Live Truck Drag Racing

[PKGable]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ioHh4a5C-9g


This is out of El Paso, the ABC and CBS trucks racing. I think the photographer for the CBS station (far left truck) has already been fired. This is pretty funny, but pretty dumb.

[Stupid]

I think the NBC in Spokane has a sat truck that is a record holder in its weight class

[!]

From the comments:

"This is Charlie Bernal here. I was the driver of the KDBC unit that night. Im glad everyone enjoyed that one. Im still laughing my ass off to this day about it. BUT, unfortunately I was canned today from KDBC because of this. No matter though, I payed for what I did :p Definately a night to remember!!"

Good move by management. I wouldn't allow someone with this lack of judgment to operate a company vehicle in the future, either.

[Sigonfile]

What about the other driver? Did he get canned also?

[Spike]

A little more info. (http://elpasotimes.typepad.com/mediabuzz/2008/03/drag-racing-liv.html)

[elvez]

That was awesome!
And, yeah, they should all be fired.
But that was awesome!

[The Thrill]

Hey, at least they kept the trucks on solid ground.

http://content.ytmnd.com/content/f/a/b/fab2c6fac4cac1e70db8f91cd95a5d43.jpg

But yes, this was extremely stupid. Floggings all around!

[newz2me]

While this stunt goes way beyond stupid I always thought that all the local stations should get together and do a live truck rodeo for charity. Have traffic cones mark out boundries and do an obstacle course, 3 point turns and parallel park. Perhaps have events like setting up and breaking down the truck. Kinda like the competitions fire deptartments do but crafted to our field.

[Quagmire]

Did anyone catch the 1/4 mile and reaction time?

[Who Cares???]

The more I think about this... the increasingly bitter-sweet it becomes.