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Originally Posted by csmith12
This is Laguna we are talking about, they should have this down to a science for a top notch facility. I got a $20 spot that says those bags are not there during AMA/MotoGP racing. Wonder why????
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Not for nothing, but Laguna is a pretty unique place. It's a state park, run on a shoe-string budget, staffed primarily by volunteers who are interested in the significant races that they can get to come there. By most measures, it's probably not a "top notch" facility, which is why it always had so many challenges when it does/did have top-level racing there. Yamaha paid to have it repaved, which is why GP was able to come there. Mazda sponsorship paid for a handful of improvements over the years. When the GP races came, they took over the entire track, and yes - became in charge of every inch of the complex, including safety measures with the dozens and dozens of people they bring to do nothing but that. That isn't normal operations at the track, and could/would never be with the resources that they have, separate from any race orgs coming in. It's an amazingly fun track layout in a very interesting and beautiful part of the country. But the track itself is pretty quirky and a lot more low-budget / lightly staffed & supported than one might think, just because they've seen it on TV and in so many video games over the years.