[nedro]

This article was taken from the latest Sport Rider Magazine:

Is the USGP returning to Laguna Seca? Quite possibly, according to well placed GP insiders who list a number of factors. First is the decline of the World Superbike Championship, the linchpin of the combined AMA/WSB July weekend. Having switched to Pirelli as the spec tire means no AMA wild cards. Second is the concern over various issues at Barber Motorsports Park, safety and infrastructure among them. The AMA regulars liked the layout, but thought it was too short and that the MotoGP bikes would overpower it.
Finally, the regime in place at SCRAMP, the nonprofit organization that runs Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, is being convinced of the benefits of Grand Prix racing. Gill Campbell, the general manager of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, seems open to the sort of costly changes that the track would have to undergo to receive the highest-level FIM homologation. It also doesn’t hurt that among her confidants is three-time 500cc world champion and Monterey resident Wayne Rainey.

-Henry Ray Abrams

[deez]

Yeah I read that as well. It will be at least 2 years, that track needs $, but I honestly think that is where they need to host it. Hopefully someone will pony up the $. It's a shame, Barber has enough $ to do it, but his track is slow, and too slow for GP or it would have been there.