to steep variable banking. In 2005, lights were installed to allow night racing for the first time. The renovations were praised by fans, and the track has produced a number of close finishes, including 2005's last-lap battle between Greg Biffle and Mark Martin. On March 26, 2006, Indy Racing League driver Paul Dana suffered fatal injuries in the warm-up session before the race when he was involved in a high-speed collision with Ed Carpenter at over . Other drivers to suffer fatal injuries at the speedway are John Nemechek in a Craftsman Truck race on March 16, 1997, and Jeff Clinton who died in a Grand Am sports car event at the track in March 2002. In 2009, Homestead became the home to a total of five season-ending racing series events, with the GAINSCO Auto Insurance Indy 300 finale for the IRL IndyCar Series as well as the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series moving to October from their traditional early season slots. The IndyCar Series would discontinue its Homestead race while the Rolex Series later changed its Homestead race to a date earlier in the season. Behind the main grandstand is the Homestead RC Raceway for radio controlled cars, it was used to host the 2011 IFMAR Worlds for 1:8 IC Track cars. Track length of paved oval CART measured for the inaugural race in 1996 a length of . This length was referenced to the old rectangular layout. In 1998 was the track length remeasured to This length was also used for timing and scoring until the last CART race in 2000. This length was referenced to the flat paperclip-layout. The NASCAR timing and scoring use a length of . This length was used by IRL between 2001 and 2003, too. Since 2004 the IRL timing and scoring use a remeasured track length of . This length referenced to the new banked layout. NASCAR still use the for new banked layout. Track configurations All maps use dashed gray lines for the other courses. Solid gray lines represent other pit road options for the shown course. Lap records The fastest official race lap records at Homestead-Miami Speedway are listed as: Racing events Current races NASCAR Cup Series Dixie Vodka 400 (1999–present) NASCAR Xfinity Series Contender Boats 300 (1995–present) NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Baptist Health 200 (1996–2020, 2022) Former races AMA Superbike Championship (1996, 2012) Atlantic Championship Marlboro Grand Prix