2015 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama - Barber Motorsports Park

Any Fchatters going to this? I only got Sunday race tickets and the weather so far looks great (fingers crossed). I've never been to a race there and got the car corral parking out of convenience to a supposed good viewing spot.

I missed out on the St. Pete GP not too long ago and of course my favorite driver JPM went on and won that race. Might as well catch the race here before I head back to FL in a couple weeks. This will be my second IndyCar race after having gone to the last Baltimore GP on Labor weekend 2013. That was a lot of fun...

 

I had paddock passes for the Baltimore GP...wasn't that great imo. They had the team trucks and cars in the convention center when working on it and you really only saw a few mechanics and tires moving around. If you think your kid may think it's cool, it may be worth it. I think the paddocks are outdoors at Barber...not entirely sure.

As far as good seating, I've heard in the area I'll be where you can see three sections of the race including a frequent passing zone at turn 5.

http://mphproductions.com/joomla/images/stories/tracklayout/BarberMotorSportsMap.jpg

That seating is near the T3 label. I'm parking in lot E (car corral) so it will be a short walk. It will look like this with the road closer to the camera being a fast straight when they turn and comeback around: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg8rcacOwvI

 

Glad you had fun! I had a blast. I was up on the hillside overlooking turn 5...lots of passing there and the Cadillac that ended up catching fire. The car corral was pretty cool...I'm certain my car was by far the dirtiest there (orange Z). The Enzo was really cool.

Uploading pics now...will definitely be back next year if I'm not working that weekend.

 

Pics! https://www.flickr.com/photos/havblu/sets/72157651788151609/

 

Thanks! Yeah, I wish the Caddy stayed til the end. Same for the Lambo. It was nice having a mix of cars and the different engine notes. I loved the sound of the Bentley followed by the Mercs. Very deep and low rumble...you couldn't mistake it for anything else with your eyes closed.

The IndyLights cars looked pretty good. You may have noticed I took a few shots of the blue and white #18 car. It's because it reminded me of the blue and white BMW Williams F1 cars. It even had a blue kidney grill and silver accent between the white and blue on the engine cover...no way that person designed it after anything else (still looks good imo).

I uploaded a restart lap. You can see most of the track from where I was: https://www.flickr.com/photos/havblu/17291832882/in/set-72157651788151609

Unfortunately not. I saw him getting into the 348 and packing up his belongings as I walked past him to get to my car shortly after the race. I didn't want to bother him and delay his departure given traffic that was rapidly building...