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BMW ambassador Nate Kern stopped by the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum as the 20th annual Barber Vintage Festival was winding down to catch up with Executive Director Brian Case. Kern spent most of the weekend in race mode, contesting several AHRMA competition classes on the Barber Motorsports Park road course.
Kern had a strong on-track showing, topping both Battle of the Twins races and recording second- and first-place finishes in Sound of Thunder 2 and a fifth in the star-studded 12-lap Pro Challenge. He signed one of the concrete pillars in the basement conservation area and briefed Case on Monday’s BMW DoubleRFest track day.
“Nate runs a tight ship,” said Case, upon witnessing the early-morning riders’ meeting. On any given weekend during the racing season, Kern can often be found contesting podiums on his air-cooled BMW R 12 nineT, proving, once again, you can’t judge a winning motorcycle by its valve covers.
Action photo by Anne Hicks
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Oct 23
BMW ambassador Nate Kern stopped by the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum as the 20th annual Barber Vintage Festival was winding down to catch up with Executive Director Brian Case. Kern spent most of the weekend in race mode, contesting several AHRMA competition classes on the Barber Motorsports Park road course.
Kern had a strong on-track showing, topping both Battle of the Twins races and recording second- and first-place finishes in Sound of Thunder 2 and a fifth in the star-studded 12-lap Pro Challenge. He signed one of the concrete pillars in the basement conservation area and briefed Case on Monday’s BMW DoubleRFest track day.
“Nate runs a tight ship,” said Case, upon witnessing the early-morning riders’ meeting. On any given weekend during the racing season, Kern can often be found contesting podiums on his air-cooled BMW R 12 nineT, proving, once again, you can’t judge a winning motorcycle by its valve covers.
Action photo by Anne Hicks
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Can you believe that it`s already been 3 weeks since Barber Vintage Festival!? Did you forget to pick up some Barber swag while you were at the museum and track? No worries! You can still grab merch on our website - link in bio! 🔗
Oct 22
Can you believe that it`s already been 3 weeks since Barber Vintage Festival!? Did you forget to pick up some Barber swag while you were at the museum and track? No worries! You can still grab merch on our website - link in bio! 🔗
Thank you to everyone who attended the 20th annual Barber Vintage Festival and visited the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum. This event wouldn’t be a success without our treasured guests, energetic volunteers, and promotional partners.
We’re looking forward to doing it all over again next year. In fact, planning is already underway to make next year’s event even bigger and more exciting. The 21st annual Barber Vintage Festival is scheduled for October 9-11, 2026.
Please let us know your favorite moments of the weekend and which museum events—autograph signings, vehicle exhibits, engine start-ups, seminars, or something else—you would like to see more of at future festivals.
Photos by Anne Hicks
#BarberMuseum #BarberMotorsportsPark #BarberVintageFestival
Oct 21
Thank you to everyone who attended the 20th annual Barber Vintage Festival and visited the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum. This event wouldn’t be a success without our treasured guests, energetic volunteers, and promotional partners.
We’re looking forward to doing it all over again next year. In fact, planning is already underway to make next year’s event even bigger and more exciting. The 21st annual Barber Vintage Festival is scheduled for October 9-11, 2026.
Please let us know your favorite moments of the weekend and which museum events—autograph signings, vehicle exhibits, engine start-ups, seminars, or something else—you would like to see more of at future festivals.
Photos by Anne Hicks
#BarberMuseum #BarberMotorsportsPark #BarberVintageFestival
One of six automobile series racing this weekend under the SpeedTour umbrella at Barber Motorsports Park, the Formula 4 United States Championship is an open-wheel spec class powered by—drum roll, please—the naturally aspirated, 90-degree 1650cc V-four designed by Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum Executive Director Brian Case.
Over the course of the season, 11 drivers representing seven teams have scored championship points in the Hankook Tire-shod Ligier JS422 race car. Kiwi Motorsport pilot Cooper Shipman arrives for rounds 16 and 17 having already locked up the title. The minimum age for the entry-level, single-seat feeder series is 15 years old.
Case’s lightweight engine, now known as the Ligier Storm SuperHP, replaced the previous Honda inline-four. Swing by the museum for a closer look at an example of this unique machine. On the fifth floor, in front of the Barber Advanced Design Center, you’ll find the Case-designed Motus MST sport-tourer that used the same engine.
Photos by Joe Avila
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Oct 18
One of six automobile series racing this weekend under the SpeedTour umbrella at Barber Motorsports Park, the Formula 4 United States Championship is an open-wheel spec class powered by—drum roll, please—the naturally aspirated, 90-degree 1650cc V-four designed by Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum Executive Director Brian Case.
Over the course of the season, 11 drivers representing seven teams have scored championship points in the Hankook Tire-shod Ligier JS422 race car. Kiwi Motorsport pilot Cooper Shipman arrives for rounds 16 and 17 having already locked up the title. The minimum age for the entry-level, single-seat feeder series is 15 years old.
Case’s lightweight engine, now known as the Ligier Storm SuperHP, replaced the previous Honda inline-four. Swing by the museum for a closer look at an example of this unique machine. On the fifth floor, in front of the Barber Advanced Design Center, you’ll find the Case-designed Motus MST sport-tourer that used the same engine.
Photos by Joe Avila
#BarberMuseum #BarberMotorsportsPark #SpeedTour #Motus
Headed to Barber Motorsports Park this weekend, October 17-19, for the penultimate round of the 22-event, country-wide SpeedTour? Non-stop competition includes wheel-to-wheel action from the following series: Sportscar Vintage Racing Association, Trans Am, International GT, Ligier Junior Formula Championship, Formula 4 United States Championship, and Formula Regional Americas Championship.
