Track 1: Noise & Comfort Loop / Dry Braking

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