Some pics of Chrysler's old proving grounds

[dashboardmonkey]

Wow, that's some cool shit.

[StereoInstaller1]

That aerial shot make me wanna go drive!

fukking bummer we got a foot and a half of frozen slush on the ground and my car is 50 miles south of here and it the middle of fukking winter and I am hungry and I want a fukking cigarette AND I am out of ice fukking cream and the stores are all closed and I forgot my fukking jacket at work and SHIT its cold oh fukk, never mind.

[shmutzigE30]

Did some more searching and it looks like it was purchased by Chrysler in 2007 from Volvo.

Wittmann proving grounds:

nice straight-away

[SamE30e]

Shoulda busted down the gate and done some top speed runs.

[el bob]

Thanks for digging that up Mtriple. Such a cool piece of history. Really gets the mind going, dreaming that is :)

[dude8383]

i love seeing pics of old tracks.

did any of you guys see the thread on the car lounge "abandoned tracks"?

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2854313

[Gray S.]

So is that chrysler place completed abandoned? LIke you could bust in there and no one would know? or do they still have security or cameras or something.

[BlackSpeed66]

Blackspeed, that's a '66 right?

Nice old sled, I'll bet you do miss it.

Yup, it's a '66. Had power everything and factory cruise control.

Someday I'll have another:D



Neato aerial pics as well!

[gazellebeigem3]

defiantly area 51

[Mtriple]

So is that chrysler place completed abandoned? LIke you could bust in there and no one would know? or do they still have security or cameras or something.

Well according to Wikipedia, it was purchased from Volvo by Chrysler in 2007.

It looks like Harley has an agreemant to use it as well...

http://www.thescoop-cg.com/2008/10/27/harley-davidson-to-use-arizona-proving-grounds/

[Z3Jonathan]

Well according to Wikipedia, it was purchased from Volvo by Chrysler in 2007.

It looks like Harley has an agreemant to use it as well...

http://www.thescoop-cg.com/2008/10/2...oving-grounds/

You're confusing things. That article is talking about Yucca, AZ. Not the now abandoned Proving Grounds in Wittman.

In otherwords, Yucca =/= Wittman.

[Mtriple]

You're confusing things. That article is talking about Yucca, AZ. Not the now abandoned Proving Grounds in Wittman.

In otherwords, Yucca =/= Wittman.

I'm just posting what I found on Wiki. But thank you, I will sleep much better tonight knowing which one is closed and which one is open.

[Z3Jonathan]

I'm just posting what I found on Wiki. But thank you, I will sleep much better tonight knowing which one is closed and which one is open.

I'm just trying to clarify the thread where there's inaccuracies.

And no, that's not what the Wiki article says.

[der affe]

Did some more searching and it looks like it was purchased by Chrysler in 2007 from Volvo.

Wittmann proving grounds:

do you have any more aerial shots? there is a drag strip/motor sport park there called Speed world (they shot a bunch of episodes of Pinks there).

other than that, there really isn't much in Wittmann

[mhurlbutjr]

no Wittmann = Yucca
Yucca is further south much further. The ground were sold this year to the city of Surprise they want to build a shopping mall there. I would really hate to see that happen. I like to see if they would open it for club racing and such they could even bring in Nascar the track is big enough. The Chrysler ground have never been owned by Volvo, Volvo's proving grounds are just up the street and Toyota is due west about 10 miles to the gate. I do live in Wittmann been out here 8 years. There are no no trespassing signs up that I could see but as for going in there was the matter of that very big gate. I am going to go to the City of Surprise and ask to go take more pics from the inside.