Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park-WHP West CW
Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park-WHP West CW Notes:
The Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park is a 600-acre racing complex operating since 1983 in Maricopa County, just outside Phoenix, Arizona. The track runs in flat land on the Salt River Valley desert, so a good pair of sunglasses are a top priority for racing in Wild Horse, with 300 sunny days per year on average and no obstacles to block the horizon in most of the track. The asphalt surface remains dry 90% of the time, as it rarely rains in the Valley of the Sun. The complex includes a drag strip, an off-road course, several road courses, and even the artificial Firebird Lake, a home for water skiing in the heart of Arizona.
There are several race track layouts in the Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park: the 1.25-mile (2.01-km) East Circuit, the 1.1-mile (1.77-km) West Circuit, and the 2.5-mile (4.02-km) Mondo Circuit. The East Circuit sits between the Firebird Lake and the Maricopa freeway, with ten turns and several straightaways intermingled with chicane-like sections. The West Circuit sits at the other side of the lake and is suitable for clockwise or counterclockwise racing. The Mondo Circuit incorporates the drag strip as its front straight and covers the lengthiest trajectory among all the configurations, going through 23 turns with different angles and alternating steering directions.
West CW Notes:
The West Clockwise configuration at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park in Arizona utilizes the western sections running clockwise at this facility located on the Gila River Indian Community near Chandler. The West CW routing emphasizes particular corner sequences unique to the western track sections, creating specific technical characteristics. This configuration demonstrates Wild Horse Pass's modular design serving Phoenix metropolitan area motorsport community.
Operating the West clockwise showcases Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park's layout flexibility where different section combinations create varied experiences. Arizona's extreme desert climate creates challenging conditions with summer track temperatures routinely exceeding 60C making early morning and winter sessions preferred. The West CW variant allows the facility to offer diverse challenges across multiple visit days, serving Phoenix-area racing enthusiasts with configuration variety at this Gila River Indian Community motorsport venue that provides the region's permanent road course infrastructure.
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