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Fans Eager for a Shot at the Grand Prize at the Sprint Summer Showdown:

September 3, 2011 at 12:00 AM

  • Thousands of fans will be at Atlanta Motor Speedway to see which NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver will win Sunday’s AdvoCare 500, but none will be watching with more interest than the five who have a shot at a portion of the $3 million payout in the Sprint Summer Showdown.
    Andrea Gay, Helene Cross, Ronald Rempinski, Dana Hardie and Molly Hilyard will be in Atlanta to see whether their qualified driver can claim the Sprint Summer Showdown title and the $3 million payout – $1 million for the driver, $1 million for the driver’s charity, and $1 million for a lucky fan (or fans). “Fans are what make this sport so great, and fans have made the Sprint Summer Showdown presented by HTC EVO 3D promotion a huge success,” said Tim Considine, director of sports marketing for Sprint. “We’d love to show our gratitude to every fan who entered by handing over a $1 million check to one of the five Sunday night.”
    Each of the five correctly picked the winning driver for one of the qualifying races on Sprint.com/Speed during the promotion, which began with the Brickyard 400 on July 31. Their names were then randomly chosen from the pool of entrants who correctly picked the winning driver for each race, and they are paired with that driver for the final race of the promotion at Atlanta. If their driver wins the race, the fan(s) win $1 million. Because he won two of the five qualifying races, Brad Keselowski will have two fans paired with him in Atlanta. If he wins, the fans will split the $1 million fan portion of the payout equally.
    To help fans and viewers identify which drivers are finalists for the Sprint Summer Showdown, the four drivers’ cars will feature special yellow numbers and spoilers for this event. One of the four designated charities can also claim part of the $3 million Sprint Summer Showdown purse if their respective driver crosses the finish line first on Sunday night.
    The drivers, their paired fans and designated charities are:
    Race Won, Driver, Designated Charity, Fan and Hometown
    Indy, #27-Paul Menard, Habitat for Humanity, Andrea Gay – Voorhees, N.J. Pocono, #2-Brad Keselowski, Keselowski’s Checkered Flag Foundation, Helene Cross – Kansas City, Mo. Watkins Glen, #9-Marcos Ambrose, Victory Junction, Ron Rempinski – St. Charles
    Michigan, #18-Kyle Busch, Kyle Busch Foundation, Dana Hardie – Laurel Hill, NC.
    Bristol, #2-Brad Keselowski, Keselowski’s Checkered Flag Foundation, Molly Hilyard – Sidney, OH.(Sprint)(9-3-2011)