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Features Overview

  • Main track (8.5-mile (13.7-km) oval, three lanes wide)
  • Five dirt/gravel road courses (A-Course, N-Course, P-Course, O-Course and Hill Climb Course)
  • Three gravel road courses (L-Course, F-Course, and K-Course)
  • One cut and chip rock course (C-Course)
  • One mud course (R-Course)
  • Special test areas includes curbing course, dynamic plunger, rapid air loss, sidewall impact, stone retention course (E-Course), etc
  • Holographic inspection facility
  • Digital photographic and video taping facilities for test tires
  • Photophone (freeze frame video picture transmissions to world headquarters and other locations), internet and e-mail capabilities
  • Complete vehicle maintenance facilities
  • Computer data entry facilities with daily transmissions to Research and Development personnel
  • Extensive inventory of test vehicles

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  • Vehicle Dynamics Facility including a 640,000-square-foot (600,00 m5) wet handling pad, 1.07-mile (1.7-km) dry road course and a 3.0-mile (4.8-km) ride evaluation course
  • Traction Testing Facility including wet concrete and asphalt test lanes 900 ft. long (274 m), hydroplaning trough 250 ft. long (76 m), with dry approaches to the wet pads 2000 ft. long (610 m) which are also used for dry skid tests
  • Wet Grip Testing Facility including small 55 m circle, large 200 m circle, guided rail and 1,555 m wetted handling course used for objective/subjective tire testing
  • Facility capabilities permit longitudinal and lateral hydroplaning performance of tires and longitudinal and lateral wet grip performance of tires

This facility is available for non-tire, automotive-related testing. Click here for more information.