Buttonwillow Driving School

Audi Club SoCal’s famous Southern California driving school, traditionally held the weekend before Thanksgiving. Audi Club SoCal Registration homepage ACSC.MotorsportReg.com. Audi Club High Performance Driver Schools are presented by

2023 Buttonwillow Driving School

• Friday November 17, 2023 to Sunday November 19, 2023 (the weekend before Thanksgiving)
  
• 2023 Registration may be found at www.msreg.com/BW23
• Download the mandatory Safety Inspection Form (“Tech Form”)
• Download the 2023 Welcome Letter

About Buttonwillow Raceway Park

Buttonwillow Raceway Park is a private road course located a couple of hours drive north of downtown Los Angeles. 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 building a second road course which we hope to be able to use one day. Construction has been extremely slow, and opening dates are not known as of this writing (Oct ’23).  Buttonwillow is just west of 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

• • Buttonwillow #1 CW Instructional Video
  • Buttonwillow #1 CCW Instructional Video

#13 Sweeper

• • 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)