Barber Motorsports Park
The Barber Motorsports Park is a large racing complex in Leeds featuring a 2.38 mile world-class race course in a 740 acre wooded park with a museum of vintage motorcycles and race cars and other facilities.
George Barber opened the Park in 2003 with the inaugural Barber 250 sports car race. The museum opened shortly after.
Race course
The Barber race course is 2.38 miles long by 45 feet wide with 16 turns and a total elevation change of just over 80 feet. The course is designed and engineered to the highest standards of international racing and is set in landscaped grounds arrayed so that from most vantage points a large percentage of the course is visible despite the hills and turns.
The grandstands are surmounted by a large pressbox and information board. In front of the grandstand is the race control area, paddocks, and pit lane.
Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum
The museum building displays Barber's collection of more than 800 motorcycles, the largest in the world, along with a smaller collection of Lotus and other race cars and memorabilia.
The museum occupies 141,000 square feet on four floors and itself has views over part of the course. It also includes offices, workshop space, a library and gift shop.
Porsche Driving Experience
Barber Motorsports Park also hosts the "Porsche Driving Experience," an opportunity to lean how to handle a high-performance vehicle in a race course environment.
Races
The Barber Motorsports Park has hosted the following races:
- Barber 250 (2003-)
- Grand Am Sports Car Series
- Grand-AM Cup
- Stock Car Championship Series
- Fran-Am 2000
- Honda Superbike Classic (2003-)
- AMA Chevy Trucks U.S. Superbike Championship (100 km/60 laps)
- AMA Genuine Suzuki Accessories Superstock Race (60 km/17 laps)
- MBNA 250 Grand Prix (60 km/17 laps)
- AMA Pro Honda Oils U.S. Supersport Championship (60 km/17 laps)
- Lockhart Phillips USA Formula Xtreme (60 km/17 laps)
Park
In addition to motor racing and museum facilities, the park has abundant parking and landscaped areas for spectators and camping during race weekends.