Thanks for the tip. However, I wished to respond to each poster individually to address, clearly and adequately, each point raised and I also wanted to add a little more fuel to the "hot topic" flames as I believe this issue will do more to affect the future of off road racing in California, if not the whole country, than any other economic or environmental issues the sport faces.
I am very troubled by the apparent selfishness (it's OUR desert, with the implication users have more rights to ownership than non-users, even though public lands belong to ALL Americans; the "outta my way, I'm a big time desert racer" attitudes, etc., etc, etc, yaaaaaaaaaaah) that seems to permeate this board.
I note that no truly "big time racers" have commented much beyond Ivan Stewart's observation: "It was inevitable." (broadcast last August on ABC News)