The inaugural Barber Historics was staged May 15-17, 2015 at the 15-turn, 2.38-mile Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama. Lotus was the featured marque of the event staged by Historic…
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Motorcycle connoisseurs find inspiration in AlabamaVicki Smith, gizmag.com | May 26, 2015
Two hours west of the Atlanta airport is a five story, state of the art monument of glass, steel and concrete generally considered to be the finest motorcycle museum in…
14 of the Most Memorable Moments from Motorsports So Far in 2015Jack Leslie, Car Throttle | May 22, 2015
One of IndyCar’s best races in quite some time took place earlier this year at the Barber Motorsports Park, with Josef Newgarden storming to a faultless first victory in the…
Bikes On Show in BirminghamRachel Clegg, Octane | January 1, 2015
(Rachel Clegg, Octane) ‘One Life, Live It’ read one man’s tattoo at this year’s Barber Vintage Festival. And clearly it’s an adage that 99% of the 60,000 visitors embraced at…
Barber Motorsports Park Announces Completion of Barber Proving GroundsRacer.com | October 16, 2014
The Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum and the Barber Motorsports Park have announced the completion of the Barber Proving Grounds, a major addition to the Barber Motorsports Park. The Proving Grounds…
Magic In the City: Birmingham, AlabamaCamille Platt, At Home: Memphis & Midsouth | July 14, 2014
In the 1960s, Birmingham native George Barber modified and raced Porsches, eventually racking up 63 wins. Now a collector of classic motorcycles and sports cars, his Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum…
Birmingham Businessman George Barber Elected to AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame.Dawn Kent Azok, AL.com | June 27, 2014
George Barber, the former dairy magnate and real estate developer who built Birmingham’s Barber Motorsports Park and Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, has been elected to the AMA Motorcycle Hall of…
Barber Museum Named World’s “Largest Motorcycle Museum”Published by Motorcycle Classics | April 25, 2014
Guinness World Records just named the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum the “Largest Motorcycle Museum” in the world. The 144,000-square-foot, five-story museum is home to nearly 1,400 motorcycles, of which about…
AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame, George Barber: Inducted 2014AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame | April 1, 2014
George Barber Jr. is a businessman and philanthropist whose passion for preservation of fine machines led him to build by one measure the world’s largest collection of historic motorcycles. Guinness…
Barber Motorsports Park: Driving Research and Recruitment in Birmingham’s Economic Development EffortsCary Estes, Birmingham Business Alliance | March 14, 2014
What began more than 10 years ago as a project to showcase a private collection of vintage motorcycles has, today, turned into a world-renowned race track and on of Alabama’s…