Editing Loudon Classic (section)

===Bryar Motorsports Park===
The closure of the Belknap circuit resulted in the construction of the new 1.6-mile Bryar Motorsports Park in 1965, located 20 miles south of Laconia in [[Loudon, New Hampshire]]. The Laconia Classic gradually became known as the Loudon Classic.<ref name="Archives: The Loudon Classic"/> The Bryar Motorsports Park track road course followed the contours of a hillside around a small lake.<ref name="Archives: Bryar Motorsports Park">{{cite web |url=https://www.cyclenews.com/2018/06/article/archives-bryar-motorsports-park/ |title=Archives: Bryar Motorsports Park |publisher=cyclenews.com |access-date=12 March 2022 }}</ref> Compressing 11 turns within its 1.6-mile length, the track was short and tight, making it one of the best venues to watch motorcycle racing in the United States.<ref name="Laconia 1971"/><ref name="The Best Little Roadrace In America">{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bqd6AF2LKdoC&dq=loudon+classic+cycle+world&pg=RA8-PA65 |title=The Best Little Roadrace In America |work=Cycle World |access-date=12 March 2022 |last1=Edwards |first1=David |date=January 1, 1986 }}</ref> Slight elevation changes in the track layout allowed many spectators to follow a racer for a complete lap of the circuit.<ref name="The Best Little Roadrace In America"/> 

The track developed a reputation for its challenging nature as, riders were constantly applying throttle or their brakes for the entire lap.<ref name="The Best Little Roadrace In America"/> It rewarded a rider's skill over horsepower and its many turns allowed for aggressive racing.<ref name="The Best Little Roadrace In America"/> The circuit hosted numerous amateur races during the year which bred many local track experts who often provided challenging competition for national championship level riders when they arrived for the annual Loudon Classic.<ref name="Archives: Bryar Motorsports Park"/>

[[Gary Nixon]] and [[Mike Baldwin (motorcyclist)|Mike Baldwin]] were the most successful competitors during the Bryar Motorsports era, each with four victories.<ref name="Past Laconia National Winners"/> When Gary Fisher won the race in 1972 riding a Yamaha, he joined his father, 1953 Laconia Classic winner Ed Fisher, as the only father son duo to have won the race.<ref name="Archives: Bryar Motorsports Park"/> His victory aboard a Yamaha also marked the first victory by a Japanese manufacturer in the history of the event.<ref name="Past Laconia National Winners"/> Fisher's 1972 victory marked the last 100-mile national as, the race distance was reduced to 75-miles for 1973.<ref name="Past Laconia National Winners"/> Carter Alsop became the first female competitor in an AMA professional road race when she entered the Novice Class at the 1977 Loudon Classic.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YLL2WNfLalsC&dq=loudon+classic+winners&pg=RA9-PA1-IA4 |title=Same Old Loudon But Better |work=Cycle World |access-date=12 March 2022 |last1=Waaser |first1=John |date=January 1, 1977 }}</ref> Jamie James won the final race on the Bryar Motorsports Park circuit in 1989 before it was purchased by Bob Bahre, who built the [[New Hampshire Motor Speedway]] in its place.<ref name="Archives: The Origins of the Laconia Classic"/>