Road course · California, USA
Chuckwalla Valley Raceway
Chuckwalla Valley Raceway is a road course in California. OpenStreetMap maps one layout here, 2.68 mi (4.31 km). Below: the map, every corner with a computed line, the elevation, and where to stay and eat.
- 2.68
- Miles
- 15
- Corners
- 23
- Ft of elevation
01Track map
Chuckwalla track map
Full circuit
Name inferred by TRACK from the mapped loops, not an official layout name.
- Mapped length
- 2.68mi
- 4.31 km
- Direction
- Not mapped
- TRACK takes it from your first drive.
- Start/finish line
- Mapped · unverified
- Placed by OpenStreetMap mappers and not verified on site. TRACK asks you to confirm or move it before timing laps here, when you’re stopped.
- Published length (cross-check)
- 2.68 mi · mapped loop agrees within 3%
- Corners
- 15
- Inferred from curvature, not official turn numbers
- Sectors
- 3
- Estimated, near each third of the lap
Source geometry: OpenStreetMap ↗. Something wrong? Fixing it in OpenStreetMap improves it for everyone.
02Overview
What Chuckwalla is like to drive.
The full circuit layout at Chuckwalla is 2.68 miles with 15 corners worth setting up for and about 23 ft of elevation change. A generic track-day car in our model brakes hard 12 times a lap and is at full throttle for about 35% of the distance; the longest straight runs roughly 984 ft.
0 of the corners are slow (under 50 mph in the model), 2 are fast (over 75 mph). There are hairpins where exit speed matters more than entry. The corner notes below come from the mapped geometry, not from local knowledge; we’ll add a researched guide for Chuckwalla later.
03Lap at a glance
Where the speed is, and where the hills are.
- Length
- 2.68mi
- Elevation range
- 23ft
- Steepest grade
- 3%
- Braking zones
- 12model
- Full throttle
- 35% model
- Longest straight
- 984ft
The speed trace is a model, not a real lap: a generic track-day car (about 1.1 g of cornering grip, 1 g braking, 150 W/kg) driven on the computed line through an assumed 12 m wide track. Use it to see where the braking zones and flat-out sections are, not to predict your speeds. Elevation: USGS 3DEP 1/3 arc-second (NED 10 m) via OpenTopoData, sampled every 25 m along the mapped centerline.
04Corner by corner
The corners at Chuckwalla.
TRACK’s own corner numbering (C1, C2…), found from the curvature of the mapped centerline. It isn’t the official turn numbering. Each diagram shows the computed line: the minimum-curvature path through an assumed 12 m wide track. It’s a geometric starting point. Your instructor’s line comes first.
- C1
Medium right-hander
↱ RightmediumchicaneTRACK numbering
A medium right-hand chicane that turns about 64°, tightening to a radius of roughly 36 m (118 ft). The model car brakes for about 135 m (443 ft), from 117 to 65 mph. The computed line turns in from the left side, takes a late apex, about 70 m after the corner’s geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the left on exit.
- Turns
- 64° right
- Tightest radius
- 36 m
- Model speed
- 117 → 65 mph
- Braking (model)
- 135 m
- Grade
- -0.3%
- C2
Medium right-hander
↱ RightmediumchicaneTRACK numbering
A medium right-hand chicane that turns about 106°, tightening to a radius of roughly 36 m (118 ft). The model car brakes for about 135 m (443 ft), from 117 to 65 mph. The computed line turns in from the left side, takes a late apex, about 25 m after the corner’s geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the left on exit.
- Turns
- 106° right
- Tightest radius
- 36 m
- Model speed
- 117 → 65 mph
- Braking (model)
- 135 m
- Grade
- -0.3%
- C3
Medium right-hander
↱ RightmediumcornerTRACK numbering
A medium right-hand corner that turns about 82°, tightening to a radius of roughly 62 m (203 ft). The model car brakes for about 75 m (246 ft), from 89 to 70 mph. The computed line turns in from the left side, takes a late apex, about 30 m after the corner’s geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the left on exit.
- Turns
- 82° right
- Tightest radius
- 62 m
- Model speed
- 89 → 70 mph
- Braking (model)
- 75 m
- Grade
- -0.2%
- C4
Fast left-hander
↰ LeftfasthairpinTRACK numbering
A fast left-hand hairpin that turns about 194°, tightening to a radius of roughly 38 m (125 ft). The model car brakes for about 70 m (230 ft), from 85 to 75 mph. The computed line turns in from the right side, takes a late apex, about 210 m after the corner’s geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the right on exit.
