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http://motocrossactionmag.com/Main/News/MOTOCROSS-ACTIONS-MIDWEEK-REPOR…
According to the North Country Times (San Diego): The organizer of the motocross race in Pala that created a traffic jam on Highway 76 earlier this month said attendance and traffic estimates released by authorities were overblown. California Highway Patrol officers said the Sept. 11 event at the Pala Raceway created a traffic mess that extended from the Pala Indian Reservation to the outer limits of Oceanside.
A CHP officer told the North County Times days after the event that about 25,000 people were expected at the 2010 Lucas Oil AMA Motocross Championship, but more than twice that number showed up, clogging the two-lane highway for hours.
Ryan Ouellette, president of MX Motopark Industries, the company that operates the Pala Raceway, said those initial estimates were too high. He said only about 14,000 people fit in the event venue and only about 8,400 people could have been on the road on their way to the event. The vehicles on the road may have included area residents, casino traffic and others travelers.
"The rumor was 80,000, but when you break it down mathematically, that is just impossible," Sgt. Scott Payson said.
Pala Chairman Robert Smith said the tribe has not decided whether to allow another event of that magnitude. He said the traffic not only affected residents in the surrounding community, but the tribe's casino patrons and other casinos further east on Highway 76, including Casino Pauma in Pauma Valley.
"If we were even to consider it again, it would have to be well-organized and limit the number of tickets, because it really impacted the backcountry and there is really only one way in and out," Smith said.
King Freeman, a Pala tribal member who owns the Pala Store on Highway 76, said he was upset by the traffic the race created and the negative publicity it brought to the tribe, even though it was not organized by Pala. "It affected a lot of people," King said. "It affected people that were going to Pauma and Rincon. It was all day and traffic was stopped. It was a mess."
According to the North Country Times (San Diego): The organizer of the motocross race in Pala that created a traffic jam on Highway 76 earlier this month said attendance and traffic estimates released by authorities were overblown. California Highway Patrol officers said the Sept. 11 event at the Pala Raceway created a traffic mess that extended from the Pala Indian Reservation to the outer limits of Oceanside.
A CHP officer told the North County Times days after the event that about 25,000 people were expected at the 2010 Lucas Oil AMA Motocross Championship, but more than twice that number showed up, clogging the two-lane highway for hours.
Ryan Ouellette, president of MX Motopark Industries, the company that operates the Pala Raceway, said those initial estimates were too high. He said only about 14,000 people fit in the event venue and only about 8,400 people could have been on the road on their way to the event. The vehicles on the road may have included area residents, casino traffic and others travelers.
"The rumor was 80,000, but when you break it down mathematically, that is just impossible," Sgt. Scott Payson said.
Pala Chairman Robert Smith said the tribe has not decided whether to allow another event of that magnitude. He said the traffic not only affected residents in the surrounding community, but the tribe's casino patrons and other casinos further east on Highway 76, including Casino Pauma in Pauma Valley.
"If we were even to consider it again, it would have to be well-organized and limit the number of tickets, because it really impacted the backcountry and there is really only one way in and out," Smith said.
King Freeman, a Pala tribal member who owns the Pala Store on Highway 76, said he was upset by the traffic the race created and the negative publicity it brought to the tribe, even though it was not organized by Pala. "It affected a lot of people," King said. "It affected people that were going to Pauma and Rincon. It was all day and traffic was stopped. It was a mess."
S
Here's hoping that they figure out a better/faster/easier system of getting everyone in and out.
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S
It seems like they demand the construction of extra two road lanes from the freeway to the track before giving the green flag again.
looks like we dont have to worry about a conflict in schedule between USGP and a NATIONAL in so-cal. and if you think that the "sponsor's" are going to go without a national in so-cal your wrong.. Time for the all the party's involved to suck it up and go back to glen helen.. Comp edge..... please....
Pit Row
They should have had the cops directing traffic, not giving tickets to patrons who were running lights or stopsigns to get to the race. It can be figured out, permits need to be pulled etc.
S
Gotta hand it to Thunder Valley. The traffic issues were almost non-existent all day Sunday.
sounds like the casino did find a solution to the problem...
no race... no traffic... very simple.
I was getting ahead by that point and it was like "let's give it a try"
That double hearts?...was 2nd pull....had $50 into that machine
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