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[[Image:Miamimanhattanization.jpg|right|thumb|175px|A current photo of [[Biscayne Boulevard]] shows subtle remnants of the Bicentennial Park circuit (left)]]

[[Image:FinishNissan92miami.jpg|right|thumb|175px|[[Geoff Brabham]] about to take the [[checkered flag]] at the conclusion of the 1992 Miami Grand Prix on the Bicentennial Park circuit.]]


The '''Streets of Miami''' refers to several [[Road racing|temporary street course]] race circuits set up in the [[Miami, Florida|Miami]]-area. Three distinct courses have been utilized over the years:
*Temporary street course in [[Tamiami, Florida|Tamiami Park]] ([[Champ Car|CART]], 1985-1988)
*Temporary street course in Bicentennial Park, along [[Biscayne Boulevard]] ([[International Motor Sports Association|IMSA]] & CART, 1983-1993, 1995)
*Temporary street course in downtown. ([[American Le Mans Series|ALMS]] and Champ Car, 2002-2003)


==History==
Modern American open wheel racing in the Miami-area dates back to 1985. In that year, the CART [[Champ Car]] series began racing on a temporary street circuit in Tamiami Park, a small outdoor sports facility in the nearby suburb of [[Tamiami, Florida|Tamiami]]. The served as the season finale. In 1987-1988, the short-lived CART all-star exhibition race, the Marlboro Challenge, was also held at the Tamiami circuit, in conjunction with the main event. The races did not enjoy the same interest or attendance that had been experienced by the annual [[International Motor Sports Association|IMSA]] races in March, which was held at a different street course in Miami. After 1988, the Tamiami Park race was discontinued. As of 2007, subtle remnants of the course are still visible.

In 1995, race promoter Ralph Sanchez brought open wheel racing back to Miami. He had already begun construction on the Homestead Motorsports Complex (now known as Homestead-Miami Speedway), where the race would be, but the track would not be completed until later in the year. For 1995 only, CART held a race on the [[Bicentennial Park (Metromover station)|Bicentennial Park]] circuirt, on [[Biscayne Bay]], formerly used by [[International Motor Sports Association|IMSA]] from 1983-1993. It was, however, run in the opposite direction to prevent drivers familiar with the circuit from having an experience advantage. The course wound through roads surrounding the current site of [[AmericanAirlines Arena]] and traversed down [[Biscayne Boulevard]]. As of 2007, some of the course layout remains intact.

In 1996, CART debuted at the [[Homestead-Miami Speedway]]. In 2001, the race switched to the [[Indy Racing League]].

{{see|XM Satellite Radio Indy 300}}

For 2002-2003, [[Champ Car|CART]] returned to Miami for a short-lived race on a third street course downtown.

==Past winners==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Season
! Date
! Winning Driver
! Chassis
! Engine
! Team
|-
!colspan=6|CART Champ Car history (Tamiami Park street course)
|-
|[[1985 CART World Series Season|1985]]
|[[November 10]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Danny Sullivan]]
|[[March Engineering|March]]
|[[Cosworth]]
|[[Penske Racing]]
|-
|[[1986 CART World Series Season|1986]]
|[[November 9]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Danny Sullivan]]
|[[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]]
|[[Cosworth]]
|[[Penske Racing]]
|-
|[[1987 CART World Series Season|1987]]<ref>Marlboro Challenge non-points all-star event</ref>
|[[October 31]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Bobby Rahal]]
|[[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]]
|[[Cosworth]]
|[[TrueSports]]
|-
|[[1987 CART World Series Season|1987]]
|[[November 1]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Michael Andretti]]
|[[March Engineering|March]]
|[[Cosworth]]
|[[Kraco Racing]]
|-
|[[1988 CART World Series Season|1988]]<ref>Marlboro Challenge non-points all-star event</ref>
|[[November 5]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Michael Andretti]]
|[[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]]
|[[Cosworth]]
|[[Kraco Racing]]
|-
|[[1988 CART World Series Season|1988]]
|[[November 6]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Al Unser, Jr.]]
|[[March Engineering|March]]
|[[Chevrolet]]
|[[Galles Racing]]
|-
!colspan=6|CART Champ Car history (Bicentennial Park street course)
|-
|[[1995 CART World Series Season|1995]]
|[[March 5]]
|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Jacques Villeneuve]]
|[[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]]
|[[Ford-Cosworth]]
|[[Team Green]]
|-
!colspan=6|CART Champ Car history (Downtown street course)
|-
|[[2002 CART World Series Season|2002]]
|[[October 6]]
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Cristiano da Matta]]
|[[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]]
|[[Toyota]]
|[[Newman/Haas Racing]]
|-
|[[2003 CART World Series Season|2003]]
|[[September 28]]
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Mario Dominguez]]
|[[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]]
|[[Ford-Cosworth]]
|[[Herdez Competition]]
|}
{{reflist}}

