Ten-dollar entry is all that separates you from a day with “The King” himself.
The Petty Foundation has teamed up with the charity sweepstakes website Omaze.com to organize an incredible contest where the winner drives home in a new, modified Chevrolet Camaro SS. The winner will receive the keys of that new muscle car from Richard Petty himself, along with touring the Petty Garage shop, the Petty Museum and having a barbecue lunch with the NASCAR legend.
The Grand Prize
The winner of this contest held by The Petty Foundation with head to North Carolina, where he or she and a guest will begin the day by touring the Petty Museum. While Richard Petty walks the winner through the museum he will talk about the glory days of the sport as he shows off some of his most famous race cars.
Next, the winner and Richard Petty will head to a barbecue lunch, where he will give you the keys to your new Camaro SS, customized and modified by the Petty Garage.
Finally, the day ends with a tour of the Petty Garage shop, where the Camaro SS was built for the new owner.
The grand prize also includes airfare for the winner and a guest, along with accommodations in a 4-star hotel. The winner will also go home with one of Richard Petty’s signature cowboy hats, autographed, of course.
How to Enter
For your chance to win this incredible grand prize, all you have to do is visit the sweepstakes page on Omaze.com. The least-expensive entry option costs $10 and that affords you 100 entries. $50 gets you 1,000 entries, $1,000 gets you 10,000 entries and an autographed photograph of Petty and $5,000 gets you 50,000 entries and an autographed Petty cowboy hat.
Best of all, even if you don’t win, your money will go to a good cause. The proceeds of this contest go to The Petty Foundation, a group that works with an assortment of local and national charities that benefit children and veterans. Thanks to this, even if you don’t win the grand prize, you are doing a good thing – and making a tax deductible donation to a good cause.
"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.
"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.
"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.
"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.
"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.
