Bob
Some have tried to get a single car on to this facility but it is strictly
for VW folk and their commercial partners, not open to speed record teams.
The area might enjoy tourists but the facility operates for the most part
for testing of 'secret' cars with no cameras allowed. Probably higher
security than is applied to Edwards AFB!
Now people may understand why one european speed record team wanting to run
on tarmac, was content to use the Dolly Varden straight highjway in Nevada
in 2005.
Malcolm UK
On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 2:51 AM, <BWANA343@aol.com> wrote:
> Just one more place I read about some time back, the VW test facility in
> Germany.
> It's got a straight-away over 4 miles long, looks to be only about 40 ft
> wide though.
> Just north of the town in this address.
>
> _
> http://maps.google.com/maps?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS257&q=Ehra-Less
>
> ien+germany&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Ehra-Lessien,+Germany&ei=gjW0SvD2MIeutgf
> C8NGiDg&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1_
> (
>
>http://maps.google.com/maps?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS257&q=Ehra-Lessien+germany&um=1&ie=UTF-8&;
>
> hq=&hnear=Ehra-Lessien,+Germany&ei=gjW0SvD2MIeutgfC8NGiDg&sa=X&oi=geocode_re
> sult&ct=image&resnum=1)
>
> Something for the European LSR guys to check out. It's in the former East
> Germany, they'd love to have tourists, I'd think.
> Bob W
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