Touring Goodyear's San Angelo Proving Grounds Part 1

March 4, 2015

Spread out across 7,250 acres or 11.25 square miles of West Texas, the San Angelo Proving Grounds (SAPG) is the largest of six such global facilities Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. puts to work testing its tires. Founded in 1944, SAPG tests about 23,000 tires a year over its 58 miles of roads using a fleet of 300-plus vehicles.

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Sean Kilcarr | Editor in Chief

Sean Kilcarr is a former longtime FleetOwner senior editor who wrote for the publication from 2000 to 2018. He served as editor-in-chief from 2017 to 2018.

 

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