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The fact that there is nothing else to do near Buttonwillow or Thunderhill is precisely why they remain relatively un-threatened by development, and they remain somewhat accessible to us amateur participants of the sport. Laguna remains somewhat available to amateurs but is hideously expensive relative to the more remote facilities. I always thought Holtville was a club racers paradise, located between a dump and an 80 year old Army Air Force training facility, 140 miles east of San Diego. The facility is still there, waiting....
Let me amend that last thought. Riverside was a club racers paradise. That facility hosted a Formula 1 race in 1960 and hosted a SCCA/CalClub race the following weekend. That business model only lasted from 1955 thru 1988.
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