Buttonwillow Driving School
Audi Club SoCal’s famous Southern California driving school, traditionally held the weekend before or after Thanksgiving.
Registration Permanent Landing Page ACSC.MotorsportReg.com
2023 Buttonwillow Driving School – Save the Date
Friday November 17, 2023 to Sunday November 19, 2023 (the weekend before Thanksgiving)
2022 Buttonwillow Driving School
Friday December 2, 2022 to Sunday December 4, 2022 (the weekend after Thanksgiving)
- The 2022 Welcome Letter (PDF 11/15/2022)
- Event Registration information is at www.msreg.com/AudiBW22
Track Location
Buttonwillow Raceway Park is a private road course. It is built, owned and operated by the Cal Club Chapter of the Sports Car Club of America. Buttonwillow was designed by SCCA as a training and racing venue for their members, making it one of the safest road courses in our region. A versatile layout allows it to be driven in many different configurations, and in both the clockwise and counter-clockwise directions. Buttonwillow is located just off Interstate Highway 5 at 24551 Lerdo Hwy, Buttonwillow, CA 93206, (661) 764-5333
General HPDE Information
- Definition of HPDE: High Performance Driving Education – a driving school.
- Audi Club SoCal’s main Driving school page with Audi SoCal HPDE resources including first-timer information, detailed requirements, tech form, and much more
- Audi Club SoCal event registration is accessed on our registration landing page at ACSC.MotorsportReg.com
Buttonwillow Track Guides*
- PCA-GGR Track Guide – #1 & #13 CW (written by the PCA Golden Gate Region, we’ve edited it to use present-day corner names) [PDF]
- PCA-GGR Track Guide – #1 & #13 CCW (written by the PCA Golden Gate Region, we’ve edited it to use present-day corner names) [PDF]
- Trackpedia’s Turn-by-Turn Guide to Sweeper #13 CW
Instructional Videos
Buttonwillow Track Maps: #1 Star Mazda and #13 Sweeper.
Here is a Pro Tip: Print out the appropriate track map and follow along when watching the on-track videos.
#1 Star Mazda
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- Buttonwillow #1 CW Instructional Video
- Buttonwillow #1 CCW Instructional Video
#13 Sweeper
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- Buttonwillow #13 CCW Fast Lap with Billy Johnson
- Buttonwillow #13 CCW (please don’t tilt your head in the turns like this driver!)
How to Learn a New Circuit, Fast (very detailed, for experienced drivers)
* For reference, these are links to the original 2003 source documents for the PCA-GGR Buttonwillow Track Guides which we've provided above. Note that several turn names are obsolete. Includes both of the most popular layouts, #1 Star Mazda and #13 Sweeper. www.pca-ggr.org/files/pdf/bw-clockwise.pdf [PDF] and www.pca-ggr.org/files/pdf/bw-counterclockwise.pdf [PDF]