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I recently flew through Phoneix on the way to San Francisco...On the way out of Phoenix, I saw a gigantic race track about 15miles NW of Phoenix. The size of it blew me away...on google maps it looks like the track has to be at least a 8 to 10 mile oval. Now, I'm now really curious. Anybody know what this place is? Map Link
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Looks like the Ford proving grounds. I passed on entrance to the place a few weeks ago when I was on my way to Lake Havasu, AZ. One entrance is near I-40 I believe. When I got home I Goggle Earthed it, looks like the same place (though I dont see I-40?)
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Having not seen that before, it perked my curiosity. So, after some searching... it's called "Arizona Proving Ground" (30700 W Patton Rd) and is owned by Ford. Here's some more info... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Proving_Grounds Also... the Volvo proving grounds are a little bit SE (20715 W Happy Valley Rd) and is smaller (also mentioned on the wikipedia page). And I thought the only proving ground here was GM (SE of Phoenix). We also have Exponent Failure Analysis straight north of Phoenix. They were the independant test site for the Expedition + Firestone stability tests a few years ago 
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Originally posted by KingpinSVT:
Looks like the Ford proving grounds. I passed on entrance to the place a few weeks ago when I was on my way to Lake Havasu, AZ. One entrance is near I-40 I believe. When I got home I Goggle Earthed it, looks like the same place (though I dont see I-40?)
it IS, here's a map of where it is, right next to I-40. This is from the website itself for the APG.
http://www.testapg.com/loc.html
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Yeah, I saw that one in my research...that's not it. They are in totaly different places. The one I saw is like 10-15 miles from Phoenix, the APG is like 120 miles away. Plus if the scale on Google Maps is correct, this place is huge compared to the APG.
Here is a map with the track in question marked as "A" and the APG marked as "B".
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I'll tell ya what. That place isn't too far from me. I will go over there in the morning, after I drop my son at school and see what it is.
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Oh if we could only arrange a meet with Ford's blessing. It would be fun to swing my car around their track a few times.
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Originally posted by ExDelayed:
Oh if we could only arrange a meet with Ford's blessing. It would be fun to swing my car around their track a few times.
now that would be a kick a$$ meet to make the rest of the CEG community jealous.......
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My cousin from Toledo, Ohio was down there at the Toyota proving grounds getting his Toyota Driver's License just recently. My uncle said he got to do 100mph lane changes on the track and a bird hit the windshield of the car he was driving at 100mph and he didn't even flinch. 
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Nope... your "A" is APG. Zoom in and check the streets... it's off 307th ave and Patton.
Not sure what that "B" is... but it's really far. It's probably just a regional track or a super double top secret automotive proving ground.
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