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Was a 50-mile course. so how do you police that? its virtually impossible. if people are really stupid theres nothing you can do about it. if youre watching an off-road race, one would think you would stand far enough back that if something happens youre not going to get in the way. its difficult to police these things. theres great races in baja. theres the baja thousand and people stand by the side of the road. ive never heard of any kind of incident like this. even in europe and around the re...

Across. >> joining me on the phone is mark gilleys, executive editor for "car and driver." good morning. >> good morning. >> i would love you to weigh in on what happened here. i mean, its a tragedy, but people being that close? >> well, i mean, theres a bunch of road races happening around the states and down in mexico in baja, and basically, most of these races are in the open road races from point a to point b and the crowd can just stand by the road. this one was actually on a dry lake bed f...