8月24日，本田汽车的执行总裁福井威夫亲自下场试车，对公司开发的新赛车292 千米的时速进行了测试。外电有这样的报道：On Tuesday, Takeo Fukui, president and chief executive of Japan's third-biggest car maker, pulled off a publicity stunt that had spectators applauding as he squeezed out of Honda's BARf-1 racing car after doing laps around the test track. Pull off除了“脱掉（衣服等）”的意思外，还表示“努力实现，赢得”。例如：pull off a coup（做成一件漂亮事），pull off a scoop（抢先获得独家新闻）。