Public Invited to Grand Re-Opening Celebration Saturday, September 19
GRANTSVILLE, Utah, Sept. 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Twenty years after the track first opened, Utah Motorsports Campus is reopening to the public as West Desert.
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