This Sunday will see the 5th running of the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama, at Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Alabama. The event was first held on April 11, 2010 and was won by Hélio Castroneves driving for Team Penske, in a Dallara-Honda. Prior to that Barber Motorsports Park hosted a testing session in October 2007, the success of which led to a full-field, three-day testing session in March 2009. In 2010 an open date became available on that season's race calendar and Barber Motorsports Park made a successful bid over Cleveland (Burke Lakefront Airport), Houston, Baltimore, Nashville, Charlotte and Portland, to hold the race.
Track layout:
Length: 2.38 mi / 3.83 km
Turns: 15
Lap record: 1:06.7750, Scott Dixon, Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Dallara DW12-Honda, 6 April 2013, Izod IndyCar Series.
Last year's winner:
Ryan Hunter-Reay
Andretti Autosport
Dallara Chevrolet
Laps 90
Distance 214.2 mi / 344.7 km
Race Time 1:52:05
Average Speed 110.818
TV Coverage:
NBCSN are televising the race with the Green flag at 3:00pm ET.