fbpx
Wikipedia

Indy Grand Prix of Alabama

December 10, 2023

The Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama is an IndyCar Series race held at Barber Motorsports Park, a 17-turn 2.38-mile (3.83 km) road course, in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Officially announced on July 27, 2009, the inaugural event was on the weekend of April 9–11, 2010.[1][2] The event is under the management of the local group Zoom Motorsports. The venue is designed to allow for nearly 100,000 spectators and will have an estimated economic impact on Greater Birmingham of $30 million.[1]

Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama
IndyCar Series
VenueBarber Motorsports Park
LocationBirmingham, Alabama
Corporate sponsorHonda
First race2010
Distance2.38 miles (3.83 km)
Laps90
Most wins (driver)Josef Newgarden (3)
Most wins (team)Team Penske (6)
Most wins (manufacturer)Chassis: Dallara (12)
Engine: Chevrolet (7)

History edit

Having an IRL race at Barber became a possibility in 2007 when the league had testing session at the facility on October 12, 2007.[3] The test would also serve in evaluating the track as a potential site for a race beginning in the 2009 season. By July 2008, IRL revealed its 2009 schedule with new races being held at Long Beach and Toronto, but not at Barber.[4] However local officials indicated that Barber was under strong consideration for a 2010 date.[4]

Due to the success of the testing session in 2007, Barber was selected for a full-field, three-day testing session in March 2009.[5] Officials remained confident that the track would gain a race in the future due to the desire of the IRL to expand into the South, as well as the location of the Honda Manufacturing of Alabama plant in nearby Lincoln, Honda being an official engine supplier of IRL.[5]

The opportunity to pursue the event came after the Detroit Indy Grand Prix was discontinued.[1][6] Initially, Zoom Motorsports looked to have the Detroit race moved to Alabama for the 2009 season; however, the league decided in February 2009 to not replace the event on its schedule.[7] With an open date available for 2010, Birmingham made its pitch to IRL officials and was selected to hold the event over Cleveland (Burke Lakefront Airport), Houston, Baltimore, Nashville, Charlotte and Portland.[1] IRL cited both strong support from both local and state government in addition to the large crowd that attended an IRL training session in March 2009 as factors in Birmingham being selected for the race.[1]

Past winners edit

Season Date Driver Team Chassis Engine Tires Race Distance Race Time Average Speed
(mph) 		Report Ref
Laps Miles (km)
2010 April 11   Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Dallara Honda Firestone 90 214.2 (344.721) 1:56:41 106.436 Report [8]
2011 April 10   Will Power Team Penske Dallara Honda Firestone 90 214.2 (344.721) 2:14:43 92.194 Report [9]
2012 April 1   Will Power Team Penske Dallara Chevrolet Firestone 90 214.2 (344.721) 2:01:40 102.081 Report [10]
2013 April 7   Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Dallara Chevrolet Firestone 90 214.2 (344.721) 1:52:05 110.818 Report [11]
2014 April 27   Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Dallara Honda Firestone 69* 164.22 (264.286) 1:40:43 94.537 Report [12]
2015 April 26   Josef Newgarden CFH Racing Dallara Chevrolet Firestone 90 214.2 (344.721) 1:55:53 107.176 Report [13]
2016 April 24   Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Dallara Chevrolet Firestone 90 214.2 (344.721) 1:48:42 114.254 Report [14]
2017 April 23   Josef Newgarden Team Penske Dallara Chevrolet Firestone 90 214.2 (344.721) 1:54:09 108.809 Report [15]
2018 April 22/23   Josef Newgarden Team Penske Dallara Chevrolet Firestone 82* 195.16 (314.06) 2:01:14 93.335 Report [16]
2019 April 7   Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Dallara Honda Firestone 90 214.2 (344.721) 1:55:46 107.272 Report [17]
2020 April 5 Canceled due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic [18]
2021 April 18   Alex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Honda Firestone 90 214.2 (344.721) 1:52:53 110.025 Report [19]
2022 May 1   Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Dallara Chevrolet Firestone 90 214.2 (344.721) 1:48:39 114.304 Report [20]
2023 April 30   Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Dallara Chevrolet Firestone 90 214.2 (344.721) 1:47:58 115.019 Report [21]

