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Originally Posted by MyRx
I'm with you on this. So many times I've wanted to run Laguna and so many times I couldn't because of the db rule. And the one chance I had with a stock car, is now no longer stock. Bummer.
MRLS is ran by a non-profit org therefore minimal (if any) taxes are paid. The very limited open-db days that they do have (pro events) and limited private days (slight raise in db levels) still does compare to the amount of revenue the city/county makes via tourism. Imagine if the city became a race haven...they'd lose a ton of $$$ from visitors looking for that quiet, serene, beach environment. Race fuel smell in the air, the resonating noises of straight pipes, not to mention Canary Row will flood with fart cans and boom boxes. That'll be like Lighting McQueen inviting all his homies to Radiator Springs everyday.
Let's not blame the dozen or so residents directly affected by the noise. Instead put pressure on the surrounding cities/counties whose opting out on a little more income just by raising that db rule a couple clicks. Other tracks have db rules too but they don't have some car-hater working that booth. They supply him with plush headphones and a stack of DVDs for the day.
My $0.02.
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Idk dude, i live in Marina which is like 10 minutes away from Laguna seca. Most of the tourism spots are either in fishermans warf in Monterey, PG, or in carmel down near the beaches/highway 1. Most of those are fairly far away from any noise pollution comming from Laguna seca. I will say this though, there is a group called the "Highway 68 Coalition group" and seriously, they are a bunch of hippie fucks. Mr weaver who is their president threatened to sue Laguna Seca if they didn't lower their DB to 90. So literally Laguna seca DB is being controlled by a group of whiny bitches that complain about noise.