Southern California - no place to drag race in the birthplace of drag racing

seems that it's safe... for now
I hope so. The nearest track for me is about three hours away. They were trying to make a motorsports park (three mile closed course circuit with garage condos, no seating) but got shot down because they didn't say which birds and deer would be effected by turning a farm field into a race course. I'm sure they would have approved a big housing development on the same land no problem. Then a family helping shut it down bought some of the land intended for the track, ultimately killing the whole project. Oh yeah, it would have been right next to a four lane highway, and they were saying the track would contribute more noise and pollution than the highway. I was bummed, I wanted that track to happen, an hour away and fun to be had. Nearest road course is the same distance as the dragstrips are.