West Desert Motorsports Campus in Grantsville reopened to the public on September 19, closing a decade-long ownership saga that ended with the state of Utah forcing a Chinese-linked company to sell the track. The 511-acre facility, formerly Utah Motorsports Campus, is now locally owned by Salt Lake City-based PV3 Enterprises, which has invested more than $50 million in the property since taking control earlier this year.
The reopening is more than a rebrand. It marks the resolution of a rare case in which Utah policy directly forced the sale of a piece of commercial real estate over national security concerns, and it hands one of the state’s largest motorsports assets back into local hands after a decade under foreign ownership.
A track with a tangled ownership history
The complex opened in 2006 as Miller Motorsports Park, built by auto-dealership magnate Larry H. Miller. The Larry H. Miller Group surrendered the facility to Tooele County in October 2015 after declining to renew its land lease, citing operating losses. Tooele County later completed a 2018 sale for $18.55 million after an earlier $20 million deal was invalidated, handing control to Mitime Utah Investment LLC, a subsidiary of Chinese automaker Geely.
That ownership became untenable once a state law passed in 2024 prohibited firms owned or controlled by the governments of China, Iran, North Korea and Russia from owning real estate in Utah. Regulators determined Mitime had prohibited links to the Chinese government, and the state quickly ordered Mitime to divest from the track. Between March 2025 and January 2026, the site briefly operated as Burt Brothers Motorpark under a naming-rights sponsorship that held until foreign-ownership enforcement forced the property’s sale, and PV3 Enterprises purchased it in 2026 under UMC Holdings LLC.
“To date, PV3 Enterprises has invested more than $50 million since taking over the facility earlier this year, with improvements throughout the property,” says Joe Atkin, general manager of West Desert. “With plans for additional significant investment in the years ahead, there is a clear commitment to elevating West Desert as a nationally recognized motorsports center of excellence.”
PV3’s growing Utah portfolio
PV3 Enterprises, led by managing partner Mark Hancock, has built a pattern of buying back Utah-rooted brands from outside owners. In 2024, Amer Sports announced that ENVE Composites, the Ogden bike-component maker, had been acquired by PV3, a Utah-based private investment firm whose owners are avid cyclists. More recently, the McHenry Group divested its majority shareholding in Pica Rica Americana BBQ to PV3 Enterprises in December 2025. West Desert extends that playbook into motorsports and real estate, with plans for residential, commercial and retail development around the track.
“West Desert has a special place in our state’s history. The Miller family’s vision and investment created a world-class facility that has brought people together through motorsports and recreation for two decades,” says Utah Gov. Spencer Cox. “Its return to local ownership is worth celebrating. Utahns are honoring what was built here and investing in new opportunities for the next generation.”
The Saturday reopening ran from 1 p.m. to midnight with free admission and parking, alongside an All Access Pass for hot laps, an exotic car show and roll racing. PV3 says near-term priorities include upgrades to the welcome center, karting facilities and grandstands, with a longer-term push to lure major racing series back to a 4.5-mile road course that has hosted everything from ARCA stock cars to the Nitro World Games.
This article was adapted from a press release by an automated tool and reviewed and edited by an editor for accuracy before publication.
