The road course has hosted a wide range of series including the IndyCar Series, Grand-Am, Vintage Racing Series events, American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association (AHRMA) racing, and MotoAmerica. The track serves as the home of the Porsche Track Experience and has hosted the Keith Code California Superbike School and the Yamaha Champions Riding School. Barber is noted for its landscaping and greenery, and has been referred to as "The Augusta National of Motorsports." The IndyCar Series conducted tests at Barber in 2007 and 2009. The track was nominated by the FIA as the official test track for the now-defunct US F1 Team.
The IndyCar Series Grand Prix of Alabama has been held at the park since 2010. The Annual Barber Vintage Festival has taken place each October since 2005.
The 14-acre (5.7 ha) Barber Proving Ground opened in 2014 as an additional test facility. Its track and adjacent 150-by-350-foot wet/dry skid pad are used for defensive driver training, safety instruction, product debuts, and vehicle testing. A two-level, 9,800 sq ft building on the hill above the proving ground provides rental space. Two garage units totalling 16,800 sq ft support the Porsche Track Experience, the Mercedes-Benz USA Brand Immersion Program, and other programs.
The park contains a 0.7-mile (1.1 km) vintage motocross course; its inaugural event took place during the 11th Annual Barber Vintage Festival with AHRMA presenting vintage motorcycle racing. A vehicle off-road course comprises approximately seven miles of trails over a 50-acre (20 ha) site adjoining the proving ground, configurable into different layouts and multi-directional, with varying terrain and moderate-to-extreme elevation. Natural features including water, rock, and bridge crossings are incorporated into the trail system. An obstacle course provides a loop with nine features: a railroad crossing, a concrete course with potholes, a 45-degree off-camber trail, a 15-degree concrete slope with three sets of rollers, a switchback, a 150 ft "rock crawl," an articulation, a water crossing with adjustable water level, and 20 ft of concrete stairs that are 10 ft wide.
The infield contains large sculptures including a series of steel spiders and dragonflies by artist Bill Secunda, a pair of lions, and a sisyphean figure. The Turns 5 & 6 complex is referred to as Charlotte's Web because of a large spider sculpture placed in the infield there. The park features five large steel gates fabricated by Branko Medenica bearing motorsports and wildlife themes. A kinetic wind-powered sculpture by artist Edward Lee Hendricks is located near a pond along the perimeter road; another Hendricks commission is at the nearby Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. Three stainless steel monuments by sculptor Theodore Gall, called The Chase, stand in front of the museum; the installation took over a year to create and weighs close to five tons.
George W. Barber began his private collection in 1988 with a serious interest in vintage motorcycles, recognising there was no museum reflecting motorcycle history from around the world. In 1994 he established the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organisation. It opened to the public in its original Southside Birmingham location in 1995. In 1997 the museum sent 21 motorcycles to New York's Guggenheim Museum for the exhibit The Art of the Motorcycle, which also travelled to Chicago and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. Barber consulted world champion racers John Surtees and Dan Gurney when designing the complex. In 2003, the museum was relocated to its permanent home within Barber Motorsports Park.
The museum contains more than 1,600 vintage and modern motorcycles and racing cars and is considered the largest motorcycle museum in the world, as well as the largest collection of Lotus race cars. More than 900 motorcycles are on display, representing over 140 marques from 16 countries, with bikes dating from 1904 to present production.
Current events include the 24 Hours of Lemons (February); the IndyCar Series Indy Grand Prix of Alabama, Indy NXT, Porsche Sprint Challenge North America, and Mustang Cup USA (March); MotoAmerica Superbikes at Barber (May); National Auto Sport Association (July); SCCA Super Tour (August); GT World Challenge America, GT America Series, and GT4 America Series (September); and Formula Regional Americas Championship, Formula 4 United States Championship, and Sportscar Vintage Racing Association events (October).
Former events include the AMA Pro Daytona Sportbike Championship (2009–2014), Championship of Alabama (2003–2014), ChampCar Endurance Series (2015–2021), Formula BMW USA (2005), Grand-Am Cup (2003–2013), IMSA Prototype Challenge (2017–2018), Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America (2019), Mazda MX-5 Cup (2009, 2017–2018, 2025), Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA (2017–2019), Rolex Sports Car Series, Trans-Am Series (2025), and USF Juniors (2022–2025).
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