Nerve Center

- Season 2

(2012)

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50,000 people from all over North America descend on the iconic Las Vegas Motor Speedway to watch one of the most thrilling car races of the year, the IndyCar World Championships. While most people know the race as a fast and furious ride, they don't get to see the amazing technology, coordination and talent that work tirelessly behind the scenes to pull off this multi-million dollar event.

Best known for its trademark brown trucks, vans and scooters, UPS delivers almost sixteen million packages in 220 countries around the globe every day. The company also boasts one of the world's largest plane fleets with 223 aircraft.

The Channel Tunnel is one of the seven wonders of the modern world. Completed in 1994, it rang in at a cost 21 billion dollars. The result was a fixed rail link running 100 meters below the English Channel. High-speed passenger trains whiz through the tunnel at 100 miles per hour making their way from central London to Paris in just over 2 hours.

Nearly half of the blooms that make up the $40 billion a year flower industry will be bought at the Aalsmeer Flower Auction outside Amsterdam. Every day highly perishable imports arrive from around the globe, only to be shipped out less than 24 hours later. Around Valentine's Day, this logistics hub will be stretched to its limit as thousands caring for more than 100 million roses alone.

Boasting the biggest vertical drop in North America and with over 8000 acres of mountainous terrain, Whistler Blackcomb is one of the best places in the world to ski and snowboard. With an average of 430 inches of snowfall a season, the fresh powder is what joy riders are after but this much snow can also be deadly. A team of 5000 work 24/7 to keep them safe.