{"id":1574913,"date":"2023-07-15T15:25:59","date_gmt":"2023-07-15T19:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1574913"},"modified":"2023-07-15T15:26:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T19:26:00","slug":"everything-about-new-hampshire-motor-speedways-loudon-trophy-lobster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/everything-about-new-hampshire-motor-speedways-loudon-trophy-lobster\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything You Need to Know About New Hampshire Motor Speedway's Loudon, the Trophy Lobster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Fontana gives away a surfboard. Nashville has the guitar<\/a>. At Martinsville, it's the grandfather clock. All undoubtedly cool trophies<\/a>. But all inanimate.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Hampshire Motor Speedway<\/a> is the only racetrack that rewards its winner each year with a living creature \u2014 a massive lobster or, according to the locals, lobstah. When did this tradition get started? Where does the lobster come from? What happens to it after the race?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here's all you need to know about Loudon, the trophy lobster.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How is Loudon, the trophy lobster selected?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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"We don't want a plastic trophy. We want to really show New England."

We caught up with Tom Voyer, the taxidermist behind mounting the unique lobster trophy at
@NHMS<\/a>. #NASCAR<\/a> \/\/ Today 3P ET \/\/ NBCSN pic.twitter.com\/zpJK9a0rtP<\/a><\/p>— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) July 18, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>