In the PADDOCK News from the American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association Barber Motorsports Park, Leeds, AL – October 8-11, 2015 Sweet Dreams at Barber 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. Barber Dairies started in the 1930s. The dairy housed a large ice plant, which produced enough ice to keep the pasteurized milk, buttermilk, butter, cottage cheese and other dairy products cold on company delivery trucks. As the oldest dairy in Alabama, Barber Dairies has a respected history of delivering the best in dairy products in Alabama and parts of Mississippi, Georgia and Florida. Staying true to his love of motor vehicles, Bar- ber began collecting and restoring classic cars in Above, Barber Dairies milk truck and advertise- 1989, but his interest soon ment. At right, George Barber waves the green flag at turned to motorcycles. He Barber Motorsports Park. Below, The Barber Vintage decided to race some of his Motorsports Race Team in the pits. This racing effort vintage motorcycles and brought the Barber Team seven National Champion- put together a race team to ships with AHRMA. represent Barber Dairies. It was the spark for the Barber collection, whose mission was to reflect the history of motorcycles from a global perspective. The collection soon grew out of its space in an old warehouse in Birmingham and needed a new home. Fast forward to 2003 and after many years of hard work and planning Geroge Barber’s dream of a place for his love of motorsports came to fruition. Barber Motorsports Park is a world-renowned facil- ity 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 Indy Grand Prix of Alabama. The 2 Do Come True Motorsports Park spectator-friendly circuit is set within a perfectly manicured and sculpted landscape with heavily wooded surroundings that is second to none. The Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum in its current form is located on the premises of the lovely Barber Motorsports Park, and now currently 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 motorcycle books and more, the Barber Museum Research Library & Archives contains one of the largest collections of motorcycle literature in the world. Our AHRMA races at Barber Motorsports park are divided up in many ways – roadracing, cross country, vintage motocross and trials events. On the roadracing side, the age of the motorcycles, displacement, brands, even sidecars and a taste of the future with electric-powered eMotoRacing bikes, are all showcased. Take a walk through the paddock to see all of the bikes up-close. Our motorbike pilots range in age from “newbies” in their 20s to experienced veterans in their 70s. This weekend of vintage motorcycle racing will undoubtedly renew excitement for these historical machines, while providing lively competition for all. 3 Fast LINES The paddock Watch for... (pits area) is open Winnipeg’s Paul Germain to spectators at leads the points standings every AHRMA in the Dixie Cup Regional event; please take Series 250 GP class. a moment to Look for him on the track have a closer look and in the paddock at the motor- this weekend. cycles we race. Riders are happy to explain the history of their Daring duos machines, and Sidecars will be screaming around the racetrack, with share their racing passengers, sometimes called ‘monkeys’ leaning off their experiences. bikes for balance and added traction. They will be on track as the final race each day. First Look at the New Season! 2016 AHRMA National Historic Cup Roadrace Schedule 2/26-28 Roebling Road Raceway; Bloomingdale, GA* 3/18-20 NOLA Motorsports Park; Avondale, LA* 4/22-24 Willow Springs Int’l Raceway; Rosamond, CA* 4/28-29 Sonoma Raceway; Sonoma, CA 6/3-5 Gingerman Raceway; South Haven, MI* 6/10-12 Road America; Elkhart Lake, WI* 7/8-10 New Jersey Motorsports Park; Millville, NJ* 9/2-4 Utah Motorsports Campus; Tooele, UT* 9/9-11 Talladega Gran Prix Raceway; Munford, AL* 10/6-9 Barber Motorsports Park; Leeds, AL LeMans *AHRMA’s Fast & Safe Roadracing School will be conducted on Friday; pass the school, and race on the weekend. STYLE Race Number 7 is the CB160 Le Mans-style event, when Regional Roadrace Series Events riders begin the race by running to their bikes, jumping on, bump starting and racing away. ■ Dixie Cup Regional Roadrace Series Roebling Road, NOLA Motorsports Park, Barber Motorsports Park Don’t Miss... ■ Masters of the Midwest Regional Roadrace Series Road America, Gingerman Raceway, New Jersey Motorsports Park ■ Pacific Crown