UPS and Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas to Unveil Special Safe Driving Paint Scheme for NASCAR Race at Texas Motor Speedway
UPS NASCAR Driver David Ragan Joins Local Teens to Promote Safe Driving Program
- Press Release
- Source: UPS
- On 10:00 am EST, Monday November 2, 2009
--(BUSINESS WIRE)--UPS (NYSE: UPS - News):
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WHAT: |
UPS and Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas will unveil a special paint scheme for NASCAR driver David Ragan’s UPS No. 6 Ford Fusion to promote UPS Road CodeSM, a comprehensive teen safe driving course that incorporates UPS’s world-class safe-driving methods, including the latest interactive tools originally developed to train UPS’s newest generation of drivers. | |
| UPS and Boys & Girls Clubs of America have joined forces to prevent the leading cause of adolescent deaths in America by teaching teens to drive more safely. The UPS Foundation has given $1.5 million to this cause and is supplying driving experts to serve as volunteer instructors. | ||
| You are invited to Texas Motor Speedway for the unveiling of the special paint scheme and to hear from Ragan, who will talk to 50 local teens about the importance of safe driving. One of the components of UPS Road Code is a computerized safe-driving simulator that teens use to test what they have learned during the course. Ragan will test his own skills behind the wheel of the simulator at the event – just days before hitting the track for the Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. | ||
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WHEN: |
Thursday, November 5, 2009 | |
| 6 - 9 p.m. CST | ||
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WHERE: |
Texas Motor Speedway | |
| 3545 Lone Circle | ||
| Fort Worth, TX 76177 | ||
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WHO: |
David Ragan, NASCAR Driver and UPS Road Code Spokesperson | |
| Executives from UPS and Boys & Girls Clubs of America/Greater Dallas | ||
| Teen participants | ||
| Claude Rigsby, UPS veteran driver and UPS Road Code instructor | ||
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VISUALS: |
Special paint scheme on the UPS No. 6 Ford Fusion | |
| Driving simulators with 180-degree views (available for test drives) |
Contact:
UPS
Ronna Charles Branch, (c) 404-387-2928
rcbranch@ups.com
or
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Brian Hill, (c) 404-434-7039
bhill@bgca.org
or
JMI
Alexis Kinch, (c) 317-363-8816
akinch@justmarketing.com
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