Park Ride - US Ferris Wheel
Greenbrier Raceway Park's Ferris Wheel is one of the few remaining US Royal Tire Ferris Wheel
replicas as seen at the '64/'65 Worlds Fair held in New York.
In 1966, the real Ferris Wheel was moved to Michigan, just outside Detroit.
With the Ferris Wheel insides removed and the tire sides pushed together, today this icon is used as a
giant billboard sporting the company name change - Uniroyal.
As with all action rides at GRP, the Ferris Wheel is tied into Greenbrier Raceway's timing system...
When track power is on, the Ferris Wheel will not run, When track power goes off (end of heat, track call, etc)
the Ferris Wheel starts spinning ever so slowly.
The real US Royal Tire Ferris Wheel as seen at the 1965 worlds Fair
Uniroyal tire billboard as seen today
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