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In the PADDOCK News from the American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association Barber Motorsports Park; Birmingham, AL – October 5-8, 2017 Motorcycle dreams, Southern elegance eorge Barber had a dream - to have a place to drive race cars and ride motorbikes in his own state, create a park- G like setting around it, and give back to his community. Barber Motorsports Park is a dream come true. Mr. Barber was racing sports cars in Europe back in the 1970s, when his father died suddenly. He had no choice but to give up his passion for racing and focus on running the family business – Barber Dairy Company. Staying true to his love of motor vehicles, Barber began col- lecting and restoring classic cars in 1989, but his interest soon turned to motorcycles. He decided to race some of his vintage motorcycles and put together a race team to represent Bar- ber Dairies. It was the spark for the Barber collection, whose mission was to reflect the history of motorcycles from a global perspective. Fast forward to 2003 and after many years of hard work and planning, George Barber’s dream of a place for his love of motorsports came to fruition. Barber Motorsports Park is a world-renowned facility and hosts a number of world-class motorsports events such as the AMA Superbike Classic, IMSA sports cars, Legends of Motorsports, kart racing and the Honda The Barber Vintage Motorsports Race Team in the pits. This Indy Grand Prix of Alabama. The spectator-friendly circuit is racing effort brought the Barber Team seven National Champion- set within a perfectly manicured and sculpted landscape with ships with AHRMA. heavily wooded surroundings that is second to none. 2 Race instructors teach racers of all levels Start your adventure in racing today. The Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum is located on the premises of the lovely Barber Motorsports Park, and in its cur- rent form houses 1400+ motorcycles. It is considered the largest motorcycle museum in the world, with the greatest vintage Lotus racecar collection in N. America. With over 7000 motor- cycle books and more, the Barber Museum Research Library & Archives contains one of the largest collections of motorcycle literature in the world. A new, 84,000-square-foot expansion – including a space for temporary exhibits, an outdoor terrace and a large glass atrium – is now open, bringing the total size of the museum to over 250,000 square feet. Barber said the museum expansion will allow visitors to see more of the racetrack from the building. “We’re all really excited about it,” he said. “It’s going to be a great addition for us.” Two pedestrian bridges now connect the museum to the track’s infield. One bridge is 408 feet long, Learn from the best, then excluding patios, and is believed to be the longest continuous bridge of its type in Alabama. Its structural design allows up to get on track 3,000 people on the bridge at one time. The glass flooring at the center of each of the bridges is made of 1-inch tempered glass and is actually 20 percent stronger than the concrete walking Fast & Safe surface surrounding the glass. There are four disciplines of AHRMA competition at this year’s Roadracing School Barber Vintage Festival – roadracing, trials, cross country and Pass the School, vintage motocross. On the roadracing side, motorcycles of all ages, displacements and brands are showcased; we even have Race the Weekend sidecars and a taste of the future with electric-powered eMo- toRacing bikes. Take a walk through the paddock to see all of Fast & Safe Schools for 2018 the bikes up-close and visit with our motorbike pilots, who Feb. 23-25 Roebling Road Raceway; Bloomingdale, GA range in age from “newbies” in their 20s to experienced veter- Mar. 30-Apr. 1 Carolina Motorsports Park; Kershaw, SC ans in their 80s. Apr. 27-29 Willow Springs Int’l Raceway; Rosamond, CA June 1-3 Gingerman Raceway; South Haven, MI This weekend of vintage motorcycle racing will undoubtedly June 8-10 Road America; Elkhart Lake, WI renew your excitement for these historical machines, while July 13-15 New Jersey Motorsports Park; Millville, NJ providing lively competition for all. ▲ Aug. 31-Sept. 2 Utah Motorsports Campus; Tooele, UT Sept. 7-9 Talladega Gran Prix Raceway; Munford, AL 910-431-2956 For more information, visit www.ahrma.org 3 Fast LINES The paddock Watch for... (pits area) is open South Carolina’s Brad Phillips this weekend, on both to spectators at two and three wheels. He won 2016 AHRMA every AHRMA championships in Sportsman 500 event; please take and Sidecar P3 on his Phast by a moment to have Phillips/Vintage Boys a closer look at Racing/Fast Frank the motorcycles Racing BMWs. we race. Rid- ers are happy to explain the history of their machines, and share their racing experiences. First Look at the New Season! The Pros The first-ever AHRMA Formula Thunder Pro Challenge will take place on Saturday, October 7. Sponsored by Pal- 2018 AHRMA National Historic metto State Armory, Luke’s Racecraft and Moto Corse Per- Cup Roadrace Schedule formance, the race features a cash purse of over $18,000 2/23-25 Roebling Road Raceway; Bloomingdale, GA* for the top five finishers, with $8000 going to the winner. 