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Track 1: Noise & Comfort Loop / Dry Braking
Overview
Track One is the facility’s largest. For dry surface testing, it has a long noise and comfort loop which features numerous surfaces that simulate real-world roads, from smooth asphalt to broken concrete and potholes, and just about everything in-between.
Track One is also extensively used for straight-line braking analysis.
Dimensions
- 1.7 miles tip to tip
- 3.7 miles around outermost loop
Surface
- Material: Asphalt
- Surface Texture (Macro/Micro): Rough/Rough
- Aggregate: Granite
Noise and Comfort Loop
- Smooth asphalt
- Smooth concrete
- Coarse gravel/asphalt
- Step-up/step-down
- Cleats of various sizes and spacing
- Asphalt bumps of various sizes
- Broken concrete
- Uneven concrete
- Spalled concrete
- Uneven slabs
- Wake-up grooves
Dry Braking
- Flexible configuration
