Local Man Feared Not for Practicing 10,000 Tracks, but One Track 10,000 Times

Experts warn “he has never won a championship but he is a menace here, just here.”

BUTTONWILLOW—Drivers arriving at Buttonwillow Raceway Park are warned early and without ceremony: the danger is not weather, traffic, or old tires. The danger is one local man. At registration, visiting drivers are quietly advised to check their mirrors in a specific sequence of corners and to “leave space” in places that, well, every place.

“He’s not fast everywhere,” said one instructor in a lowered voice. “He’s last most places. But here? On 13CW? You don’t race him. You survive him. He’s been here 10,000 times.”

The man in question has no championships to his name and no meaningful results away from Buttonwillow. His résumé consists almost entirely of Buttonwillow laps. Thousands of them. Always the same direction. Always the same braking points. Always the same track walk, performed alone, in silence. This includes his sim racing.