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Department Of Fire Programs
Distance: 141.9 Mi945 North Main Street
24354 Marion
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The center was established to provide the automotive industry with the testing capability needed to engineer and develop tires to enhance fuel economy and lower emissions while meeting federal vehicle requirements and customer expectations.
South Boston Speedway is steeped in tradition, earning a reputation as the home of the best NASCAR sanctioned short track racing in the country. It has served as the training ground for many of yesterday's and today's top NASCAR drivers for over 50 years.
A clean-energy incubator and commercialization center, this state-of-the-art facility and "program" of services supports commercialization of new clean-energy technologies. The Energy Center partners and networks with corporations, entrepreneurs, universities, national labs, governmental entities, and funding agencies to provide commercialization support to burgeoning technologies and companies in the sustainable energy sector. Learn more .
The center plans to also incorporate state-of-the-art rolling resistance machinery, enabling tire and automotive manufacturers to accelerate the development of green tire technology, reproduce real world events, and improve vehicle handling and stability.
A unique collaborative venture which combines world class talent and state-of-the-art testing and development assets with the research capabilities to provide performance engineering services to a broad spectrum of customers.