Auto Racing
Homestead-Miami Speedway,
located south of Miami, hosts an IRL, NASCAR Nextel Cup, and NASCAR
Busch race each year.
The Pennzoil 400 is held each November, and is now the
last race on the Nextel Cup schedule. The track also hosts a Busch race that weekend.
See our NASCAR
Nextel Cup,
Busch, and
IRL schedule pages for race dates.
Orange Bowl
It's still called the Orange Bowl, even though it is
now played at Dolphins Stadium. The
Orange Bowl is one of the four bowls that comprise the Bowl Championship
Series. The game is held on one of the first few days in January
each year.
Orange
Bowl web site
PGA Tour Events
The PGA Tour holds two events in the Miami area each
February and March.
The Genuity
Championship (formerly known as the Doral Open) is held at the end
of February at Doral Country Club just west of Miami, the Blue Monster.
The Honda
Classic is held the week after the Genuity in Coral Springs, about
ten miles northwest of Ft. Lauderdale.
Spring Training
Florida is the spring training location for many major
league baseball teams; the Miami area hosts three teams. The
Orioles train in Ft. Lauderdale, while the Marlins and Cardinals train
about 60 miles away in Jupiter.
See johnnyroadtrip.com's
Spring Training page for
more information.
Grapefruit
League Map
2003
NHL All-Star Game
The National Car Rental
Center will host the 2003 NHL All-Star Game on Sunday, February 2,
2003.
