The Skip Barber Racing School is an American racing and driving school. Skip Barber founded the school in 1975.
5-593: In 1975, Skip Barber started the Skip Barber School of High Performance Driving at Riverside International Raceway . In 1976, it was renamed the Skip Barber Racing School. Despite selling the school in 1999, Barber remains active in motorsports today as the owner of Lime Rock Park . On May 22, 2017, the school filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. On December 19, 2017, the school was acquired by DeMonte Motorsports. On March 22, 2024,
10-538: The Skip Barber Racing Schools . Barber started racing in 1958 while studying at Harvard University , where he earned a degree in English. In the mid-1960s, he won three SCCA national championships in a row and finished third in the 1967 United States Road Racing Championship . Later, Barber won consecutive Formula Ford National Championships (1969 and 1970), a record tied only recently. At
15-522: The school announced that it has acquired the Superstar Racing Experience and is forming plans for a 2024 season. A Skip Barber Racing School magnet appears on Jerry's refrigerator in the sitcom Seinfeld . The comedian attended the school and competed in several races. Skip Barber John "Skip" Barber III (born November 16, 1936) is an American retired racecar driver who is most famous for previously owning and founding
20-590: The start of the 1971 season he purchased a March 711, which he planned to take back to the United States and race in the U.S. Formula 5000 series. Before he did so, he took part in the Monaco Grand Prix , Dutch Grand Prix , United States Grand Prix , and Canadian Grand Prix in a privately funded March . He returned to the U.S. and Canadian races in 1972. After that, he raced GT cars. When his racing career ended, Barber's belief that auto racing
25-418: Was "coachable" in the same manner as any other sport—at the time, a distinctly minority position—led him to create the eponymously named racing school, and a year later the equal-car race series. In 1975, with two borrowed Lola Formula Fords and four students, Barber started the Skip Barber School of High Performance Driving. In 1976 it was renamed the " Skip Barber Racing School ", and that same year he created
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