Buttonwillow Raceway 14CCW
Buttonwillow Raceway 14CCW Notes:
Buttonwillow Raceway Park is a multipurpose Motorsport facility, home to the California Region of the Sports Car Club of America. It's been in operation since 1996 at the town of Buttonwillow, a 30-min drive away from Bakersfield, CA. The club members use the complex to develop their high-performance racing skills on track days open for aspiring racecar drivers. Buttonwillow Raceway Park also hosts regular go-kart competitions and serves as a road testing ground for car manufacturers. The raceway's location in the arid San Joaquin Valley offers good climate conditions year-round, although it may get quite hot in summer. You can bet on the track surface to remain dry, as it rains very little in Buttonwillow, usually in wintertime.
There are three track layouts in Buttonwillow Raceway Park: the 1.86-mile West Loop, the 1.06-mile East loop, and the 3.1-mile combined configuration. These are customizable in 40+ different ways for hosting varied competitions simultaneously. There is also a separate kart track of 0.69 miles and a 250′ x 255′ skidpad. The main straightaway has 3,800 feet and serves as a test drag strip when it's not a part of a race layout. Some turns have negative banking, and others have up to 10% positive banking, and many of them are blind corners because of the frequent elevation changes through the whole race track.
14CCW Notes:
The 14CCW configuration at Buttonwillow Raceway represents a counterclockwise variant utilizing turn combination 14 in the facility's modular naming system at California's technical Kern County road course. Running counterclockwise through the 14 configuration reverses the standard flow, creating different corner approaches and braking references. This variant serves Buttonwillow's reputation as California's most configurable circuit where dozens of combinations create nearly unlimited layout possibilities.
Operating the 14CCW showcases Buttonwillow's exceptional flexibility where turn designations and direction combine to create varied experiences. Central Valley's extreme seasonal temperatures create year-round racing potential though summer heat exceeds 60C. The 14CCW variant provides fresh mental challenges for Buttonwillow regulars through reversed direction, allowing the facility to offer new experiences even to drivers with hundreds of laps across the property.
