If you need a ridiculously slow section, you already have the turn 3 complex. If you need a medium speed ess section, you already have the five and six complex. Bernie doesn't care about Pacific Raceways - for him it's like looking at Eatonville from a passing jet, nothing there to attract his attention from such a great height.
What the FIA (and presumably Bernie, although in reality he has nothing to do with it) care about is sanctioning racetracks that don't offer them any substantial liability. It's bad for business when drivers, especially good ones that the fans like and get paid a lot of money, get maimed or killed on racetracks they sanction. In case anyone has missed it - the FIA is about money, and large amounts of it. Becasue of that, the FIA wants to certify tracks that are wide, grippy, and protected by energy absorbing barriers and velocity reducing traps. There has ALWAYS been a problem on the back side of Pacific Raceways with an embankment and railroad right of way limiting runoff on one side and a very unforgiving hilside on the other. They didn't plan it that way - it was just built when things were a lot different. Improvements have been made by adding a gravel trap, pushing the hill back a bit, and removing trees too close tot the racing surface. There is more that can be done, but frankly I would be surprised if there is enough land around the outside of some parts of the track to meet FIA guidelines for runoff. I am very much in line with Mr. Shreve - justthink what kind of track Pacific would be repaved with a new high traction surface like Portland and a little bit more runoff for safety. The track is a throwback to a different age, and if it's character is lost we won't see one like it again.
I won't get up on my soapbox and start a discussion about why tracks may be LESS safe because sanctioning bodies have done such a good job of convincing drivers that they should be able to use absolutely NO judgement and still recieve no harm because the track is made of foam rubber, old teddy bear parts and mothers enfolding arms. I'm convinced that the next generation of racers will be completely under the illusion that crashing is the inevitable result of the level of aggression required to race.