Laguna Seca circuit throws in the towel in 2014…

The Laguna Seca circuit, run by the Sports Car Racing Association of the Monterey Peninsula (SCRAMP) volunteer association, has just announced that it will no longer be part of the MotoGP calendar from next year..

The Laguna Seca circuit, run by the Sports Car Racing Association of the Monterey Peninsula (SCRAMP) volunteer association, has just announced that it will no longer be part of the MotoGP calendar starting next year..

Texas and Indiana fund motorcycle sport

According to the general manager of the Laguna Seca circuit quoted by our colleagues at, the Indianapolis circuit has received a grant of $ 100 million from the State of Indiana to develop motorcycle racing, while the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, receives a $ 2 million tax credit. "We cannot fight because here we have neither tax credits nor government aid", she declared..

"The support provided by the States of Texas and Indiana" for their respective Grand Prix "makes it difficult for us to compete as a non-profit organization", regrets the Californian circuit (read opposite).

Finished the breathtaking spectacle in the famous Corckscrew: the United States will have only two events (and) from 2014. "The decision was taken by mutual agreement with Dorna," said the general manager circuit, Gill Campbell, saying that "three events in the United States is one too many". 

The last four editions have been in deficit and "we can not afford to drink the cup", she concluded by recalling that the organization of such an event costs "about 9 million dollars".

Attendance would also have plunged sharply this year, while the license fees paid to Dorna for the organization of the Grand Prix should have increased by $ 800,000 next year….

But the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is committed "to the fans, sponsors, the motorcycling world, the media, volunteers and Dorna Sports to work diligently to bring the MotoGP World Championship back to Monterey, Calif., In a very near future "…

To be continued on MNC: stay connected !

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