Notes edit

  • 2014: Race postponed same day and shortened to 100 minutes due to lightning policy.[22]
  • 2018: Race suspended until Monday after 23 laps due to heavy rain. The race was resumed as a timed race with 75 minutes remaining.[23]
  • 2021: Race rescheduled from April 11 to April 18 after the Long Beach Grand Prix was rescheduled and to allow for network television coverage.[24][25]

Indy Lights winners edit

Season Date Winning Driver Winning Team
2010 April 11   Jean-Karl Vernay Sam Schmidt Motorsports
2011 April 10   Víctor García Team Moore Racing
2012 April 1   Sebastián Saavedra Conquest Racing
2013 April 7   Carlos Muñoz Andretti Autosport
2014 April 26   Zach Veach Andretti Autosport
April 27   Gabby Chaves Belardi Auto Racing
2015 April 25   Spencer Pigot Juncos Racing
April 26   Spencer Pigot Juncos Racing
2016 April 25   Ed Jones Carlin
April 26   Santiago Urrutia Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
2017 April 22   Nico Jamin Andretti Autosport
April 23   Colton Herta Andretti Steinbrenner Racing
2018 April 21   Patricio O'Ward Andretti Autosport
April 22   Patricio O'Ward Andretti Autosport
2019 Not Held
2020 April 4 Canceled due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
April 5 Canceled due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
2021 April 17   Linus Lundqvist Global Racing Group with HMD Motorsports
April 18   David Malukas HMD Motorsports
2022 May 1   Linus Lundqvist HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e Tomberlin, Michael (July 26, 2009). "Indy Car race coming to Barber Motorsports Park in Leeds, Alabama". The Birmingham News.
  2. ^ Tomberlin, Michael (July 27, 2009). "It's official: 3 Indy car races coming to Barber Motorsports Park". The Birmingham News.
  3. ^ Bolton, Mike (October 2, 2007). "Star drivers to test at Barber Course is potential 2009 series event". The Birmingham News.
  4. ^ a b Demmons, Doug (July 31, 2008). "Barber misses cut for 2009 Indy race". The Birmingham News.
  5. ^ a b Bolton, Mike (December 7, 2008). "IndyCar Series drivers to conduct test session at Barber: Preseason testing bodes well for possible race at Barber in 2010". The Birmingham News.
  6. ^ . speedtv.com. 2008-12-18. Archived from the original on 2008-12-19. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  7. ^ Demmons, Doug (February 6, 2009). "Barber Motorsports Park won't get '09 IRL race". The Birmingham News.
  8. ^ "2010 Indy Grand Prix of Alabama". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  9. ^ "2011 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  10. ^ "2012 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  11. ^ "2013 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  12. ^ "2014 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  13. ^ "2015 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  14. ^ "2016 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  15. ^ "2017 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  16. ^ "2018 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  17. ^ "2019 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  18. ^ Patchen, Tyler (March 13, 2020). "Indy Grand Prix of Alabama canceled due to COVID-19". Birmingham Business Journal. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  19. ^ "2021 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  20. ^ "2022 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  21. ^ "2023 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  22. ^ Koelle, Christian (April 22, 2018). "Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Postponed". Frontstretch. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  23. ^ Robinson, Mark (April 22, 2018). "Heavy rain suspends Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama". IndyCar Series. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  24. ^ "IndyCar shifts Barber opener back a week to air on NBC". Racer. January 22, 2021. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  25. ^ Brown, Nathan (January 21, 2021). "IndyCar to move Barber season-opener back one week to April 18". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved November 27, 2023.

External links edit

  • IndyCar.com race page
  • Champ Car Stats: Barber archive
Preceded by
Grand Prix of Long Beach 		IndyCar Series
Indy Grand Prix of Alabama 		Succeeded by
GMR Grand Prix

