Iflyamouse
Is it time for lunch yet?
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But we're not paying the pilots a DIME more !!!
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 15, 2006--NASCAR fans have waited a long time to see Dale Jarrett "race the truck." Now, there really is a UPS race truck.
To prepare UPS's 2006 TV commercials for the popular "Race the Truck" campaign, the company ignored animation possibilities and instead built a real racing truck, starting with a 20-year-old, 250,000-mile workhorse UPS package car.
A team of highly qualified fabrication specialists transformed the old truck, dropping in a 514-cubic-inch factory Ford SVO crate motor that generates 620 horsepower and 700 pounds of torque. The engine, in turn, was fitted with a two-stage nitrous oxide injection system that boosts its output to 800 horsepower, allowing for low gear burnouts and an estimated top speed of nearly 150 mph on the track.
During NBC's Daytona 500 broadcast on Sunday, Feb. 19, viewers will get their first glimpse of the modified UPS package car in two new spots.
Full Story - http://biz.yahoo.com/bwml/060215/155552.html?.v=1
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 15, 2006--NASCAR fans have waited a long time to see Dale Jarrett "race the truck." Now, there really is a UPS race truck.
To prepare UPS's 2006 TV commercials for the popular "Race the Truck" campaign, the company ignored animation possibilities and instead built a real racing truck, starting with a 20-year-old, 250,000-mile workhorse UPS package car.
A team of highly qualified fabrication specialists transformed the old truck, dropping in a 514-cubic-inch factory Ford SVO crate motor that generates 620 horsepower and 700 pounds of torque. The engine, in turn, was fitted with a two-stage nitrous oxide injection system that boosts its output to 800 horsepower, allowing for low gear burnouts and an estimated top speed of nearly 150 mph on the track.
During NBC's Daytona 500 broadcast on Sunday, Feb. 19, viewers will get their first glimpse of the modified UPS package car in two new spots.
Full Story - http://biz.yahoo.com/bwml/060215/155552.html?.v=1
