{"id":496421,"date":"2017-03-29T11:14:48","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T11:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=43924"},"modified":"2023-12-14T20:38:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T20:38:08","slug":"may-date-3rd-annual-barber-historics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/may-date-3rd-annual-barber-historics\/","title":{"rendered":"Barber Historics (2017) \u2013 May Date for 3rd Annual Barber Historics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Historic Motor Sports Association has scheduled its 3<sup>rd<\/sup> annual Barber Historics, at Barber Motorsports Park, just east of Birmingham, Alabama, for the weekend of May 19-21. Since Barber is also the home of the Barber Museum, visitors can view what\u2019s acknowledged as the largest motorcycle collection in the world according to the Guinness Book of Records, as well as one of the finest Lotus collections anywhere, consisting of an example of every Lotus model, both production and race cars.<\/p>\n<p>HMSA will be welcoming the cars of Germany this year, and the schedule will include a one-hour Enduro. For complete information, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hmsausa.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.hmsausa.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Historic Motor Sports Association has scheduled its 3rd annual Barber Historics, at Barber Motorsports Park, just east of Birmingham, Alabama, for the weekend of May 19-21. 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