Other options for race tracks that are too loud?

[FLtrackdays]

Time to close Laguna Seca? Perhaps EV only or banana in the tailpipe will fix the problem.

https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a...ing-laguna-seca-over-noise-traffic-complaints

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[D3ad_Hand]

Time to close Laguna Seca? Perhaps EV only or banana in the tailpipe will fix the problem.

https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a...ing-laguna-seca-over-noise-traffic-complaints

Dumbass locals if you ask me.

 

[FLtrackdays]

Dumbass locals if you ask me.

Scary. Assume most peeps are pretty cool in your neck of the woods

 

[Daemon]

Imagine moving next to a race track then complaining about the noise

 

[NitroYellowMKV]

So ridiculous, race tracks with noise limits, I know thats the case for basically every track around the world these days but when factory cars get flagged you know there is a bigger issue. Zoning around these historic tracks needs to make it so residents understand where they are moving when signing leases or purchasing residential property but I really hope this suit goes nowhere. Bunch of boomers annoyed by the sound of cars,.

 

[razorlab]

This was happening every couple years for 20 years when I lived in Northern California at both Laguna Seca and Sonoma.

Happens here at Lime Rock as well.

People love to complain.

 

[Evolution]

They better keep it open as I have a track day scheduled there in Aug!

Really wish they made more tracks like Spring Mountain where they actually build houses around the track so that you can watch races from your backyard.

 

[Rensuhlo]

So ridiculous, race tracks with noise limits, I know thats the case for basically every track around the world these days but when factory cars get flagged you know there is a bigger issue. Zoning around these historic tracks needs to make it so residents understand where they are moving when signing leases or purchasing residential property but I really hope this suit goes nowhere. Bunch of boomers annoyed by the sound of cars,.

Freedom Factory / Bradenton is going through this right now. Supposedly the development company is adding a noise clause to their purchase agreements.

 

[FuzzyRev]

The nerve of these people is just incredible.

 

[D3ad_Hand]

Scary. Assume most peeps are pretty cool in your neck of the woods

Yessiiirrr. Never heard of anyone complaining about a track being too loud. That's just dumb.

 

[Pizza]

My local track has a really strict noise limit. Basically any V8 powered car with an exhaust is assured to go over if they're driving 10/10ths for a full lap. They built houses like 100 yards away from the track and those people complained hard enough to get a city ordinance in place, and now those people keep calibrated sound meters on the edges of their property and will actively call the cops if it goes above the limit.

It sucks because a lot of people accidentally blow sound and can't do anything about it. One time a couple came down from Canada in their E63 AMG, completely stock car, both the wife and husband were planning on driving it in different run groups, but the default AMG pops on overrun made them go over the limit in the first 2 sessions they did. It was such a bummer cause they drove like 4 hours to get to the track and weren't allowed to drive it anymore that day.

 

[BrettMRC]

It's the same over here, Castle Combe had noise complaints back in about 2005 that almost finished it as a venue, despite having operated since the 1950s! (Before that it was an RAF airfield)

 

[Lonestar_Nomad]

Same thing with my local drag strip. Subdivisions popped up in the area and suddenly the most pressing matter to these morons is how to shut down the facility. Something has be done on a federal level to protect these sites, historical or modern. Automotive sports are such an important part of Americana history, and each year the list of tracks shuttering the gates grows.

 

[lucky phil]

The normal MO for these late coming locals is to not complain about the noise directly but indirectly by petitioning local authorities not to shut down the track but reduce it's useage so they don't look too unreasonable. Then they keep petitioning for even more reductions in use until the track becomes economically unsustainable. The track then ends up shutting down because anyone that own/runs it can't make money and the residents claim it wasn't their doing just economics.
A well worn trail that I've seen played out now at 4 track here in the Australian east coast over the last 40 years.

Phil

 

[NitroYellowMKV]

My local track has a really strict noise limit. Basically any V8 powered car with an exhaust is assured to go over if they're driving 10/10ths for a full lap. They built houses like 100 yards away from the track and those people complained hard enough to get a city ordinance in place, and now those people keep calibrated sound meters on the edges of their property and will actively call the cops if it goes above the limit.

It sucks because a lot of people accidentally blow sound and can't do anything about it. One time a couple came down from Canada in their E63 AMG, completely stock car, both the wife and husband were planning on driving it in different run groups, but the default AMG pops on overrun made them go over the limit in the first 2 sessions they did. It was such a bummer cause they drove like 4 hours to get to the track and weren't allowed to drive it anymore that day.

I'd have a fit if that happened to me.

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