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Originally Posted by Old Scratcher
I haven't seen or heard of the track before, but it looks like it was purpose built for bikes. Is that so? Is the whole track as nicely cambered as that? If so, it'd sure be a sweet ride. I wish I was closer, I'd definitely be giving it a blast. Would love to see some serious racing action from there.
You lucky man!
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If you get SPEED channel over there (satellite??), Barber's is often featured. The track was actually designed to F1 specifications, which just happen to work quite nicely for bikes, too. It's a uniform 45 feet wide, really, Really, REALLY smooth, 16 turns, 80ft of elevation change over 2.38miles. There are often motorcycle trackdays there, run by groups like Florabama, Sportbike TrackTime, New England Sport Bikes, and others. Some of the big names run their schools there, too. (Keith Code, Penguin, Kevin Schwantz, etcetera). It's also the home for the Porsche Driving Experience, who have the track rented some 120 days/year. You can see the layout @
www.barbermotorsports.com.
Next major motorcycle race is the AMA Superbikes, April 18-20, 2008.
