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Chris Rosales

Exclusive: Willow Springs Ain't Closing

About 100 miles north of Los Angeles, deep in the dustiest corner of the Mojave Desert, is an iconic ribbon of tarmac: Willow Springs International Raceway. Founded in 1953, then stewarded by the late Bill Huth from 1962 until his death in 2015, the track was home for road racers like Carroll Shelby and Bob Bondurant. The Ford GT40 spent test sessions there in ‘65 ahead of its iconic Le Mans win. Nigel Mansell set the longstanding track record in a Lotus 91 in ‘82. It has long been woven into the fabric of America’s racing culture.

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