United States of America, Birmingham
Barber Motorsports Park
A 3.83 km circuit in Birmingham. Timed layouts, lap times and what you need to know before a track day here.
Going to Barber Motorsports Park?
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Driving with friends?
Find out who is faster, and in which corner.
Overlay two laps from the same day and see exactly where the gap opens, not only the final number.
Going to Barber Motorsports Park?
See which corner costs you the most time.
Record the session on your phone. Vetkuro splits the laps, times every sector and shows where the gap to your best lap opens.
Filming your laps?
Put speed, delta and lap time on your onboard video.
Overlay the data from the same session on the footage, synced automatically. One file to watch back, or to share.
Driving with friends?
Find out who is faster, and in which corner.
Overlay two laps from the same day and see exactly where the gap opens, not only the final number.
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Barber Motorsports Park lap times
Timed from GPS on real track days, not typed in. Compare within one layout and one vehicle class, because a motorcycle lap and a car lap are not the same thing.
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Track day guide
Track day at Barber Motorsports Park
Weather by month, who runs the days and what to put in the car. Written for a first visit.
Who runs track days here
What to bring
- Helmet that meets the organiser's standard
- Long sleeves, long trousers, closed shoes
- Tyre pressure gauge, since pressures rise fast on track
- Removable towing eye fitted or in the car
- An empty boot: loose items out before the first session
- Your phone in a rigid mount, recording with Vetkuro
Weather by month
Now, in November: 19°C by day, 6°C at night, rain on 7 days. Warmest in July, 34°C by day on average. Coldest in January, 1°C at night. Fewest days with rain: October.
Rain: days with rain per month. Climate: NASA POWER, daily data 2016–2025. Monthly averages, not a forecast. Check the organiser's calendar for open dates. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division.
Elevation profile
Barber Motorsports Park elevation
Elevation change 21 m, steepest gradient 8.8%. The highest point, about 203 m above sea level, is 3.18 km from the start line; the lowest, about 182 m, 1.94 km.
Height above sea level, approximate. HoverTouch the profile for any point.
From a terrain model, sampled every 10 m along the track line and smoothed over 100 m. Heights above sea level are approximate: trees and buildings along the line read up to about 15 m high. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The organisations in charge of the Copernicus programme by law or by delegation do not incur any liability for any use of the Copernicus WorldDEM-30.
Going to Barber Motorsports Park?
More to do with the session than the lap time
About Barber Motorsports Park
Overview
Barber Motorsports Park sits on the eastern edge of Birmingham, Alabama, close to Interstate 20 near Leeds and about twenty minutes from Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. The 880-acre park combines a road course in rolling wooded hills with the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, which stands beside the track. It was built by George Barber, a Porsche racer of the 1960s, and its landscaping and sculptures earned it the nickname "the Augusta National of Motorsports". The circuit hosts the IndyCar Grand Prix of Alabama, rounds of MotoAmerica, the Barber Vintage Festival each October, club racing, driving schools and manufacturer programmes.
Technical Specifications and Track Features
The road course was designed by Alan Wilson, with John Surtees and Dan Gurney consulting, and holds FIA Grade 2 status. It winds through the park with frequent changes of elevation, and the paddock is laid out on several tiered levels. The section around Turns 5 and 6 is known as Charlotte's Web, after a giant spider sculpture that overlooks it. The race lap record of 1:06.8182 was set by Patricio O'Ward in a Dallara IR-18 during the 2021 IndyCar race.
Facilities and Specialized Areas
The museum holds more than 1,800 motorcycles from 220 manufacturers and 22 countries, with over a thousand on display at a time, and in April 2014 Guinness World Records recognised it as the largest motorcycle collection in the world. It also keeps the largest collection of Lotus racing cars. Next to the track, the Barber Proving Grounds opened in 2014 on 14 acres, with a wet and dry skid pad measuring 150 by 350 feet; they serve the Porsche Track Experience, which is based at the park, and Mercedes-Benz USA programmes. The park also has a vintage motocross course and about seven miles of off-road trails. Spectators watch mostly from grass banks along the back section between Turns 8 and 11 and from areas outside Turns 2, 3 and 14, and the grounds carry a sculpture trail with spiders, dragonflies, lions and a figure pushing a boulder. Motorcycle schools such as the California Superbike School and the Yamaha Champions Riding School have run courses here.
History
George Barber began collecting classic cars in 1988 and soon turned to motorcycles. He set up a non-profit foundation in 1994, and the museum opened to the public in a warehouse in Southside Birmingham in 1995. After the family business, Barber Dairies, was sold to Dean Foods in 1998, he gave $54 million to the foundation to build a new museum and a road course. Ground was broken in 2002, and the park opened in September 2003, when the museum moved to the site. The first seasons brought AMA Superbike racing, which ran until 2014, and the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series, which visited until 2013. The vintage festival began in 2005. IndyCar tested at the track in 2007 and 2009, and its Grand Prix of Alabama has been held every year since 2010 apart from 2020, with Honda as title sponsor from the start, while MotoAmerica took over the motorcycle weekend from 2015.
Address
6030 Barber Motorsports Parkway
35094 Birmingham
United States of America
Contact
barberracingevents.com
