Homestead-Miami Speedway
Homestead-Miami Speedway (1.5 miles, intermediate, 2x 180-degree turns) in Homestead, Florida
Since 1999, the Cup in Homestead moves to the southwest of Miami, but the track is in itself a couple of years older. Hurricane Andrew moved large parts of the village in the early '90s affected and part of the reconstruction plan was the 70 million U.S. dollar 1.5-mile oval, the first got an Indianapolis-like layout - four shallow 90-degree curves arranged as a rectangle. Since the route was a mile but shorter than the model in Indiana, it was bad to see more racing and it was also due to the angle of the curve often cause serious accidents. 1997 John Nemechek died then, the brother of Cup driver Joe Nemechek, a truck races and released with an extensive reconfiguration of the track layout. The two long straights were retained, the 90-degree bends at both ends, however, converted for 8.2 million U.S. dollars in two single continuous 180-degree turns with little banking.
Since this modification produced no better racing, it was 2003 last date for conversion, which proved to be a lucky strike. Today praised the variable banking of 18 ° -20 ° allowing a fast passage through the curves on the steeper upper part of the track, so the bottom line got serious competition, and provided extremely narrow target intakes in subsequent years. Since 2002, the now traditional sponsors Ford Championship Weekend, which all take part in three national race series. Nationwide Series ran late in 1995, shortly after the opening of the first race at the Speedway and one year, the trucks came to the races were held before 2002, but early in the year in Florida. CART and the IndyCar since 1996 were also on the road for many years in Homestead, where often the first race of the season and also held pre-season testing. 2009 and 2011, the final race of the IndyCar calendar in Homestead was held until the contract was not renewed for 2011.