Regional Roadrace Series Willow Springs, Sonoma Raceway, Located at the top of the roadrace pit area Utah Motorsports Campus Sponsored by 4 On TRACK Barber Vintage Festival CPL Systems National Historic Cup Roadrace Series 2015 World Championship Series, Rounds 1-2 Dixie Cup Roadrace Series, Final Round October 10-11, 2015 Race Schedule 7:15am – Registration & Tech Open 1:20pm – First Call and National Anthem (12:50pm 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 250GP // Prod Lwt /// Class C Foot / Handshift 6 2 F-500 // 350GP /// Prod Hwt 8 3 VSL // Sptmn 350 /// Clsc ‘60s / Clsc ‘60s 650 8 4 SoT 1 / Open Two-Stroke 8 5 VSH // TTAC / SoS 3 8 6 Sound of Thunder 3 / Formula 750 8 7 CB160 LeMans 4 8 500 Premier / 500GP // VSM /// Sptmn 750 8 9 SoT 2 // BEARS /// Motard 8 10 200GP // Pre-1940 GP 6 11 Battle of Twins / SoS 2 8 12 Next Gen SBK // F-Vintage /// eSuperSport 8 13 Sptmn 500 // F-250 / F-125 8 14 F-Thunder / Sound of Singles 1 8 15 Sidecar F2 / Sidecar P2 / Sidecar P3 6 Practice Schedule (Thursday and Friday) Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Pre-40 Sportsman 350 Sportsman 500 500 Premier / 500 GP F-750 BoT (all) Sidecar (all) Class C (all) 350GP VSB Ltwt Sportsman 750 VSB Hvywt SoT 200 GP F-250 Nov. Prod. Hvywt BEARS TTAC Motard 250 GP Classic ‘60s / 650 F-500 SoS 3 SoS2 SoS 1 F-125 Nov. Prod. Ltwt VSB Mdwt eSuperSport Next Gen SBK Open 2-Strk / GP 5 Rider ENTRIES Roadracers who pre-entered Number Name City, State Number Name City, State 001 Trever Skilnick Albuquerque, NM 14 Brian Larrabure Calabasas, CA 1A David Roper Hicksville, NY 14C Charlie Mavros Tampa, FL 1B Paul Germain Winnipeg, MB 14X Randy Hoffman East Hampton, NY 1C Dennis Poneleit Bradenton, FL 14XX Kevin Thurston New York, NY 1D John Ellis Middleville, MI 17 Kenny Cummings New York, NY 1e Ray Smith Woodstock, GA 017 Linda Mihalec Richmond, KY 1f Brian Herzfeldt Los Angeles, CA 17J Jordan Reid Pataskala, OH 1F David Pierce Farmington, NM 17W Wayne Ninnemann Ft Atkinson, WI 1G Carl Anderson Decatur, AL 18J Jack Parker Knoxville, TN 1g Charles Miller Flint, MI 18N Louis LeBlanc Baton Rouge, LA 1H Alex McLean Jacksonville Beach, FL 18S Heidi Neidhoefer Torrance, CA 1I David Bourbeau Royalston, MA 19 Christopher Spargo Minnetonka, MN 1K Alex McLean Jacksonville Beach, FL 19R Brian Herzfeldt Los Angeles, CA 1L Alex McLean Jacksonville Beach, FL 19X Karsten Illg Union, IL 1M Luke Conner New Iberia, LA 20 Brad Phillips Greer, SC 1N Jeff Hargis Battle Creek, MI 21C William Kunst Belgium, WI 1P Brad Phillips Greer, SC 21X Larry Poons East Durham, NY 1Q Michael Mathews Simpsonville, SC 022 Cindy McLean Jacksonville Beach, FL 1S Rich Heritage Savannah, GA 23 David Rutherford Talking Rock, GA 1V Paul Germain Winnipeg, MB 23A Gino Angella Hollywood, FL 1Y Christopher Boy Ft Lauderdale, FL 25D James Dillard III Richmond, VA 4 Leah Orloff Mukwonago, WI 26 Arthur Farley Chelsea, MI 4F Steve Foster Adkins, TX 26R Dave Rosno Burlington, WI 4X Ervin Kollek Cumming, GA 27 Beno Rodi Winder, GA 5 James Downs North Hollywood, CA 29 John Magyar Belvidere, IL 5X John Ellis Middleville, MI 30B Boelo Lussenburg Weston, FL 6 Paul Vitale Warren, MI 31X Stephen Hipp Palo Alto, CA 6E Eric Burrell Inman, SC 32 Swiss Niederberger Agassiz ,BC 6R RobertMcLendon Pensacola, FL 32X David Fel Pel Willowstreet, PA 7 DavidRoper Hicksville, NY 33K Kevin Hipp Garden Grove, CA 007 Chris Langford Richmond, KY 034 Skeeter Jacobson Coopersville, MI 8 Gregg Bonelli Robinson, IL 34 Tim Mings Glendale, CA 8R Murrae Haynes Santa Fe, NM 35 Doc Batsleer New Smyrna Bch, FL 9E Nicholas Bailey Gilford, NH 35R Scott Billings Naples, FL 9M Mark Heckles Swindon, UK 35X Ralph Hudson Alhambra, CA 11F ChristopherFillmore Oxford, MI 36 Greg Geonis Cumming, GA 11X Pat Mooney Sorrento, FL 36S Anders Carlson Chicago, WI 12 Art Delor Boca Raton, FL 37 Jim Jowers East Hampron, NY 12X Ricky Orlando Frederick, CO 37R David Grunewald Chippewa Falls, WI 12R Larry Macoskie Lancaster, OH 38X Frank Shockley Greenville, SC 13 Jason Lindquist Chula Vista, CA 40K Kenneth Thomas Burnsville, NC 013R Andrew Henning Spirit Lake, IA 41 Mike Lipscomb Gainesville, FL 41R Scott Signorini Flagler Beach, FL 41x Carry Andrew Van Nuys, CA RC Barker Engineering 42B Michael Melniczuk Pilesgrove, NJ AVON 43X Henry Syphers South Windsor, CT 44R Michael Lange Malvern, PA CONTINENTAL 45C Carl Cohen Tamarac, FL 46 Bob Robbins Bethlehem, PA Classic and Vintage 046 Raymond Hoeper Neenah, WI 48 Jon Schultz Laporte, IN Motorcycle Racing Tires 49 Robbie Scudder St.