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Originally Posted by Lee Stewart
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That's the "tiles" and Gennite (spelling?) pad at the GM Desert Proving Ground.
Those surfaces are made more slippery when wet and were intended to be used during the early stages of rear wheel antilock and four wheel ABS testing in the late 1980's and early 1990's.
We had the worst time getting out there to do actual testing because the area was often already booked for photo shoots (photographic evidence attached).
K
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