If NHRA President Tom Compton has his way, the next stop on the new track spree will stop in New England.

The thought of a track in the Boston area causes Compton to salivate.

“We’re in many of the top metropolitan areas, 37 out of the 50,” explained Compton. “We’re just south of New York and Los Angeles, and Seattle. But we’re not in New England and we’d really like to be in that market. So hopefully someday we can get up there. Building facilities in today’s environment is difficult, it takes time and money. If NHRA President Tom Compton has his way, the next stop on the new track spree will stop in New England.

The thought of a track in the Boston area causes Compton to salivate.

“We’re in many of the top metropolitan areas, 37 out of the 50,” explained Compton. “We’re just south of New York and Los Angeles, and Seattle. But we’re not in New England and we’d really like to be in that market. So hopefully someday we can get up there. Building facilities in today’s environment is difficult, it takes time and money.

That’s probably the number one market that we’re not in that we wish we were in.”

Compton shared a press conference with Smith in-between professional qualifying sessions on Friday when the topic came up.

The topic of discussion was the success of the ZMAX Dragway, and Smith uttered, “We might do this again someday, somewhere, I don’t know.

Compton couldn’t resist.

“Maybe around New England?” Compton asked, clearly in reference to the recent acquisition of New Hampshire International Speedway.

“We’re busy up there, maybe Pomona?” Smith responded.