Hard Driving: General Motors And Disney Bulid A Test Track At EPCOT
GM and Disney team up to bring the excitement of a real proving-grounds test track to EPCOT.
BY JIM WILSON
Published in the August 1997 issue of Popular Mechanics.
As with all Disney attractions, the entertainment starts before the ride begins to move. While walking through an industrial-looking staging area on their way to the cars, visitors will get a crash course in the tools and techniques of auto testing. After passing through a briefing room that is decorated with photos of actual GM proving grounds, we step down onto what looks like an oversize slot-car racing set, and we start to walk around the 5333-ft. epoxy-coated steel track. "Be careful," Shively says, pointing toward the slot. "The track is electrified."
GM and Disney team up to bring the excitement of a real proving-grounds test track to EPCOT.
BY JIM WILSON
Published in the August 1997 issue of Popular Mechanics.
As with all Disney attractions, the entertainment starts before the ride begins to move. While walking through an industrial-looking staging area on their way to the cars, visitors will get a crash course in the tools and techniques of auto testing. After passing through a briefing room that is decorated with photos of actual GM proving grounds, we step down onto what looks like an oversize slot-car racing set, and we start to walk around the 5333-ft. epoxy-coated steel track. "Be careful," Shively says, pointing toward the slot. "The track is electrified."
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