Set aside time during the race weekend to visit the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, located steps from Turn 9 of the rolling 2.38-mile road course. In addition to 1,800 motorcycles spanning more than a century of production, the museum features the world’s most extensive collection of Lotus racing machines, plus a vast assortment of other rare and unusual automobiles.
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Oct 17
Headed to Barber Motorsports Park this weekend, October 17-19, for the penultimate round of the 22-event, country-wide SpeedTour? Non-stop competition includes wheel-to-wheel action from the following series: Sportscar Vintage Racing Association, Trans Am, International GT, Ligier Junior Formula Championship, Formula 4 United States Championship, and Formula Regional Americas Championship.
Set aside time during the race weekend to visit the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, located steps from Turn 9 of the rolling 2.38-mile road course. In addition to 1,800 motorcycles spanning more than a century of production, the museum features the world’s most extensive collection of Lotus racing machines, plus a vast assortment of other rare and unusual automobiles.
#BarberMuseum #BarberMotorsportsPark #SpeedTour
Rob Brooks, senior editor of Road Dirt Motorcycle Media, a “down-home, grassroots” multi-media platform, traveled from Georgia to the 20th annual Barber Vintage Festival and spent three days roaming the fan-favorite swap meet with its 500-plus vendor spaces.
“This is one of the larger swap meets in the Southeast,” Brooks explains in the video that accompanies his written overview of the event. “It goes on for lane after lane after lane in both directions. We’re going to check it out and see what’s available.”
Brooks even found his own “gem among junk,” a weighty casting marked “Vincent Industrial Power.” He purchased the part, “if for no other reason but the authentic Vincent logo and the factory location stamped into it.”
Follow the LINK IN BIO to read Brooks’ full report and watch the 15-minute video. The 21st annual Barber Vintage Festival is scheduled for October 9-11, 2026.
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Oct 16
Rob Brooks, senior editor of Road Dirt Motorcycle Media, a “down-home, grassroots” multi-media platform, traveled from Georgia to the 20th annual Barber Vintage Festival and spent three days roaming the fan-favorite swap meet with its 500-plus vendor spaces.
“This is one of the larger swap meets in the Southeast,” Brooks explains in the video that accompanies his written overview of the event. “It goes on for lane after lane after lane in both directions. We’re going to check it out and see what’s available.”
Brooks even found his own “gem among junk,” a weighty casting marked “Vincent Industrial Power.” He purchased the part, “if for no other reason but the authentic Vincent logo and the factory location stamped into it.”
Follow the LINK IN BIO to read Brooks’ full report and watch the 15-minute video. The 21st annual Barber Vintage Festival is scheduled for October 9-11, 2026.
#BarberMuseum #BarberMotorsportsPark #BarberVintageFestival
Are you planning a visit to the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum? PLEASE NOTE: the museum will be closed TODAY Thursday, October 16, for a private event. It will reopen at 10 a.m. on Friday, October 17. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Oct 16
Are you planning a visit to the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum? PLEASE NOTE: the museum will be closed TODAY Thursday, October 16, for a private event. It will reopen at 10 a.m. on Friday, October 17. We apologize for any inconvenience.
The unmuffled, 130-decibel exhaust note produced by a Honda RC211V engine is one of the most distinctive in all of motorcycling. Even if the 75.5-degree V-five is housed in a bespoke American-made chassis and out of camera frame, its heritage is never in question.
On the opening day of the 20th annual Barber Vintage Festival, Kenny Roberts Jr. was scheduled to lap the Barber Motorsports Park road course alongside his famous father, astride his world-beating, four-cylinder 1980 Yamaha YZR500, code-named 0W48.
Roberts Jr., meanwhile, was once again reunited with the Team Roberts KR211V that he raced to two podium finishes and sixth overall in the 2006 MotoGP World Championship. When his father peeled off, Roberts Jr. kept going—lap after lap after lap.
When Roberts Jr. finally signaled his intention to pull in, braked to a halt, and shut down the engine, his wife, Rochelle, greeted him, beaming from ear to ear. “How many laps did you do?” she asked. Roberts Jr. admitted he lost count. Who could blame him?
If you had the “Alabama Rollercoaster” all to yourself, would you follow Roberts Jr.’s lead? Watch the video and chime in with a comment. Both the KR211V and the 0W48 are part of the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum’s permanent collection.
Photo by Joe Avila
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Oct 14
The unmuffled, 130-decibel exhaust note produced by a Honda RC211V engine is one of the most distinctive in all of motorcycling. Even if the 75.5-degree V-five is housed in a bespoke American-made chassis and out of camera frame, its heritage is never in question.
On the opening day of the 20th annual Barber Vintage Festival, Kenny Roberts Jr. was scheduled to lap the Barber Motorsports Park road course alongside his famous father, astride his world-beating, four-cylinder 1980 Yamaha YZR500, code-named 0W48.
Roberts Jr., meanwhile, was once again reunited with the Team Roberts KR211V that he raced to two podium finishes and sixth overall in the 2006 MotoGP World Championship. When his father peeled off, Roberts Jr. kept going—lap after lap after lap.
When Roberts Jr. finally signaled his intention to pull in, braked to a halt, and shut down the engine, his wife, Rochelle, greeted him, beaming from ear to ear. “How many laps did you do?” she asked. Roberts Jr. admitted he lost count. Who could blame him?
If you had the “Alabama Rollercoaster” all to yourself, would you follow Roberts Jr.’s lead? Watch the video and chime in with a comment. Both the KR211V and the 0W48 are part of the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum’s permanent collection.
Photo by Joe Avila
#BarberMuseum #BarberMotorsportsPark #BarberVintageFestival #KennyRoberts