Saturday is sold out - Sunday has a few spots left - not many! Please also note that Friday parking will be different (out on the access road) due to the museum expansion construction. Gates open approx 5:30-6:00pm Friday night and stay open til 9:00pm, if you make it in by 9:00pm you can then come 24/7, if you don't make it by 9:00pm gates re-open Sat at 7:00am-9:00pm and Sun 7:00am-5:00pm. Barber is in the Central Time Zone. There is now NO gate fee for Sportbike Track Time events at Barber We ride R*** or shine, please come prepared for Southern rain showers. You must walk to the Porsche building and get your wristband before you can get into the paddock. If you need camping or electric, you can pay for that when you get your wristband. If you arrive early please park where the gate guard directs you to park. No drinking of beer or alcohol allowed in parking area's and no changing bike oil in parking area's. Please note that Sportbike Track Time is the ONLY organization that Barber allows to "stage" in the museum parking lot... we want to keep it that way! No glass bottles are allowed in the Barber paddock - bring plastic cups! Camping is available and you pay the track for that. Electric is available in the lower pits against the fence and in the upper pits in both sides and you have to pay the track for that. Tire service will be open Friday night 7:00pm-9:00pm to help you out. Then 7am to 7pm Sat and 7am-3pm Sun. We can now remove and replace your wheels for you if you do not want to get greasy. As usual, we will have our awesome prices on all the Michelin tires. Sign-up opens 7am both days and closes at 10:30am for the day. Please be on time. Tech opens 7am and closes 10:30am both Saturday and Sunday. Please note some NEW tech rules regarding GoPro (or similar) cameras: - all Gopros mounted on a motorcycle must have a tether from the camera case to a point on the motorcycle. - helmet mounted Gopros are not allowed at all on track - in our novice group, Gopros are not allowed on track in the morning sessions - in the afternoon sessions they are fine as long as the above rules are followed. Mandatory riders meeting 8:20am both days, Intermediate riders are first on track at 9am. Sorry to say, pets are NOT allowed at Barber. Showers are available on the second and third levels. Race gas and street gas is available on second level, credit cards only. Please keep your area clean and do not leave any race gas cans or tires when you leave. We must be out of the paddock by 7:00pm Sunday night. Any questions, please post up here.
Note that we will lining the road coming in and not parking in the museum parking lot due to the construction.
PLEASE do not ruin it for those of us that have motogp.com accounts and can come home and watch the whole race almost as if it was live. PLEASE
Definietly stay away from Tech inspection Sunday Am...I will be watching live on my phone signing decals...and the volume will be up!
well shoot I figured you being nice and all, it was an extra hour of sleep for me on Sunday like you said it was a nice try. Can I propose a Saturday evening, say 9pm - 10pm tech inspection? That way most of the tech inspection people, might we say, would be in a more beer induced casual state of mind.
well I hope everyone had fun. Sat evening myself and Jacob were headed to Barber and I lost the enclosed trailer driver side electric brake hub. luckily a driver noticed it, and pulled up beside me. Again luckily I was 1 mile from exit 34. I got off the interstate immediately with no drama. By time I got to the off ramp and pulled into the raceway gas station, the wheel was almost off the axle. If that had happened at 60mph on the highway I can only guess at the consequences. It could have been real bad. Luckily I have a tandem axle trailer and I emptied all the bikes, and heavy stuff out of the trailer. turned around and limped home at 40mph on three tires. Worked like a charm. The spindle is too eaten up to use. Have decided instead of just welding on a new spindle I am buying a whole new axle. Hope to have it replaced on Sat 11/21/2015. While I am waiting on the axle I am removing the hubs on the front axle and doing a complete rebuild. Should be good to go. Just my fault for shoddy maintenance.