.

Latest News

05.14.2013 Hall of Fame On Sunday, May 6, Board Member Ricky Craven was inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame. Noteworthy is that this very old Hall has inducted just three race car drivers, Dick McCabe, Ralph Cusack and now Ricky Craven. In his remarks to the huge audience, Ricky talked about his passion for racing and described his rise from an obscure small Maine town to winning in NASCAR’s top division. Read More

04.30.2013 Racing History Preservation Group Exhibits On April 29, 2013, the Racing History Preservation Group delivered five vintage race cars to Maine’s Owl’s Head Transportation Museum. Included were a 6-banger driven early in his career by Dick McCabe and restored by Steve Pellerin, Skip Matczak’s Allyn Tool Special, one of Lloyd Hutchins’ fabulous flathead-powered coupes, Dick Berggren’s Doug Gore sprint car and Paul Aldrich’s fabulous salmon-colored early dragster. Read More

04.02.2013 RHPG TO EXHIBIT AT OWL’S HEAD Racing History Preservation Group members are proud to have been asked to display a cross section of cars at the Owl’s Head Transportation Museum in Maine. The exhibit will run from April 30 through sometime in the fall. Read More

04.02.2013 ECONOMAKI LIBRARY TO BE DEDICATED On Sunday, April 7, RHPG president Dick Berggren will be the keynote speaker at the Eastern Museum of Motor Racing’s spring Open House dedication of its library in memory of Chris Economaki. The museum, located on 100 Baltimore Rd., York Springs, PA, is one of the finest short track properties in the world. It showcases engines, cars, helmets, trophies, theatre and other one-of-a-kind memorabilia in an educational atmosphere. Read More

03.23.2013 Barn Find When folks find a relatively intact old race car, it’s called a “barn find.” How about this one as a barn find, a vintage and authentic Roman chariot! If you saw the movie Ben Hur, you know that chariot races were among the very first oval track events in human history. Read More