Homestead Miami Speedway (iRacing)

Homestead Miami Speedway

Information
Location	Homestead, Florida
Country	USA
Configurations
Oval 1.5 mi 2.414 km Road Course A 2.21 mi 3.557 km Road Course B 2.3 mi 3.701 km IndyCar Oval 1.5 mi 2.414 km

Information

The old saying, “it’s an ill wind that blows no good,” could be appropriately applied to Homestead-Miami Speedway. In the wake of Hurricane Andrew in August, 1992, South Florida racing promoter Ralph Sanchez began organizing construction of the region’s first major-league motorsports facility as part of the reconstruction of the devastated Homestead community. Ground-breaking took place the following August and in November, 2005, the track’s first event was won by NASCAR’s Dale Jarrett.

Host to the NASCAR season-finale, the 1.5-mile variable-banked Homestead-Miami oval has also been the site of IndyCar races and professional sports car races, the latter utilizing one of the facility’s two r-oval configurations. SCCA amateur races and CSS motorcycle races also take place on the road circuit.

With more than a thousand palm trees and a Caribbean color scheme, the facility projects a South Beach flavor that distinguishes Homestead-Miami from other major race tracks in America. It took a while to get the right combination for the racing surface. In its first iteration, the track had four separate low-banked corners, reminiscent of a mini Indianapolis Motor Speedway. That configuration failed to promote good racing, and unfortunately also provided bad crash angles. Widening the aprons failed to correct either of these problems.

A major reconfiguration of the track during the summer of 1997 brought a more conventional layout – sweeping 180-degree corners at either end of the oval. Close, but still no cigar. But the most recent work on the track, during which the track assumed variable banking – up to 20 degrees in the corners, flattening to 3 degrees on the straightaways – has done the trick. Everyone agrees, at Homestead-Miami, the beauty is now more than skin deep.

Configurations

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  Oval
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  Road Course A
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  Road Course B
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  IndyCar Oval

Race Results

eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series

Season	Pole position	Race Winner		Broadcast
		Driver	Team
2011	John Gorlinsky	John Gorlinsky
2012	Robert Hall	Kevin King
2013	Jared Crawford	Peter Bennett	Hammerdown Motors
2014	Michael Conti	Kenny Humpe	The TEAM
2015	Cody Byus	Ray Alfalla	Slip Angle Motorsports
2016	Ray Alfalla	PJ Stergios	ineX Racing
2017	Ryan Michael Luza	Ryan Michael Luza	Simworx Racing
2018	Nick Ottinger	Ray Alfalla	Slip Angle Motorsports
2019	Keegan Leahy	Zack Novak	Roush Fenway Racing
2020	Keegan Leahy	Ryan Michael Luza	Williams Esports
	Keegan Leahy	Chris Shearburn	Letarte Esports
2021	Keegan Leahy	Keegan Leahy	23XI Racing
2022	Casey Kirwan	Steven Wilson	Stewart-Haas eSports