===IMSA history (Bicentennial Park street course)===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Season
! Date
! Winning Driver
! Chassis
! Engine
! Team
|-
!colspan=5|[[Budweiser]] Grand Prix of Miami
|-
|[[1983 IMSA GT Championship season|1983]]
|[[February 27]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Al Holbert]]
|[[March Engineering|March 83G]]
|[[Chevrolet]]
|Holbert Racing
|-
|[[1984 IMSA GT Championship season|1984]]
|[[February 26]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Doc Bundy]]<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Brian Redman]]
|Jaguar XJR-5
|[[Jaguar]]
|Group 44
|-
!colspan=5|[[Löwenbräu]] Grand Prix of Miami
|-
|[[1985 IMSA GT Championship season|1985]]
|[[February 24]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Al Holbert]]<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Derek Bell (auto racer)|Derek Bell]]
|[[Porsche 962]]
|[[Porsche]]
|Holbert Racing
|-
|[[1986 IMSA GT Championship season|1986]]
|[[March 2]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Bob Wollek]]<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Paolo Barilla]]
|[[Porsche 962]]
|[[Porsche]]
|Bayside Leven Racing
|-
!colspan=5|Grand Prix of Miami
|-
|[[1987 IMSA GT Championship season|1987]]
|[[March 1]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Elliott Forbes-Robinson]]<br>{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Geoff Brabham]]
|[[Nissan GTP ZX-T]]
|[[Nissan]]
|[[Nissan]] Electramotive Engineering
|-
|[[1988 IMSA GT Championship season|1988]]
|[[February 28]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Price Cobb]]<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} [[James Weaver (racing driver)|James Weaver]]
|[[Porsche 962]]
|[[Porsche]]
|[[Dyson Racing]]
|-
!colspan=5|[[Nissan]] Grand Prix of Miami
|-
|[[1989 IMSA GT Championship season|1989]]
|[[March 5]]
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Geoff Brabham]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Chip Robinson]]
|[[Nissan GTP ZX-T]]
|[[Nissan]]
|[[Nissan]] Electromotive Engineering
|-
|[[1990 IMSA GT Championship season|1990]]
|[[October 6]]
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Geoff Brabham]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Chip Robinson]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Bob Earl]]
|[[Nissan GTP ZX-T]]
|[[Nissan]]
|[[Nissan]] Electromotive Engineering
|-
!colspan=5|[[Nissan]] [[Camel]] Grand Prix of Miami
|-
|[[1991 IMSA GT Championship season|1991]]
|[[April 7]]
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Raul Boesel]]
|[[Jaguar XJR-10]]
|[[Jaguar]]
|[[TWR]]
|-
!colspan=5|[[Toyota]] Grand Prix of Miami
|-
|[[1992 IMSA GT Championship season|1992]]
|[[February 22]]
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Geoff Brabham]]
|[[Nissan NPT-90|Nissan NPT-91A]]
|[[Nissan]]
|[[Nissan]] Performance Technologies
|-
|[[1993 IMSA GT Championship season|1993]]
|[[February 21]]
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Juan Manuel Fangio II]]
|Eagle Mk III
|[[Toyota]]
|[[Anglo American Racers|All-American Racers]]
|}

==[[Firestone Indy Lights|Indy Lights]]/[[Formula Atlantic]] winners==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Season
! Date
! Winning Driver
! Circuit
|-
!colspan=6|[[CART]] Indy Lights history
|-
|[[1986 in Indy Lights|1986]]
|[[November 9]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Fabrizio Barbazza]]
| [[Tamiami, Florida|Tamiami Park]]
|-
|[[1987 in Indy Lights|1987]]
|[[November 1]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jeff Andretti]]
| Tamiami Park
|-
|[[1988 in Indy Lights|1988]]
|[[November 6]]
|{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Tommy Byrne]]
| Tamiami Park
|-
|[[1992 Formula Atlantic season|1992]]
|[[February 22]]
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Russell Spence]]
| [[Bicentennial Park]]
|-
|[[1995 Formula Atlantic season|1995]]
|[[March 4]]
|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Patrick Carpentier]]
| Bicentennial Park
|-
|[[1995 in Indy Lights|1995]]
|[[March 5]]
|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Greg Moore]]
| Tamiami Park
|-
|[[2003 Formula Atlantic season|2003]]
|[[September 28]]
|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Michael Valiante]]
| [[Miami, Florida|Downtown]] street course
|}

== See also ==
* [[XM Satellite Radio Indy 300]]

{{Champ Car tracks}}

[[Category:Champ Car races]]
[[Category:Champ Car race tracks]]
[[Category:Motorsport venues in the United States]]

Latest revision as of 16:31, 26 June 2013

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