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From the streets of St. Petersburg to the twisty roads of Barber, the IndyCar circus travels to Alabama for an April Fool's Day special!

Also featured: Star Mazda, Firestone Indy Lights, and Grand-Am!



FRIDAY, MARCH 30 (ALL PUBLIC PARKING ON-SITE)

7:30 a.m. Gates Open
8:00 a.m - 8:30 a.m Continental Tire Practice
8:40 a.m - 9:25 a.m. Grand-Am Rolex Practice
9:50 a.m - 10:05 a.m. Continental Tire Qualifying
10:15 a.m - 10:30 a.m. Continental Tire Qualifying
10:40 a.m - 10:55 a.m. Grand-Am Rolex DP Qualifying
11:00 a.m - 11:15 a.m. Grand-Am Rolex GT Qualifying
11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Firestone Indy Lights Practice
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. IZOD IndyCar Practice
1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Star Mazda Qualifying
2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Firestone Indy Lights Practice
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. IZOD IndyCar Practice
4:45 p.m. - 5:25 p.m. RACE - Star Mazda (Race #1)

SATURDAY, MARCH 31 (ALL PUBLIC PARKING ON-SITE)

7:30 a.m. Gates Open
8:00 a.m. - 8:20 a.m. IZOD IndyCar Practice
8:40 a.m. - 9:25 a.m. Firestone Indy Lights Qualifying
9:40 a.m. - 10:55 a.m. IZOD IndyCar Qualifying
10:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Firestone Indy Lights Autograph Session
11:05 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Grand-Am Rolex Series Fan Walk / Pre-Race (Pit Lane)*
12:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. RACE - Porsche 250 (Grand-Am Rolex Series) - 2.75 hour limit
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. IZOD IndyCar Autograph Session #1
2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. IZOD IndyCar Autograph Session #2
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Continental Tire Fan Walk / Pre-Race (Pit Lane)*
4:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. RACE - Continental Tire Sports Car Series - 2.5 hour limit

SUNDAY, APRIL 1 (FREE PUBLIC PARKING AT THE OUTLET SHOPS OF GRAND RIVER WITH CONVENIENT SHUTTLES)

7:30 a.m. Gates Open
8:00 a.m - 8:20 a.m. Firestone Indy Lights Warm Up
8:40 a.m - 9:10 a.m. IZOD IndyCar Warm Up
9:20 a.m - 10:10 a.m. On - Track Pace Car Activities
10:20 a.m - 11:00 a.m. RACE - Star Mazda (Race #2)
11:15 a.m - 12:30 p.m. RACE - Firestone Indy Lights - 40 Laps
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. RACE - Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama presented by Legacy - 90 Laps

Also featured:

Cool! I can't wait! This track has given some good racing for Indycars in the past, new cars might be awesome here.





*The "Danica Patrick takes a shower" godaddy.com commercial now playing inside your head*

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"Indy doesn't give you a second chance. You have to earn it."

Barber is such a gorgeous track.

CANTWAITCANTWAITCANTWAITCANTWAITCANTWAITCANTWAITCANTWAITCANTWAITCANTWAITCANTWAITCANTWAITCANTWAIT

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Good grief, Indycar, Grand Am Rolex, Continental Tire Series, Indy Lights and Star Mazda all on the same bill. That's a good meeting.

Easy there, skippy.

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If you screw up while skydiving, you have the rest of your life to figure out how to fix it.

Randy and I just got to the track. I won a pair of VIP passes from RACER Magazine and offered him the second ticket. This is shaping up to be fun.

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If you screw up while skydiving, you have the rest of your life to figure out how to fix it.

Have fun!

Maybe one day they'll come to the other Birmingham... It's not like we don't have a track layout used in the late 80s...

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"Every day on Memorial weekend, comes the chance to cross these bricks, and live forever. No votes, no politics, no thanks to the Academy. Nothing. Just driver, machine, and pursuit of immortality"

Power fastest in first practice from Helio, Taku, Newgarden and Rubens.

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Dan Wheldon ¦ 1978-2011
Marco Simoncelli ¦ 1987-2011
Jules Bianchi ¦ 1989-2015
Justin Wilson ¦ 1978-2015

Yeah, I know he's mad and I don't care. I do not care. I did not care then. I do not care now. I'm here to race him.

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"An idea whose time has come cannot be stopped by any army or any government"


3x TBKL rFactor Hillclimb champion

anyone know if the indy lights race will be aired this time around?

All track activity for the rest of the day has been cancelled because it's apparently chucking it down!

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"An idea whose time has come cannot be stopped by any army or any government"


3x TBKL rFactor Hillclimb champion

How come Katherine Legge has a ride, but Tomas Scheckter and Buddy Rice doesn't?

Katherine has a sponsor.

Neither Tomas nor Buddy do.

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Dan Wheldon ¦ 1978-2011
Marco Simoncelli ¦ 1987-2011
Jules Bianchi ¦ 1989-2015
Justin Wilson ¦ 1978-2015

Yeah, I know he's mad and I don't care. I do not care. I did not care then. I do not care now. I'm here to race him.

Some asswipe pulled the fire alarm in our hotel just before 3 in the morning.

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If you screw up while skydiving, you have the rest of your life to figure out how to fix it.

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Touche.

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Dan Wheldon ¦ 1978-2011
Marco Simoncelli ¦ 1987-2011
Jules Bianchi ¦ 1989-2015
Justin Wilson ¦ 1978-2015

Yeah, I know he's mad and I don't care. I do not care. I did not care then. I do not care now. I'm here to race him.

Oh yes, I'm sure we'd all love the opportunity to hear me moan about the new car in person instead of online!

Looks like a nice track to drive though, barber, I have to say.
Not the greatest when it comes to passing opportunities sadly (I assume it was designed for bikes? )
but it could be tricky enough to cause a few mistakes that could lead to some good racing, we'll see.

3rd practice currently fogged out.

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Dan Wheldon ¦ 1978-2011
Marco Simoncelli ¦ 1987-2011
Jules Bianchi ¦ 1989-2015
Justin Wilson ¦ 1978-2015

Yeah, I know he's mad and I don't care. I do not care. I did not care then. I do not care now. I'm here to race him.