Barber Motorsports Park

Significance

• This track serves as the home of North American Porsche Driving School.
• The Barber Park has hosted the Grand AM Rolex Sports Car Series from 2003 to 2013.
• AMA Superbike Championship has also been held here from 2003 until 2014.
• Barber Park has hosted the Verizon IndyCar series and vintage racing series events.
• The track has been called as “The Augusta National of Motorsports”, and is famous for his landscape and greenery.
• The track is 2.38 miles long and has 16 turns.
• The track has been hosting the Alabama IndyCar Series Grand Prix season since 2010.
• The track’s turn 5/6 complex is famously known as Charlotte’s Web, predominantly because of the large spider structure near the turn. This turn provides drivers prime passing opportunities.
• The track record of 1:06.6001sec was set by Sebastien Bourdais on 23rd April 2016, at the Dallara-Chevrolet IndyCar event.
• The track can be shortened for club events and testing sessions by barricading two cutoff turns.
• In 2012, Diamond grinder was used to ground the track. This increased the longevity of the track and provided better grip for the drivers.
• This Track is the home for Kevin Schwantz Suzuki School.
• Barber Park hosted the Moto America Racing event in 2015.
• The infield of the track is filled with multiple sculptures of Spiders, Dragonflies, and Lions.
• "Pulling the Wagon" statue at the park was donated by HealthSouth Corporation, Birmingham in 2009.