Skip Barber was recently awarded the Parella Motorsports Holdings (PMH) Trailblazer Award during the SpeedTour All-Star Race weekend at Lime Rock Park. The award recognizes individuals who have made a significant and lasting impact in motorsports.

A winner of three SCCA National Championships and a participant in six Formula 1 races in 1971 and 1972, Barber formed the Skip Barber Racing School in 1975, with four students and a pair of borrowed Formula Fords. Since then, over 400,000 students have completed courses at the school and have graduated to a variety of motorsport disciplines, including NASCAR, INDYCAR, SCCA, IMSA and more.

In 1983, Barber led a group of investors to purchase Lime Rock Park from then-owner Harry Theodoracopulous. Eventually becoming the sole owner, he sold the facility in 2021 to a new group of investors, but remains a large shareholder, as well as an active track management team member.

“It’s an honor to recognize Skip Barber with the PMH Trailblazer Award,” said Tony Parella, Founder and CEO of PMH. “We established this award last year to recognize people who challenge the status quo while creating opportunities for others. Over his nearly seven-decade career, Skip has done exactly that.”

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