On November 4, 2024, Lake Elsinore Motorsports Park announced it was closing.
The California facility, which had hosted rounds of AMA Pro Motocross and other events, said the decision was due to a “lawsuit from a tragic accident that occurred in June the property owner has terminated our agreement as they are being brought into it as well.” On June 4 of that year, nine-year-old Brooke Carlton tragically lost her life after colliding with another rider.
On the other side of the story, per CBS News, “a lawyer who represents the Carlton family says that while they are investigating what was referred to as a “freak accident” back at the time, they have not filed any lawsuit against the park.
“They say that there is no correlation between Brooke’s death and the park’s closure, and that the Carlton family doesn’t want to hurt Lake Elsinore’s large motocross community.”…