After traveling all over the world to cover off-road and on-road IFMAR World Championships, there's one coming up almost in my backyard. Homestead Miami Speedway has been selected to host the 2011 1/8 On-Road Worlds, a short 45 minute drive from my home.

From the website: "Homestead RC Raceway is the location for the 2011 IFMAR 1/8 I.C. On-Road World Championship. Homestead RC Raceway is located in Homestead, Florida on the grounds of the world famous Homestead Miami Speedway. This area provides easy connections for travelers flying or driving with Miami only being 30 minutes to the North. Homestead RC Raceway will have major renovations taking place to insure that all of the facility will meet the racers demands. The race track will be extended to provide a longer racing line with a new driver’s stand that is higher, longer and able to accommodate up to 15 drivers."

I went to the track today with Art Carbonell to check out what's going on, and take a few photos. I might be able to do this every month or so. Gee, if things work out the way I hope they will, I'll be able to cover this year's 1/8 Worlds in Thailand, and next year's 1/8 Worlds right close to home!

Here's a few photos from today...







The rest of the images can be found at http://www.sgrid.com/cgi-bin/backtal...l=new&noskip=1

(Starting Grid is now open for anyone to read things for free, so you don't need an account to access that page.)