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Lakes Region Heating and Air Conditioning is installing the museum's climate control hardware. They are doing it on a materials-only basis with the company's labor donated. And there has been plenty of donated labor. Andy Cardinal (left) and Josh Mainville have been in the building for weeks installing the ceiling ductwork and the rest of what's needed to being heat and AC in.

The public and members got their first look at the museum from the inside at an Open House held on September 24. A variety of race cars and motorcycles were on site for the event. For the first time, members and fans toured the inside of the building where they saw the progress that’s been made.

On Saturday, September 24, race fans can see the progress made in constructing the North East Motor Sports Museum at an Open House. There'll be some neat cars like this one on the grounds although the museum isn't set up yet. The Open House will run from 9am-4pm.

NH1 recently ran a video on the museum progress and the collection. Watch it here.

On Saturday, September 24, the car that won the pole for the original Spring Sizzler in 1972 will be on display at the building that will become the North East Motor Sports Museum. As many as 10 vintage racing vehicles will be at the site. The building will be open on the 24th from 9am to 4pm so you can walk through and see where the displays will be set up when the museum opens in the spring of 2017.

Come see the building that will house the North East Motor Sports Museum at a free Open House on Saturday, September 24 from 9am-4pm. The museum is on New Hampshire Motor Speedway property just north of the Shell station on Rt 106 in Loudon.

Sheet rock will cover nearly all of the walls, installed by K&M Drywall. The cost of material and labor is being paid as a donation by long time race fan, Dave Pritchard.

We paid to bring power to the building. It crosses the street in the air, then connects to a pole and from there it runs underground to a transformer in the rear. Shown making the connection from pole to ground is Doherty Electric's Ken Nault.

Beech Ridge Speedway hosted its annual Summerfest, the largest gathering of vintage race cars in New England, on August 8, 2016. The Spirit of 76 supermodified which was campaigned by ABC Racing in the early 1970s was seen restored and in public for the first time.

Dave Frahm's SNF Construction installed all of the interior framing as a donation. Frahm, who had already contributed $25,000 and executed the permit for the EPA-required underground water system, donated labor and materials. He showed up with a truck full of lumber, eight carpenters, and executed the entire project in one day.

Progress on the North East Motor Sports Museum continues. All of the siding is now on the building and several exterior doors have been installed. The Morton crew has now moved to the interior where they are hanging the ceiling and installing thick insulation. Electrical work is already in the trusses and a truss catwalk has been installed.

Compare these photos taken on June 23 to the photos taken on June 12 which appear in an earlier posting and you can clearly see how quickly the North East Motor Sports Museum is coming together. There’s been steady progress since site work began early this spring.