The Barber Motorsports Park is a 740 acre (300Ã, ha) multi-purpose racing facility located in Birmingham, Alabama. It was built by George W. Barber, and included the Barber Vintage Motorsport Museum. It has been the location of the Alabama IndyCar Grand Prix Series since the 2010 season. Barber is also the home of Porsche Driving School of North America.
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The park, which opened in 2003, has a 17-turn, 2.3 mile (3.7 km) road, designed by Alan Wilson, to be seen from some of the wooded or grass-covered natural banks. Tracks are designed to run in a clockwise direction. The layout is compact, with a number of altitude changes. The pit lane is outside the track, parallel to the front stretch; the pit wall is to the left of the driver. Two cutoff rounds, which are barricaded when not in use, allow the track to be shortened for club events or testing sessions. During the off season of 2012, most of the track surface is milled using a diamond grinder. This will extend the life of the track surface and add to the grip for cars and bikes racing there.
This track is unusual because it does not have public access seats on the start/finish line. The area outside the front stretch, limited by a lane on three sides, is occupied by a multi-level paddock. A building along the front stretch, between start/finish and turn 1, home media center, race control area, office path, garage, and some VIP display areas. The main audiences area is along the back stretch, between rounds 8 and 11; here the audience can watch from the embankment, or from the temporary stands that are set up for the weekend of the race. From this area, most courses, except for the 2/3 turns and round 13, are visible. The food and souvenir selling area is located behind the stands around the 9/10 turn. The extra viewer area is outside the 2 & amp; 3, and play 14. Generally there is no audience access to infield. The RV park and camping area are located on a hill behind the paddock.
This track has organized many motorsport races including Grand-Am, Vintage Racing Series events, and AMA Superbike. It serves as the home of Porsche Sport Driving School and Kevin Schwantz Suzuki School. It also hosts Keith Code California Superbike School and Jamie James Yamaha Champions Riding School. The barber is famous for its landscaping and greenery; The track has been referred to as "The Augusta National of Motorsports".
The IndyCar Series had tests at Barber in 2007 and 2009.
The track was also nominated by the FIA ​​as the official test track for the currently closed US F1 Team.
Statue
Infield tracks have a number of large statues, including a series of large steel spiders and dragonflies, a pair of lions and sisyphean figures pushing a large rock. The 5/6 turnover of the complex is often referred to as Charlotte's Web, due to the presence of a large spider statue that is placed clearly in the infield near the turn, and because this is one of the main opportunities for passing the path.
HealthSouth Corporation, based in Birmingham, donated a sculpture "Pulling Wagon" to the park in 2009. This statue is used to sit in front of HealthSouth Corporate Headquarters on Highway 280. This statue serves as a symbol for corporate slogans HealthSouth " Attract Wagon ", created in 1984 under former founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard M. Scrushy. The statue was removed in March 2003 from the HealthSouth Corporate Headquarters Campus. Today one figure of a statue lifts a motorcycle.
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Barber Vintage Motorsport Museum
George Barber has a serious interest in ancient motorcycles and admits that no museum reflects the history of motorcycles around the world. He wants to preserve the history of motorcycles in the United States in a way that represents the international aspect and gives examples of motorcycles that until then can only be seen in books and magazines. The Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum started in 1988 as a private collection of Barber. However, in 1994 it was officially opened to the public in Birmingham, Alabama. The museum moved to Barber Motorsports Park in 2003.
The museum has over 1,450 antique and modern motorcycles as well as race cars. It is considered to be the largest motorcycle museum in the world, as well as the largest collection of Lotus racing cars. Motorcycle collection includes bicycles from 1904 to present production. About half of the 1200 motorcycles are on display at any given time, and come from 16 countries representing more than 140 different marques from Australia, New Zealand and Sweden.
Track records
References
External links
- Official website
- Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum
- Results of the Barber Motorsports Park race in the References-Racing
- Map and history of circuits in RacingCircuits.info
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