Village Living neighborly news & entertainment for Mountain Brook
Volume 6 | Issue 2 | May 2015
Road rally Mountain Brook Village to host vintage car event
By MADOLINE MARKHAM
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Historic collectors’ cars will descend upon Mountain Brook Village on Friday, May 15. Around 4:30 p.m., a wave of cars competing in Barber Historics and about 45 of local car clubs’ best picks will drive down Highway 78 from Barber Motorsports Park in Leeds to the village and park in its circle starting at 5 p.m. Another 100 cars from the car clubs will follow in a second wave and park on the spokes of the village. Until 7 p.m., car owners will be on hand to talk with visitors. “It’s a good opportunity to see cars outside their racing element,” said Jeff Ray, director of Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum. The event is meant to raise awareness of the weekend-long Historic Motor Sports Association event at Barber Motorsports Park that will draw visitors from around the country. It will feature 125 museum-quality cars from the early
Cars such as this Lotus will drive into Mountain Brook for a car rally as a part of the Barber Historics event May 15-17.
days of motorsports through the 1980s, including prewar, Formula One, Can Am and Trans Am cars, as well as Lotus cars from all over the world. Lee Clark, manager of restoration and conservation at Barber Motorsports, said at the rally you will see every kind of historic racing car you can think of, mostly from the 1950s to the ’80s. The Mountain Brook Car Club, Porsche Club, Corvette Club, MOB (Men of Birmingham) Club, Antique Automobile Club of America, Mini Club and BMW Club are among those participating. “We are trying to keep it historic-themed as much as we can,” Clark said. “If you watch any kind of sports car racing, you will be interested. Come out and meet the drivers — they love to talk to folks.” But the rally isn’t just for car racing enthusiasts. “The event gives our community an opportunity to see these cars,” said
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INSIDE
Mountain Brook resident Katherine Anne “Anne” Hicks, center, created the artwork of a Lotus 79 for a Barber Historics event poster. Here Hicks is pictured with Barber Motorsports’ Jeff Ray, left, and Lee Clark, right, in front of Lotus race cars. Photo courtesy of Katherine Anne Hicks.
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