Ducati Riders of Orange County group holding the club banner at California Superbike School, Streets of Willow, April 2022

DROC track days at Streets of Willow

Streets of Willow, at the Willow Springs complex in Rosamond, is the smaller and more technical of the circuits DROC visits. It is a great place to get started on track.

Speeds are lower than Buttonwillow or Chuckwalla and the corners come quickly, which makes it a good place for a first track day. You spend the day working on lines rather than holding on.

Layout of Streets of Willow Springs, drawn by Ducati Riders of Orange County from OpenStreetMap geometry, with the corner names labelled. Streets of Willow Springs 1.6 miles · 14 turns · run clockwise The Bowl The Kink 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Hot pit lane 400 m drocdesmo.com
The smaller, more technical circuit at the Willow Springs complex: fourteen turns, run clockwise. The numbering and the two names, The Bowl at 8 and The Kink at 9, are from California Superbike School’s map of the course, and our own corner detection independently finds fourteen with the north hairpin on 8. OpenStreetMap records the venue as a closed ring plus a branch that stands in for one arc of it; composed, the lap measures 1.56 miles, which matches the 1.6-mile course Willow Springs publish. Superbike School’s map of the same course says 1.8 miles. Turn numbers are ours, worked out from the geometry rather than taken from the circuit, so tell us if they differ from the numbering used at the track. Layout drawn by DROC from OpenStreetMap data, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. This drawing is © Ducati Riders of Orange County.

1.6 miles, 14 turns. Willow Springs list it as a 1.6-mile road course with a skid pad. California Superbike School’s map of the same course says 1.8 miles and numbers the fourteen turns, which is where the numbers on our drawing come from. The two corners everyone names are The Bowl, turn 8, the long loop at the far end of the back straight, and The Kink, turn 9, the quick left as you come back. Turn 1 sits at the end of the front straight, and the lap runs clockwise.

What a day here looks like

  • Tech inspection early, riders’ meeting, then sessions by group through the day.
  • The desert setting means it can be cold in the morning and hot by afternoon in the same session list. Layer.
  • It is also where DROC has run minibike clinics, which is a genuinely useful way to learn track craft on a small bike first.

DROC at Streets of Willow, in photos

Paddock, group and track, from DROC days at Streets of Willow.

Eight Ducati Riders of Orange County members in leathers hold the DROC Desmo Owners Club banner on the pavement at Streets of Willow, with a small dog in front and the California Superbike School truck behind, October 2021
California Superbike School day, October 2021.
Six DROC riders in racing leathers pose together beside a white truck before riding at Streets of Willow, April 2022
Suited up before a session, April 2022.
A rider in a red Ducati Corse number 63 hoodie, seen from behind, looks across the Streets of Willow circuit toward the desert hills and a looping section of track, April 2022
Looking over the circuit, April 2022.
A row of red Ducati Panigales with race numbers lined up in the paddock at Streets of Willow, orange cone in front, April 2022
Panigales lined up in the paddock, April 2022.
A rider in black Dainese leathers sits on a red Ducati Panigale V2 in the paddock at Streets of Willow, with a dirt bike and a white canopy behind, April 2024
In the paddock, April 2024.
A rider seen from behind in a white Ducati Riders Orange County jersey sits in the open back of a paddock trailer at Streets of Willow, April 2022
Club colors in the paddock, April 2022.
A rider on a red Ducati Panigale number 7 waits on the tarmac in front of a line of bikes and the green and black checkered wall at Streets of Willow, April 2022
Lining up, April 2022.
A rider in black and orange Dainese leathers leans a red and white Ducati Panigale number 4 through a turn at Streets of Willow, orange cone on the left, April 2022
Panigale on the move, April 2022.
A group of riders, several on red Ducatis, follow each other through a wide corner at Streets of Willow with a looping section of track above them in the desert, April 2022
Riders through a corner, April 2022.
A rider in black leathers sits on a red Ducati Panigale V2 in front of a white canopy and a We Are Ducati banner in the paddock at Streets of Willow, November 2024
Paddock, November 2024.
A red and white Ducati Hypermotard with DROC livery sits on a paddock stand with tire warmers on a Ducati mat at Streets of Willow, checkered wall and desert hills behind, November 2024
Ready on the stand, November 2024.

Every DROC day at this circuit

Getting ready

Before taking part, read the DROC Rules of Conduct. They apply to members, guests, and club leadership at rides, bike nights, track days, and across club conversations.

Bike prep, gear, and what to pack are all on the track days page. If this would be your first time on track, read that first: none of it is hard, but arriving without taped mirrors or taped wheel weights wastes your morning.

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