Tracks you can’t drive October 9, 2008
Something fun for Thursday: our friends have uncovered a number of race tracks in the United States using Google Earth that you can’t drive on – unless you work for one of the automakers. These are private testing grounds but I have to say… add a little paddock space and I’ll be there!
- General Motors Phoenix Proving Grounds
- Honda Test Track
- General Motors Milford Proving Grounds
- Daimler Chrysler’s Proving Grounds, Phoenix
- Ford’s Dearborn, MI Test Facility
- Ferrari Test Track, Fiorano, Italy
We all know the cost of building a racetrack is astronomical; imagine laying 5-10 times the amount of pavement for your personal test grounds? Just wait for the automakers to go bankrupt and swoop in to buy these facilities!
October 9th, 2008 at 10:09 am
Honda (TRC) test track outside Marysville, OH. And with special permission you can run there. Google Smoking Buckeye and Buckeye Bullet
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=43210&ie=UTF8&ll=40.303945,-83.548794&spn=0.057994,0.104713&t=h&z=14
October 15th, 2008 at 7:33 am
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