The Barber Motorsports Park hosted the second Ride to Live Road Race on March 22, 2008. 

Most fields were filled from riders across the southeast, as well as a couple of guys from Europe.

Proceeds from the races will be donated to the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center and

the Lance Armstrong Foundation.

The sub freezing cold of last year seemed a distant memory as temps rose to 70 degrees on one of the top road course tracks in the world. It's the time a year at Barbers Motorsports Park when human powered bikes take control of the track normally reserved for high powered racing machines. Bicycle racing hardly ever gets the chance to race on 45' wide pristine surfaces and smooth flowing curves, with enough elevation variations in the track to keep it interesting and very challenging.

" We'd like to continue to grow our race so we have every field full, and men, women and juniors can race on a safe wonderful track, whether they have team sponsorship or are individuals that just like to ride" - Jerry Kelly race organizer. "The other aspect of the race and personally the most important,  is that we are raising money to fight cancer. We raced from 7:30 to 5:00 Saturday. During that time approximately 450 people lost their life to cancer in the United States. That's just not acceptable."

2008 Photo Gallery

race results have already been sent in to USCF

Thanks for supporting our races

This years races were held in honor of Birmingham cancer survivor Joe Lent. It was great to hold an event to honor someone like Joe, but less than 24 hours after the races ended I received an email that Joe has decided to discontinue chemo. This is often a decision that has to be made when dealing with cancer. Fight like hell and do it on your own terms. Make your own choices. Joe's story can be read on his blog at http://joelent.blogspot.com/

Please follow the link below to make a donation in Joe's honor, or in honor or memory of someone you know. Thank you for your support!

Thanks to our sponsors that make it possible

for us to race and contribute to the fight against cancer.

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Last modified: 03/25/08