NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.
ELIGIBILITY: "ARCA Nation Most Popular Driver Award presented by National Speed Sport News (NSSN)" Contest (the "Contest") is open to all individual legal residents of the forty-eight (48) contiguous United States of America and the District of Columbia, age 21 years or older, who have Internet access as of February 1st, 2010, except employees (and their immediate families (i.e., spouse, parent, child, sibling and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and those living in the same households, whether or not related) of ARCA and NSSN and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions, trustees, franchisees, participating vendors, distributors, and advertising and promotion agencies (collectively, with the Sponsors, the "Contest Entities") are not eligible to enter or win. Void wherever prohibited or restricted by law. Contest is governed by U.S. law and subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. By entering the Contest, entrants warrant that they are eligible to participate in the Contest, agree to accept and be bound by all terms of these Official Rules and Regulations ("Official Rules") and understand that they and/or their Submissions (as defined in Rule 2 below) may appear in television, Internet, print media and/or radio coverage of the Contest. Sponsors reserve the right to verify the eligibility of any entrant.
HOW TO ENTER: Starting at 12:00 a.m. on February 1, 2010 and ending at 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 23, 2010 (the "Entry Period"), Sponsors will conduct the Contest encouraging entrants to enter for a chance to win a prize. To enter, each entrant must: (i) log on to the ARCANation.com website www.arcanation.com (the "Website"), beginning at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET") on February 1, 2010, and complete and submit the online entry form, including his/her name, address, telephone number (including the area code), e-mail address (if any) and birth date; (the online entry form will be referred to collectively as the "Submission").
All Submissions must be submitted online using the instructions located on the Website. Each entrant is entitled to one vote or "submission" per 24 hours. To be eligible, each Submission must be received no later than 11:59p.m. ET on Oct. 23, 2010. All Submissions become the property of the Sponsors and will not be acknowledged or returned.
All Submissions must be submitted in the name of an individual person and prize can only be awarded to the person whose name is on the online entry form that is part of the winning Submission. No mechanical reproductions, incomplete or altered entries will be accepted.
Sponsors reserve the right in their sole discretion to disqualify any Submission at any time in the event it is determined Submission is offensive, inappropriate, not in keeping with Sponsors' images or if it is determined that the entrant has not otherwise complied with these Official Rules.
By submitting a Submission, each entrant in the Submission consents to the submission and use of the Submission in the Contest in the manner set forth in these Official Rules. The Released Parties are not responsible for misdirected, delayed, incomplete, inaccurate, lost, late, illegible or undeliverable Submissions or Votes (as defined in Rule 3), technical, hardware, or software failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmissions, intellectual property theft or other unauthorized use of intellectual property or other errors, omissions, interruptions or problems which may limit or affect an entrant's ability to participate in the Contest, whether human, mechanical, typographical, printing, electronic, network or otherwise, relating to or in connection with the Contest, including, without limitation, errors which may occur in connection with the administration of the Contest, the processing of Submissions, the tabulation of Votes, the announcement of a prize or in any Contest-related materials.
Further, Sponsors are not responsible for electronic communications which are undeliverable as a result of any form of active or passive filtering of any kind or insufficient space in entrant's e-mail account to receive e-mail messages. Sponsors disclaim any liability for damage to any computer system resulting from participation in, or accessing or downloading information in connection with, this Contest. In the event of sabotage, acts of God, terrorism or threats thereof, computer virus or other events or causes beyond the Sponsors' control, which corrupt the integrity, administration, security or proper operation of the Contest, Sponsors reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to modify, cancel or suspend the Contest (or a portion thereof).
False or deceptive Submissions or acts will render the entrant ineligible. Sponsors reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to disqualify any entrant from this Contest or any other promotion conducted now or in the future by Sponsors or any of their respective affiliates if he/she tampers with the entry process or his/her fraud or misconduct affects the integrity of the Contest. Each entrant hereby acknowledges and agrees that the relationship between entrant and Sponsors is not a confidential, fiduciary or other special relationship, and that entrant's decision to submit his/her Submission to Sponsors for purposes of the Contest does not place Sponsors in a position that is any different from the position held by members of the general public with regard to elements of entrant's Submission.
