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Barber Vintage Festival turns Eight

Two Jefferson County cruisers rolled by us on their way to the back of camping Lot C. A Barber track pickup approached from the rear, green lights a' blazing. We had seen IPhone cameras flashing, and heard muted applause, but not much over the Honda generators powering SEC football coverage. We overheard a pouty pedestrian complain, "They shut down the slow race!" Some sensitive campers had complained about the noise, barely discernible over the humming generators, so no mo slo race. It isn't as frequent as it was for the inaugural AMA Superbike races at Barber Motorsports Park in 2003, but sometimes...

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