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Από Wiki:
"The Barber Motorsports Park is a 740 acres multi-purpose racing facility located on the eastern fringes of Birmingham, Alabama, USA near Leeds. It was built by George Barber, and includes the Barber Vintage Motorsport Museum. It has been the site of the IndyCar Series Grand Prix of Alabama since 2010 season. Barber is also the home of the North American Porsche Driving School and the Kevin Schwantz Motorcycle School.
George Barber had a serious interest in vintage motorcycles and recognized that there was no museum that reflects the history of motorcycles around the world. He wanted to preserve motorcycle history in the United States in a way that represents an international aspect and to supply an example of motorcycles that until then could only have been seen in books and magazines. The Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum began in 1988 as Barber's private collection. However, in 1994 it officially opened to the public in Birmingham, Alabama. The Museum was relocated to the Barber Motorsports Park in Leeds, Alabama in 2003.
The collection now has over 1200 vintage and modern motorcycles and as well as a substantial collection of Lotus and other racecars. It is considered the largest collection of its type in North American and possibly the world. There are approximately 600 of the collection’s 1200 motorcycles on display at any given time. These bikes range from 1902 to current-year production. Bikes from 20 countries represent 200 different manufacturers. The common street bike is represented, as well as rare, one-off Gran Prix race machinery. Bikes have been purchased from as far away as Australia, New Zealand, and Sweden, but also as close as down the street."
Ο George Barber ήταν αγωνιζόμενος σε αγώνες αυτοκινήτου και μεγαλοεπιχειρηματίας στα γαλακτοκομικά.
Πούλησε όλη του την περιουσία και αφοσιώθηκε στο όνειρό του, ένα μουσείο για μοτοσυκλέτες που όμοιό του δεν θα υπήρχε.
Περισσότερα για την ζωή του, σε συνέντευξή του εδώ.
Στο ιντερνέτι μπορείτε να βρείτε αρκετά ακόμα infos για το Motorsports Park και το Μουσείο...
Just google...
Σε αυτό το σημείο, εμείς ας απολαύσουμε ένα μοναδικό οφθαλμόλουτρο.
