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Yes, I agree. I was refering to the motorized OHV/ATV track/road as being a recent creation, not the Devils Racetrack itself and was speaking about motorized roads. It was indeed a cattle trail used as far back as the 1800's and the amount of pictographs along the route and in the area indicate that it was a well used route long before that.
At least into the 1980's the Devils Racetrack was still a cattle trail and to my knowlege was not a motorized route before then, at least not visibily. Does anyone know of it being used for motorized vehicles prior to that? It didn't have any signs of being used a such in the 1980's, but I'd be interested to know if anyone else knows differently.
The Devils Racetrack was used as a wagon route as mentioned earlier. If you look at the attached picture from the Swaseys, you will see the wagon and the Twin Priests int he back ground. Since it was used as a wagon route-4 Wheels and over 60" wide, there were improvements made to the route to accomodate this.