Buttonwillow Raceway Park is a motorsports park in
Kern County
Kern County is a county (United States), county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 909,235. Its county seat is Bakersfield, California, Bakersfield.
Kern County compris ...
,
California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
, north of
the town of Buttonwillow and northwest of
Bakersfield
Bakersfield is a city in and the county seat of Kern County, California, United States. The city covers about near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley, which is located in the Central Valley region.
Bakersfield's population as of the ...
. Opened in 1995, it is owned and operated by the California Sports Car Club, a region of
SCCA
The Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) is a non-profit American automobile club and sanctioning body supporting Autocross, Rallycross, High Performance Driver Education, HPDE, Time trial, Time Trial, Road racing, Road Racing, Regularity rally, R ...
, Buttonwillow is the "flagship" track of Cal Club, and is also the location of the Club's administrative offices.
The track offers multiple configurations, with the configuration "Race #13 CW" being the most popular. Many time attack series, most notably
Super Lap Battle, hold their events with the 13CW configuration.
The
Super Lap Battle is a time attack event held at Buttonwillow since 2004.
The track was repaved in July 2014.
A new, technical circuit is scheduled to finish construction in 2023. The addition will include a new tower building,
Tesla Supercharger
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stations, and new garages. The new track will be named as "The Circuit", with the original track being renamed as "The Classic".
See also
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Chuckwalla Valley Raceway
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Willow Springs International Motorsports Park
Willow Springs International Motorsports Park (commonly referred to as Willow Springs) is located in Willow Springs, Kern County, California, Willow Springs near Rosamond, California, Rosamond, California, about north of Los Angeles. It is the ...
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Thunderhill Raceway Park
References
External links
Official Track WebsiteTrackpedia guide to driving this trackAmerican Federation of Motorcyclists (AFM) Official Website
Sports venues in Kern County, California
Motorsport venues in California
Road courses in the United States
Sports Car Club of America
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