- Turns
- 194° left
- Tightest radius
- 38 m
- Model speed
- 85 → 75 mph
- Braking (model)
- 70 m
- Grade
- -0.3%
- C5
Medium right-hander
↱ RightmediumhairpinTRACK numbering
A medium right-hand hairpin that turns about 184°, tightening to a radius of roughly 42 m (138 ft). The model car brakes for about 100 m (328 ft), from 99 to 68 mph. The computed line turns in from the left side, takes an early apex, about 130 m before the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the left on exit.
- Turns
- 184° right
- Tightest radius
- 42 m
- Model speed
- 99 → 68 mph
- Braking (model)
- 100 m
- Grade
- -0.1%
- C6
Medium left-hander
↰ LeftmediumchicaneTRACK numbering
A medium left-hand chicane that turns about 68°, tightening to a radius of roughly 40 m (131 ft). The model car brakes for about 85 m (279 ft), from 108 to 69 mph. The computed line turns in from the right side, takes an early apex, about 65 m before the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the right on exit.
- Turns
- 68° left
- Tightest radius
- 40 m
- Model speed
- 108 → 69 mph
- Braking (model)
- 85 m
- Grade
- -0.4%
- C7
Medium left-hander
↰ LeftmediumchicaneTRACK numbering
A medium left-hand chicane that turns about 138°, tightening to a radius of roughly 40 m (131 ft). The model car brakes for about 65 m (213 ft), from 75 to 53 mph. The computed line turns in from the right side, takes a late apex, about 30 m after the corner’s geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the right on exit.
- Turns
- 138° left
- Tightest radius
- 40 m
- Model speed
- 75 → 53 mph
- Braking (model)
- 65 m
- Grade
- -0.7%
- C8
Medium left-hander
↰ LeftmediumchicaneTRACK numbering
A medium left-hand chicane that turns about 159°, tightening to a radius of roughly 41 m (135 ft). The model car brakes for about 65 m (213 ft), from 75 to 53 mph. The computed line turns in from the right side, takes an early apex, about 95 m before the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the right on exit.
- Turns
- 159° left
- Tightest radius
- 41 m
- Model speed
- 75 → 53 mph
- Braking (model)
- 65 m
- Grade
- -1.1%
- C9
Fast right-hander
↱ RightfastchicaneTRACK numbering
A fast right-hand chicane that turns about 77°, tightening to a radius of roughly 55 m (180 ft). The model car barely brakes here, carrying about 75 mph: a lift or a confident throttle balance. The computed line turns in from the left side, takes a late apex, about 5 m after the corner’s geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the left on exit.
- Turns
- 77° right
- Tightest radius
- 55 m
- Model speed
- ≈ 75 mph
- Braking (model)
- Lift / none
- Grade
- +0.5%
- C10
Medium left-hander
↰ LeftmediumessesTRACK numbering
A medium left-hand esses that turns about 54°, tightening to a radius of roughly 50 m (164 ft). The model car brakes for about 55 m (180 ft), from 84 to 65 mph. The computed line turns in from the right side, takes an early apex, about 5 m before the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the right on exit.
- Turns
- 54° left
- Tightest radius
- 50 m
- Model speed
- 84 → 65 mph
- Braking (model)
- 55 m
- Grade
- +0.6%
- C11
Medium right-hander
↱ RightmediumcornerTRACK numbering
A medium right-hand corner that turns about 174°, tightening to a radius of roughly 45 m (148 ft). The model car brakes for about 45 m (148 ft), from 67 to 66 mph. The computed line turns in from the left side, takes an early apex, about 125 m before the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the left on exit.
- Turns
- 174° right
- Tightest radius
- 45 m
- Model speed
- 67 → 66 mph
- Braking (model)
- 45 m
- Grade
- +0.3%
- C12
Medium left-hander
↰ LeftmediumcornerTRACK numbering
A medium left-hand corner that turns about 71°, tightening to a radius of roughly 42 m (138 ft). The model car brakes for about 105 m (344 ft), from 105 to 70 mph. The computed line turns in from the right side, takes a late apex, about 20 m after the corner’s geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the right on exit.
- Turns
- 71° left
- Tightest radius
- 42 m
- Model speed
- 105 → 70 mph
- Braking (model)
- 105 m
- Grade
- -0.4%
- C13
Medium left-hander
↰ LeftmediumcornerTRACK numbering
A medium left-hand corner that turns about 85°, tightening to a radius of roughly 40 m (131 ft). The model car barely brakes here, carrying about 65 mph: a lift or a confident throttle balance. The computed line turns in from the right side, takes a late apex, about 35 m after the corner’s geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the right on exit.
