Homestead-Miami Speedway is a motorsports racetrack located in the Miami, Florida, suburb of Homestead. The track opened in 1995 and holds the distinction of being the first track to hold the Ford Championship Weekend, in which all three of NASCAR's premier series - the Camping World Truck, Nationwide, and Sprint Cup - hold their championships on the same weekend.

Tony Stewart won the first NASCAR Winston Cup Series (now called the Sprint Cup Series) race at Homestead, the Pennzoil 400, in 1995. Four-time Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson clinched his first Championship at Homestead in 2006, the same year Greg Biffle won his third straight Ford 400.http://www.homesteadmiamispeedway.com/Track-Info/Track-History.aspx

Homestead-Miami Speedway traces its genesis to the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew in 1992. Motorsports promoter Ralph Sanchez struck a deal with the mayor of Homestead, a suburb just to the south of Miami, to construct a racing facility that would help the city in its recovery efforts. Ground was broken nearly a year later and the track officially opened in November of 1995.http://www.homesteadmiamispeedway.com/Track-Info/Track-History.aspx

NASCAR's premier division, then called the Winston Cup Series, held its first race at Homestead-Miami in November of 1999, after it had just expanded its seating capacity. The Indy Racing League made its track debut in 2001 with the Toyota Indy 300. It hosted NASCAR's inaugural Ford Championship Weekend in 2003.http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/homestead/index.html

Over the years, the speedway has undergone several changes to its track, most notably to its turns and banking. It originally was a flat oval with short straightaways; five years later, an 8 million-dollar project renovated the track in a more conventionally-shaped oval with banking now at 6 degrees. Three years later, the track's banks were increased again, this time to 18 degrees at the bottom and 20 degrees near the outer wall. It has remained in this configuration since then.http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/homestead/index.html

The Homestead-Miami Speedway complex sits on approximately 600 acres and includes more than a thousand palm trees. If a visitor takes a visit to the restroom or a concession stand, he or she can watch the racing action on one of the 750 TV monitors that dot the facility.

Two lakes were built into the track's infield and the installation of a new light system in 2005 enabled the facility to hold the Ford Championship Weekend at night. Outside Turn One lies the Champions Club Tower, a facility housing 16 skyboxes capable of seating 32 people each.http://www.homesteadmiamispeedway.com/Track-Info/Track-Trivia.aspx

Fridays from 6p.m.-midnight, the facility opens up its Pit Road to the public. Called the "Test & Tune", people can run their street-legal cars on the 1/8th-mile stretch of road. Competitors pay $20 for multiple runs while spectators pay $10 to watch (kids 12 and under are $5 each).http://www.homesteadmiamispeedway.com/Track-Info/Track-Calendar.aspx