Porsche driving school moving to Alabama from Georgia, Florida

BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA - German sports car manufacturer Porsche said it will move its $1,500-a-day driving school to a track near Birmingham from its home at race courses in Georgia and Florida. <br> <br> Barber Motorsports Park will become the sole North American site of the Porsche Driving Experience, which is currently based at Road Atlanta in Braselton and the Sebring International Raceway south of Orlando, Florida. <br> <br> The school required more time than the tracks could offer between their race schedule and testing by professional race teams. <br> <br> The Alabama track, part of a $40 million complex built by Birmingham real estate and dairy millionaire George Barber, will open next year east of Birmingham. <br> <br> A spokesman for Porsche North American -- Martin Peters -- says the company will begin offering classes in advanced driving techniques in March. <br> <br> About 1,000 people a year pay as much as $1,500 for one day of instruction from professional drivers who have raced Porsches in competition. Two-day classes cost about $2,500. <br> <br> The Barber track will be used 120 days a year to teach Porsche drivers how to get the most out of the high-performance cars.