3/30-4/1 Carolina Motorsports Park; Kershaw, SC* 4/27-29 Willow Springs Int’l Raceway; Rosamond, CA* 6/1-3 Gingerman Raceway; South Haven, MI* 6/8-10 Road America; Elkhart Lake, WI* 7/13-15 New Jersey Motorsports Park; Millville, NJ* 8/31-9/2 Utah Motorsports Campus; Tooele, UT* 9/7-9 Talladega Gran Prix Raceway; Munford, AL* 10/4-7 Barber Motorsports Park; Birmingham, AL *AHRMA’s Fast & Safe Roadracing School will be conducted on Friday; pass the school, and race on the weekend. Regional Roadrace Series Events ■ Dixie Cup Regional Roadrace Series Roebling Road, Carolina Motorsports Park, Talladega Gran Prix Raceway ■ Masters of the Midwest Regional Roadrace Series Road America, Gingerman Raceway, LeMans New Jersey Motorsports Park ■ Pacific Crown Regional Roadrace Series STYLE Willow Springs, TBA, Race Number 8 is the CB160 Le Mans-style event, when riders begin the race by running to their bikes, jumping Utah Motorsports Campus aboard, bump-starting and racing away. 4 On TRACK Barber Vintage Festival Flagging by Faynisha National Historic Cup Roadrace Series October 5-8, 2017 Race Schedule 7:15am – Registration & Tech Open 12:50pm – First Call and National Anthem (12:20pm Sunday) 8:00am – Racing Begins 1:30pm – Racing Begins (1:00pm Sunday) 11:00am – Lunch Break & Festivities ► Race Wave Legend: (// = 2nd wave) (/// = 3rd wave) Race # Classes Number of Laps 1 200GP // Pre-1940 /// Nov Prod Lwt 6 2 350GP // Sptmn 350 /// Nov Prod Hwt 8 3 Sound of Thunder 3 // Sound of Singles 3 8 4 Formula Vintage // Sptmn 500 /// Vint. Superbike Lwt 8 5 250GP // Class C Footshift / Class C Handshift 6 6 Formula Thunder 8 7 Sound of Thunder 2 8 8 CB160 Le Mans 4 9 BEARS // 500 Premier / 500GP /// Formula 500 8 10 Sound of Thunder 1 / Sound of Singles 1 8 11 VSH // F-750 /// Thruxton Cup Challenge 8 12 Next Gen SBK / SoS2 // VSM /// eSuperSport 8 13 F-250 // F-125 /// Clsc‘60s / Clsc ‘60s 650 6 14 BoT // Open 2-Stroke / Motard /// Sptmn 750 8 15 Sidecar F2 / SC2 / SC4 / SC3 8 Practice Schedule (Thursday and Friday) Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Pre-1940 Sportsman 350 500 Prem/500GP Sportsman 750 Motard SoT (all) Sidecar (all) Class C (all) Sportsman 500 VSL BEARS SoS1 200GP 350GP Hist Prod Hvywt F-750 SoS2 F-125 250GP F-250 eSuperSport BoT Hist Prod Ltwt Classic ‘60s / 650 F-500 TCC Next Gen SBK VSM VSH Open Two-Stroke SoS3 5 Rider ENTRIES Roadracers who pre-entered Number Name City, State Number Name City, State 000 Lara Raven Fischer San Diego, CA 10Z Matthew O’Rourke Portland, OR 1D John Ellis Middleville, MI 11C Glenn Curtiss Plymouth, WI 1e Gregory Glevicky Kettering, OH 11E Randy Norian Urbandale, IA 1E Mark Morrow Raleigh, NC 11F Christopher Fillmore Corona Del Mar, CA 1ee Peter Nicolosi Daniel Island, SC 11L Richard Lambourne Linlithgow W Lothu, UK 1I Ralph Wessell Port Orange, FL 11W William Arnold Lambertville, NJ 1j Paul Elledge Chicago, IL 12X Ricky Orlando Frederick, CO 1M Greg Tomlinson Dana Point, CA 12 David Ehrhart Huntington Beach, CA 1Q Scott Turner Dunedin, FL 13 Jason Lindquist Chula Vista, CA 1R Dennis Parrish Corrales, NM 14 Brian Larrabure Calabasas, CA 1S Stan Keyes Jacksonville, FL 14C Charlie Mavros Tampa, FL 1Y Charlie Mavros Tampa, FL 14X Randy Hoffman East Hampton, NY 1Z John Rickard Moore, SC 16 Joe Weir Portland, OR 2J Jonathan Hollingsworth Saint Augustine, FL 17 Linda Mihalec Richmond, KY 2X Tim O’Connor Wallingford, CT 17C Mike Baker Fairview, NC 3E Nicholas Bailey Gilford, NH 17W Wayne Ninnemann Ft. Atkinson, WI 3L Joel Lenk Fairview, NC 18A Anthony Bangma Wyoming, MI 4 Leah Orloff Mukwonago, WI 18J Jack Parker Knoxville, TN 4W Jim Woodcox Sandy Springs, GA 18N Louis LeBlanc Baton Rouge, LA 5 Greg Tomlinson Dana Point, CA 18S Heidi Neidhoefer Torrance, CA 05 Jerome Brown Los Angeles, CA 19 Kevin Lilley Horsham Sussex, UK 5X John Ellis Middleville, MI 19R Brian Herzfeldt Los Angeles, CA 6 Paul Vitale Warren, MI 20 Brad Phillips Greer, SC 6E Eric Burrell Inman, SC 20K Kevin Donovan Los Angeles, CA 6T Darryl Tomlinson Spanish Fort, AL 021 Eric Bozell Greenville, SC 7 David Roper Hicksville, NY 21 Gary McCaw Stirling, ON, Can 7X Pat Mooney Sorrento, FL 21X Larry Poons East Durham, NY 8H Hans Van Sleuwen Bowmansville, ON 022 Cindy McLean Jacksonville Beach, FL 8R Murrae Haynes Santa Fe, NM 22T Pete Tenhoopen Matthews, NC 9A John Snead Neptune Beach, FL 23 David Rutherford Talking