December 10, 2023
indy, grand, prix, alabama, honda, indycar, series, race, held, barber, motorsports, park, turn, mile, road, course, birmingham, alabama, united, states, officially, announced, july, 2009, inaugural, event, weekend, april, 2010, event, under, management, local. The Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama is an IndyCar Series race held at Barber Motorsports Park a 17 turn 2 38 mile 3 83 km road course in Birmingham Alabama United States Officially announced on July 27 2009 the inaugural event was on the weekend of April 9 11 2010 1 2 The event is under the management of the local group Zoom Motorsports The venue is designed to allow for nearly 100 000 spectators and will have an estimated economic impact on Greater Birmingham of 30 million 1 Honda Indy Grand Prix of AlabamaIndyCar SeriesVenueBarber Motorsports ParkLocationBirmingham AlabamaCorporate sponsorHondaFirst race2010Distance2 38 miles 3 83 km Laps90Most wins driver Josef Newgarden 3 Most wins team Team Penske 6 Most wins manufacturer Chassis Dallara 12 Engine Chevrolet 7 Contents 1 History 2 Past winners 2 1 Notes 2 2 Indy Lights winners 3 References 4 External linksHistory editHaving an IRL race at Barber became a possibility in 2007 when the league had testing session at the facility on October 12 2007 3 The test would also serve in evaluating the track as a potential site for a race beginning in the 2009 season By July 2008 IRL revealed its 2009 schedule with new races being held at Long Beach and Toronto but not at Barber 4 However local officials indicated that Barber was under strong consideration for a 2010 date 4 Due to the success of the testing session in 2007 Barber was selected for a full field three day testing session in March 2009 5 Officials remained confident that the track would gain a race in the future due to the desire of the IRL to expand into the South as well as the location of the Honda Manufacturing of Alabama plant in nearby Lincoln Honda being an official engine supplier of IRL 5 The opportunity to pursue the event came after the Detroit Indy Grand Prix was discontinued 1 6 Initially Zoom Motorsports looked to have the Detroit race moved to Alabama for the 2009 season however the league decided in February 2009 to not replace the event on its schedule 7 With an open date available for 2010 Birmingham made its pitch to IRL officials and was selected to hold the event over Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport Houston Baltimore Nashville Charlotte and Portland 1 IRL cited both strong support from both local and state government in addition to the large crowd that attended an IRL training session in March 2009 as factors in Birmingham being selected for the race 1 Past winners editSeason Date Driver Team Chassis Engine Tires Race Distance Race Time Average Speed mph Report RefLaps Miles km 2010 April 11 nbsp Helio Castroneves Team Penske Dallara Honda Firestone 90 214 2 344 721 1 56 41 106 436 Report 8 2011 April 10 nbsp Will Power Team Penske Dallara Honda Firestone 90 214 2 344 721 2 14 43 92 194 Report 9 2012 April 1 nbsp Will Power Team Penske Dallara Chevrolet Firestone 90 214 2 344 721 2 01 40 102 081 Report 10 2013 April 7 nbsp Ryan Hunter Reay Andretti Autosport Dallara Chevrolet Firestone 90 214 2 344 721 1 52 05 110 818 Report 11 2014 April 27 nbsp Ryan Hunter Reay Andretti Autosport Dallara Honda Firestone 69 164 22 264 286 1 40 43 94 537 Report 12 2015 April 26 nbsp Josef Newgarden CFH Racing Dallara Chevrolet Firestone 90 214 2 344 721 1 55 53 107 176 Report 13 2016 April 24 nbsp Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Dallara Chevrolet Firestone 90 214 2 344 721 1 48 42 114 254 Report 14 2017 April 23 nbsp Josef Newgarden Team Penske Dallara Chevrolet Firestone 90 214 2 344 721 1 54 09 108 809 Report 15 2018 April 22 23 nbsp Josef Newgarden Team Penske Dallara Chevrolet Firestone 82 195 16 314 06 2 01 14 93 335 Report 16 2019 April 7 nbsp Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Dallara Honda Firestone 90 214 2 344 721 1 55 46 107 272 Report 17 2020 April 5 Canceled due to the coronavirus COVID 19 pandemic 18 2021 April 18 nbsp Alex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Honda Firestone 90 214 2 344 721 1 52 53 110 025 Report 19 2022 May 1 nbsp Pato O Ward Arrow McLaren SP Dallara Chevrolet Firestone 90 214 2 344 721 1 48 39 114 304 Report 20 2023 April 30 nbsp Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Dallara Chevrolet Firestone 90 214 2 344 721 1 47 58 115 019 Report 21 Notes edit 2014 Race postponed same day and shortened to 100 minutes due to lightning policy 22 2018 Race suspended until Monday after 23 laps due to heavy rain The race was resumed as a timed race with 75 minutes remaining 23 2021 Race rescheduled from