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Fluke announces winner of “Take a Test Drive” Sweepstakes

June 14, 2002
Palmer Thornton, vice president of Sawdy Electric, Palmetto, Fla., has a new Harley Davidson, thanks to Fluke Corp.’s “Take a Test Drive” Sweepstakes. One of more than 170,000 customers that entered the contest, which ran from September through March, Thornton won the bike in a drawing after “test driving” eligible Fluke products through his local distributor, Rexel Consolidated, Bradenton, Fla. “I’ve

Palmer Thornton, vice president of Sawdy Electric, Palmetto, Fla., has a new Harley Davidson, thanks to Fluke Corp.’s “Take a Test Drive” Sweepstakes.

One of more than 170,000 customers that entered the contest, which ran from September through March, Thornton won the bike in a drawing after “test driving” eligible Fluke products through his local distributor, Rexel Consolidated, Bradenton, Fla.

“I’ve owned a Fluke DMM in the past, and my wife bought me a Fluke clamp meter for Christmas, so I decided to fill out the contest entry form at Rexel,” said Thornton. “I never expected to win. I send in for things all the time, but I’ve never won anything. I just went kind of numb when I heard.”

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