Proving Ground Oval Repaving

[BobPalma]

Geeze, we've heard of "where the rubber meets the road..."
Well, here the rubber is the road...at the former Studebaker Proving Ground high-speed oval!

http://www.southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070605/News01/70605074

[Dwain G.]

Notice the article calls it a three mile oval. I seem to recall that GM removed the top (outer) lane during WWII, effectively reducing it to a 2 1/2 mile oval.


Dwain G.

[Dwain G.]

Notice the article calls it a three mile oval. I seem to recall that GM removed the top (outer) lane during WWII, effectively reducing it to a 2 1/2 mile oval.


Dwain G.

[raprice]

I've been reading about using old tires for repaving roads. It's a great idea and should be the standard for repaving. We're recycling almost everything else so this should be a natural and at the same time, we're cutting down pollution.
Rog

'59 Lark VI Regal Hardtop

[raprice]

I've been reading about using old tires for repaving roads. It's a great idea and should be the standard for repaving. We're recycling almost everything else so this should be a natural and at the same time, we're cutting down pollution.
Rog

'59 Lark VI Regal Hardtop

[Guido]

Just wondering, what happens to the steel belts that are in modern tires? The article only mentions that they are shredded, but how is the metal pulled out. Seems to me that if left in that it could cause a whole series of problems....

[Guido]

Just wondering, what happens to the steel belts that are in modern tires? The article only mentions that they are shredded, but how is the metal pulled out. Seems to me that if left in that it could cause a whole series of problems....

[PackardV8]

Magnets. Same way ferrous metal is removed from trash at incinerators, recycling centers, any processing center.

PackardV8

[PackardV8]

Magnets. Same way ferrous metal is removed from trash at incinerators, recycling centers, any processing center.

PackardV8

[StudeRich]

Dwain; what does this GM mean? Surely you don't mean General Motors? [?]
I wouldn't think Studebaker would allow anyone from there, anywhere near that Proving Grounds!!! Certainly not before the late 1960's while they still owned and controlled it! Before Bendix bought it. [:0] [:0]

quote:Originally posted by Dwain G.

Notice the article calls it a three mile oval. I seem to recall that GM removed the top (outer) lane during WWII, effectively reducing it to a 2 1/2 mile oval.

StudeRich
Studebakers Northwest
Ferndale, WA

[StudeRich]

Dwain; what does this GM mean? Surely you don't mean General Motors? [?]
I wouldn't think Studebaker would allow anyone from there, anywhere near that Proving Grounds!!! Certainly not before the late 1960's while they still owned and controlled it! Before Bendix bought it. [:0] [:0]

quote:Originally posted by Dwain G.

Notice the article calls it a three mile oval. I seem to recall that GM removed the top (outer) lane during WWII, effectively reducing it to a 2 1/2 mile oval.

StudeRich
Studebakers Northwest
Ferndale, WA

[8E45E]

[quote]Originally posted by raprice

I've been reading about using old tires for repaving roads. It's a great idea and should be the standard for repaving. We're recycling almost everything else so this should be a natural and at the same time, we're cutting down pollution.
Rog

Seems to me, that was (and probably still is) 'the norm' in Czechslovakia for years and years. They shredded up old tires and mixed it with the asphalt and concrete for a good road surface. The only reason the US didn't talk about it was because the idea came from the 'ememy' at the time.

Craig

[8E45E]

[quote]Originally posted by raprice

I've been reading about using old tires for repaving roads. It's a great idea and should be the standard for repaving. We're recycling almost everything else so this should be a natural and at the same time, we're cutting down pollution.
Rog

Seems to me, that was (and probably still is) 'the norm' in Czechslovakia for years and years. They shredded up old tires and mixed it with the asphalt and concrete for a good road surface. The only reason the US didn't talk about it was because the idea came from the 'ememy' at the time.

Craig

[Green 53]

They have been rubberising the freeways around Phoenix. They are great. It makes a drastic reduction in road noise.
Denny L

[Green 53]

They have been rubberising the freeways around Phoenix. They are great. It makes a drastic reduction in road noise.
Denny L