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Homestead-Miami Speedway

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Map of Homestead-Miami Speedway

Map of Homestead-Miami Speedway

Logo Courtesy of NASCAR

Location:

One Speedway Boulevard

Homestead, Fl 33035

Ticket Information:

Speedway ticket office (305) 230-RACE

Track Layout:

1.5 mile Oval

Progressive banking up to a maximum of 20 degrees in the turns

4 Degrees on the straights

Important Track Dates:

1995: Track Built

1995: First NASCAR Race (Busch)

1999: First NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Race

2002: First Ford Championship Weekend

2003: Track reconfigured with additional/progressive banking

Owner:

International Speedway Corp. (NASCAR)

First NASCAR Winner:

Dale Jarrett - 1995 (Busch)

Tony Stewart - 1999 (Cup)

Home Of The Championship:

This south Florida speedway limped on to the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup scene in 1999 with a race track that was way too flat for the heavy stock cars. The single-groove track had very little passing and was a real disappontment to NASCAR fans who had hoped for the best.

Then in 2002 Homestead was given the last race of the season in all three major touring divisions: Trucks, Busch and Cup. How could such a bad track host such important events? During 2003 Homestead went under the bulldozer and they fixed the problems. Changing from a flat 6 degrees of banking to a computer designed 20 degrees of proressive banking. When NASCAR returned to the speedway in 2003 they found beautiful two and three wide racing.

Now Homestead-Miami is capable of putting on a show worthy of the Championship. This is one of the most beautiful facilities in all of NASCAR for fans and teams and the racing is second to none.

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