- Turns
- 85° left
- Tightest radius
- 40 m
- Model speed
- ≈ 65 mph
- Braking (model)
- Lift / none
- Grade
- +0.3%
- C14
Medium right-hander
↱ RightmediumhairpinTRACK numbering
A medium right-hand hairpin that turns about 151°, tightening to a radius of roughly 38 m (125 ft). The model car brakes for about 155 m (509 ft), from 99 to 57 mph. The computed line turns in from the left side, takes an early apex, about 5 m before the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the left on exit.
- Turns
- 151° right
- Tightest radius
- 38 m
- Model speed
- 99 → 57 mph
- Braking (model)
- 155 m
- Grade
- -0.1%
- C15
Medium right-hander
↱ RightmediumchicaneTRACK numbering
A medium right-hand chicane that turns about 67°, tightening to a radius of roughly 38 m (125 ft). The model car barely brakes here, carrying about 59 mph: a lift or a confident throttle balance. The computed line turns in from the left side, takes an early apex, about 45 m before the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the left on exit.
- Turns
- 67° right
- Tightest radius
- 38 m
- Model speed
- ≈ 59 mph
- Braking (model)
- Lift / none
- Grade
- -0.5%
05Time it with TRACK
Drive Chuckwalla. TRACK knows where you are.
No setup and no transponder. Start a session in the paddock and TRACK recognises Chuckwalla and the layout from your GPS trace, then times every lap and sector with a live delta to your best.
- 1DetectTRACK matches your first few hundred metres against every mapped layout at Chuckwalla, including shared pavement between configurations.
- 2Confirm the lineThe start/finish line here is mapped · unverified. When you’re stopped, TRACK shows it on the map: accept it or tap to move it. You’re never asked while driving.
- 3Laps, timed retroactivelyLaps you drove before confirming are timed from the recorded trace, so you don’t lose your first session.
- 4Go furtherSync a GoPro for video with telemetry and let TRACK Engineer point out where the time is. External 10–25 Hz GPS receivers for tighter sectors are awaiting hardware validation.
- Venue and layout detection is tested on simulated drives over real OpenStreetMap circuits, not yet in a real car. Compatible GPS receivers
06Plan your trip
Getting there, staying, eating.
Nearby places for Chuckwalla haven’t been loaded yet.
07Track days
Find an open track day at Chuckwalla.
TRACK doesn’t copy event listings. An on-page calendar will come with an organizer data partnership.
Before your first day here
08Nearby tracks
Closest mapped venues.
- The Thermal ClubCalifornia · 49 mi away
- Arizona Motorsports ParkArizona · 169 mi away
- Spring Mountain Motor ResortNevada · 171 mi away
- Las Vegas Motor SpeedwayNevada · 175 mi away
Straight-line distance between venues. All 96 tracks
FAQ
Chuckwalla, answered.
How long is Chuckwalla?
The mapped centerline of Chuckwalla Valley Raceway is 2.68 mi (4.31 km) in OpenStreetMap, against a published 2.68 mi. Published lengths are measured differently, so small differences are normal.
How much elevation change is there at Chuckwalla?
About 23 ft (7 m) between the lowest and highest points of the full circuit layout, from USGS 3DEP elevation data sampled every 25 m. The steepest stretch is around 3%.
Which direction does Chuckwalla run?
OpenStreetMap doesn’t record a direction for the main layout at Chuckwalla. Venues sometimes run both ways. TRACK takes the direction from your first laps.
Can I time laps at Chuckwalla with my phone?
Yes, with the TRACK iPhone app (beta). It recognises Chuckwalla and the layout you’re driving from GPS, then times laps and sectors. A phone’s GPS is good for lap times; an external 10–25 Hz receiver tightens sector splits.
Where is the start/finish line at Chuckwalla?
The line TRACK uses comes from a start/finish point placed in OpenStreetMap. It isn’t verified on site, so the app asks you to confirm or move it before timing your first session here.
How do I find track days at Chuckwalla?
Clubs and organizers list HPDE, track days and club races on MotorsportReg, linked on this page. The venue’s own calendar lists its events too. TRACK doesn’t list events itself.
Where can I stay near Chuckwalla?
This page lists hotels, campgrounds, restaurants, fuel and parts stores near Chuckwalla from OpenStreetMap, with straight-line distances. Book early for big event weekends.
Track geometry and nearby places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License 1.0 (via the TRACK Atlas, snapshot 2026-10-17). Elevation: USGS 3DEP (public domain). Lengths are mapped centerlines, not official figures. The computed line and speed trace are a model. No start/finish line has been verified on site.
TRACK is not affiliated with or endorsed by Chuckwalla Valley Raceway, MotorsportReg or any business listed here. The venue name identifies the location only and belongs to its owner. TRACK shows no lap records or official results for this venue. Driving advice is general: your instructor, the event’s rules and the venue’s rules come first.