SAN ANGELO, Texas - Under the shade of a trailer canopy the guests waited. Some snapped photos of each other in the black open-face racing
helmets.
In the distance tires screech as they slid across pavement.
The guests had listened to the presentation and learned about how the Goodyear Proving Grounds - already the largest in the company - is expanding its operation to offer broader testing capabilities for tires fitted on everything from sports cars to earth movers.
They learned about the company's 75-year history in town, which began when Goodyear relocated from Phoenix to downtown San Angelo in 1944, at the time using public roads for testing.
The overview documented the company's growth onto the 7,250-acre site situated on U.S. 277 north of town, and the operations that take place on its 53 different test surfaces.