April 11 to April 18 after the Long Beach Grand Prix was rescheduled and to allow for network television coverage 24 25 Indy Lights winners edit Season Date Winning Driver Winning Team2010 April 11 nbsp Jean Karl Vernay Sam Schmidt Motorsports2011 April 10 nbsp Victor Garcia Team Moore Racing2012 April 1 nbsp Sebastian Saavedra Conquest Racing2013 April 7 nbsp Carlos Munoz Andretti Autosport2014 April 26 nbsp Zach Veach Andretti AutosportApril 27 nbsp Gabby Chaves Belardi Auto Racing2015 April 25 nbsp Spencer Pigot Juncos RacingApril 26 nbsp Spencer Pigot Juncos Racing2016 April 25 nbsp Ed Jones CarlinApril 26 nbsp Santiago Urrutia Schmidt Peterson Motorsports2017 April 22 nbsp Nico Jamin Andretti AutosportApril 23 nbsp Colton Herta Andretti Steinbrenner Racing2018 April 21 nbsp Patricio O Ward Andretti AutosportApril 22 nbsp Patricio O Ward Andretti Autosport2019 Not Held2020 April 4 Canceled due to the coronavirus COVID 19 pandemicApril 5 Canceled due to the coronavirus COVID 19 pandemic2021 April 17 nbsp Linus Lundqvist Global Racing Group with HMD MotorsportsApril 18 nbsp David Malukas HMD Motorsports2022 May 1 nbsp Linus Lundqvist HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne RacingReferences edit a b c d e Tomberlin Michael July 26 2009 Indy Car race coming to Barber Motorsports Park in Leeds Alabama The Birmingham News Tomberlin Michael July 27 2009 It s official 3 Indy car races coming to Barber Motorsports Park The Birmingham News Bolton Mike October 2 2007 Star drivers to test at Barber Course is potential 2009 series event The Birmingham News a b Demmons Doug July 31 2008 Barber misses cut for 2009 Indy race The Birmingham News a b Bolton Mike December 7 2008 IndyCar Series drivers to conduct test session at Barber Preseason testing bodes well for possible race at Barber in 2010 The Birmingham News INDYCAR Detroit Canceled for 2009 Vision Racing Trims Staff speedtv com 2008 12 18 Archived from the original on 2008 12 19 Retrieved 2009 07 26 Demmons Doug February 6 2009 Barber Motorsports Park won t get 09 IRL race The Birmingham News 2010 Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Racing Reference NASCAR Digital Media LLC Retrieved November 27 2023 2011 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Racing Reference NASCAR Digital Media LLC Retrieved November 27 2023 2012 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Racing Reference NASCAR Digital Media LLC Retrieved November 27 2023 2013 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Racing Reference NASCAR Digital Media LLC Retrieved November 27 2023 2014 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Racing Reference NASCAR Digital Media LLC Retrieved November 27 2023 2015 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Racing Reference NASCAR Digital Media LLC Retrieved November 27 2023 2016 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Racing Reference NASCAR Digital Media LLC Retrieved November 27 2023 2017 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Racing Reference NASCAR Digital Media LLC Retrieved November 27 2023 2018 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Racing Reference NASCAR Digital Media LLC Retrieved November 27 2023 2019 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Racing Reference NASCAR Digital Media LLC Retrieved November 27 2023 Patchen Tyler March 13 2020 Indy Grand Prix of Alabama canceled due to COVID 19 Birmingham Business Journal Retrieved November 27 2023 2021 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Racing Reference NASCAR Digital Media LLC Retrieved November 27 2023 2022 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Racing Reference NASCAR Digital Media LLC Retrieved November 27 2023 2023 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Racing Reference NASCAR Digital Media LLC Retrieved November 27 2023 Koelle Christian April 22 2018 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Postponed Frontstretch Retrieved November 27 2023 Robinson Mark April 22 2018 Heavy rain suspends Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama IndyCar Series Retrieved November 27 2023 IndyCar shifts Barber opener back a week to air on NBC Racer January 22 2021 Retrieved November 27 2023 Brown Nathan January 21 2021 IndyCar to move Barber season opener back one week to April 18 The Indianapolis Star Retrieved November 27 2023 External links editIndyCar com race page Champ Car Stats Barber archivePreceded byGrand Prix of Long Beach IndyCar SeriesIndy Grand Prix of Alabama Succeeded byGMR Grand Prix Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Indy Grand Prix of Alabama amp oldid 1187092105, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

article

, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games.