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The skidpad number were 1.03g while the slalom speed was 72.5 mph.

Road handling was quite good for a sedan at the time, pulling an advertised 0.85 g on the skidpad.

More impressive, the MT900 pulled 1.02 g on the skidpad.

The track is equipped with telemetry sensors and a large skidpad for tyre testing.

It's the tingle that most of us get to experience only when poring over Car and Driver, reading about skidpad performance.

Only supercars manage to brake from 60 in under 94 feet and pull 1.05 g on the skidpad.

The SLR also pulled 1.13 g on the skidpad.

Performance in the acceleration and skidpad events was limited by running in wet conditions with 1 season old rain tires.

It was all a muddle to me until we went out to the skidpad where all this theory was applied.

The skidpad is a huge asphalt doughnut that is watered down by lawn sprinklers.

A skidpad or skidpan is a circular area of flat pavement used for various tests of a car's handling.

The most common skidpad use is testing lateral acceleration, measured in g. This usage is similar to that of a kick plate.

According to Car and Driver, the NC has a skidpad number of 0.90g.

For example, while automobile enthusiast publications often perform and quote skidpad results, motorcycle publications do not.

On the skidpad, the Caterham outperforms many supercars.

An earlier tested Corvette ZR1 (2011) resulted in an identical slalom speed but a lower 1.06 g on the skidpad.

Autobahn Country Club also offers a professional half-mile go kart track and skidpad for the teen driving academy and other private events.

With the FE7 suspension the GTU was capable of 0.92 G on the skidpad, well above most cars in its class.

In several road tests, the Mazdaspeed3 accelerated from 0 to 60 mph in under six seconds with skidpad numbers in the .87g to .91g range.

II GT3, the car accelerated 0-60 mph in 4.0 seconds, and produced 1.03 g on the skidpad, the second highest number ever recorded by a street legal automobile.

In Auto Express testing the SpecV posted a 0-60 mph time of 3.20 seconds, pulled 1.12 g on the skidpad and 74.7 mph in the slalom.

Its braking ability, rollover stability and noise levels are checked before the vehicle is allowed to compete in the dynamic events (Skidpad, Autocross, Acceleration, and Endurance).

Call it what you will - the spirit, the soul of the car, the Heartbeat of America - but I'll take this gestalt any day over pulling g's on a skidpad.

Donohue (along with Penske) were pioneers in many rights, some as notable as the use of a skidpad as a tool for developing and perfecting race car suspension designs and setups.

On a skidpad, the car achieved .83 g, only .03 g less than the Celica GTS, during testing by Motor Trend and Sport Compact Car.

Tracks on the gravel suggested that the local kids used the car park as a skidpan.

Bob and David would last have to do two figure 8's around cones on a skidpan.

A skid called a drag, dragshoe, shoe or skidpan retards the motion of the wheels.

A skidpad or skidpan is a circular area of flat pavement used for various tests of a car's handling.

The complex also had a motocross track, a skidpan, a dirt track and four wheel drive course and a 1000 foot drag strip.

The first lap went strongly, with Ann-Maree slaloming perfectly, Marc doing a strong handbrake turn and reversing into the box (but losing time as he didn't back up completely the first time), and David quickly completing his figure 8 laps on the skidpan.

The second lap was less fluid - Crystal-Rose slalomed perfectly just as Ann-Maree had (and was cruising instead of racing, losing time), but Alaina knocked over two cones on her handbrake turn and Bob lost several seconds on the skidpan.

Since 2001 the line has been used annually for low adhesion training, or skidpan training, for crews from Anglia Railways, latterly for One Railway, where a specially fitted Class 153 treats the track with a slimy solution before the crew practices stopping in a virtual station.