The Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama is an IndyCar Series race held at Barber Motorsports Park, a 16-lap turn of 2.3 miles (3.7 km), in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Officially announced on July 27, 2009, the inaugural event was on the weekend of 9-11 April 2010. The event is currently under contract during the 2016 season and under the management of a local group Zoom Motorsports. The venue is designed to allow nearly 100,000 spectators and will have an estimated economic impact on Greater Birmingham of $ 30 million.
Video Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama
Histori
Having an IRL race at Barber became a possibility in 2007 when the league held a testing session at the facility on 12 October 2007. This test will also serve in evaluating the track as a potential site for the race starting in the 2009 season. In July 2008, IRL revealed the 2009 schedule with new races held in Long Beach and Toronto, but not in Barber. But local officials indicate that Barber is under strong consideration for 2010.
Due to the success of the testing session in 2007, Barber was selected for a full three-day trial session in March 2009. Officials remain confident that the track will get the race in the future due to IRL's desire to expand to the South in addition to the location of Honda Manufacturing of Alabama at the plant at nearby Lincoln, the official IRL machine.
The opportunity to pursue the show came after the Detroit Indy Grand Prix was suspended. Initially, Zoom Motorsports appeared to have a Detroit race move to Alabama for the 2009 season; However, the league decided in February 2009 to not change events according to schedule. With open dates available for 2010, Birmingham made pitches for IRL officials and was selected to hold events at Cleveland (Burke Lakefront Airport), Houston, Baltimore, Nashville, Charlotte and Portland. The IRL cited both strong support from local and state governments other than the large crowd attending IRL training sessions in March 2009 as a factor in Birmingham selected for the race.
Maps Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama
Previous winner
- 2014: Heavy rains and lightning forced the race to be postponed, and eventually shortened to race with a 1:40 tempo.
- 2018: Heavy rains forced the race to be postponed and postponed the next day after 23 laps. The race continued as a timed race with about 75 minutes remaining.
Indy Light Winner
Broadcast history (United States)
References
External links
- IndyCar.com racing page
- Champ Car Stats: Archive barber
Source of the article : Wikipedia
0 Comments