Motor racing is sadly no stranger to the NIMBY movement, and now the ‘Not In My Back Yard’-ers have picked perhaps the most high-profile target yet for their noise complaints – Laguna Seca.
The world-famous track in Monterey, California is currently subject to a legal challenge over the amount of noise and traffic the venue creates, launched by some local residents.
A group calling itself the Highway 68 Coalition filed a legal complaint against Laguna Seca on December 12, claiming a spike in usage of the venue is damaging the local area. The complaint attempts to argue not just for a reduction in Laguna’s activity, but for all racing to cease entirely. The group says the circuit “is a public nuisance and has caused and will continue to cause irreparable injury not subject to money damages… The number of residences affected by the noise and traffic has substantially increased since 1974.