Barona is tucked up in the mountains north of Lakeside Ca which is east of San Diego. The drive to it is nearly as interesting as the track itself. It's on a reservation so that will probably play a key role in it's survival. This will be one of only 2 SoCal dragstrips in existence come next year.... unless you count Bakersfield as "socal" but I certainly don't. My first time there was only three years ago as I was looking for an excuse to make the 6hr haul there. Upon our arrival we unloaded the car where a few people came up and introduced themselves as they hadn't seen us there before. Great vibe and a fun group of people race there. We've found that if we race Saturday/sat night we like to get there Friday as there are plenty of people who tow up the hill to camp out in the pit area. The track is short, and the pit area are tri level. I've certainly been to "nicer" tracks, but Barona has a charm of it's own for sure.