By entering the Contest, entrant grants Sponsors a perpetual, fully-paid, irrevocable, non-exclusive license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, distribute, display, exhibit, transmit, broadcast, televise, digitize, otherwise use and permit others to use and perform throughout the world the Submission in any manner, form or format now or hereinafter created, including on the internet, and for any purpose, including, but not limited to, advertising or promotion of Sponsors and their services, all without further consent from or payment to you.
Entrant understands that his/her name and Submission may be posted on the Website in connection with Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to correct clerical or typographical errors in promotional materials. Limit: one (1) Submission per person or e-mail address per day (24 hour period) during the Entry Period. If additional entries are received, only the entry received earliest will be judged. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of any entrant, the authorized account holder of the email address from which the entry is submitted will be deemed to be the entrant.
GRAND PRIZE WINNER: One (1) Grand Prize Winner (the "Grand Prize Winner") will be selected by Sponsors from among all eligible Submissions received during the Voting Period. Votes generated by script, macro or other automated means or with the intent to impair the integrity of the Voting process will be void.
WINNER NOTIFICATION: The Grand Prize Winner will be notified by U.S. mail, email and/or telephone on or around Oct. 25, 2010 and will be required to fulfill all requirements set forth herein or Winner's prize will be forfeited and, at Sponsors' discretion, awarded to a second entrant. Each Potential Weekly Winner may be required to pass a civil, criminal and financial background check and may be disqualified based on the background check results, in the Sponsors' sole discretion.
GRAND PRIZE:
One (1) Grand Prize Winner will receive the following: a three (3) day/two (2) night trip to the ARCA Racing Series National Awards Banquet at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center scheduled for December 4, 2010. The trip shall include the following: (i) round-trip coach-class airline tickets from the major U.S. gateway airport nearest the Grand Prize Winner's residence to the major airport nearest the location of the Banquet in Covington, Kentucky for Grand Prize Winner and one (1) guest, if Grand Prize Winner resides within 300 miles, ground transportation may be provided in lieu of air transportation and no compensation or substitution will be provided for difference in prize value; (ii) one (1) room, double occupancy, standard hotel accommodations (at a hotel determined by Sponsors) for Grand Prize Winner and one (1) guest for two (2) nights; (iii) two (2) tickets to the Banquet. All trip/travel arrangements are determined by Sponsors in their sole discretion.
Grand Prize Winner is responsible for all costs and expenses not expressly provided for above, including but not limited to additional ground transportation, meals, incidentals, tips, telephone calls, souvenirs, hotel charges, taxes, fees and other personal expenses incurred during the trip. Grand Prize Winner and guest must travel on the same itinerary on dates specified by Sponsors (which may be subject to change) and are solely responsible for obtaining proper documentation (e.g., valid photo ID) prior to travel. All travel arrangements are subject to availability, blackout dates and other restrictions. Additional restrictions apply. The actual value of the Grand Prize will depend upon point of departure and dates of travel. All tickets are subject to terms and conditions of their issuers. Travel must be made through Sponsors' agent, on a carrier of Sponsors' choice, in seat locations determined by Sponsors. Winner and guest must comply with all applicable Banquet venue and other rules, and failure to do so may result in forfeiture of prize. If any portion of the prize is cancelled or postponed for any reason, Sponsors will have no obligation to award compensation in lieu thereof, the remainder of the prize will be awarded and Sponsors will have no further obligation to winner. No substitution or transfer of prizes or cash redemptions permitted by winners. Sponsors reserve the right to substitute for any reason whatsoever a prize (or portion thereof) of comparable or greater value, at their sole discretion. The Winners are responsible for the reporting and payment of all taxes (if any) as well as any other cost and expense associated with acceptance and use of a prize not specified herein as being awarded. All prize details are at Sponsors' sole discretion.
GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS: By entering this Contest and/or accepting the prize, entrants grant Sponsors and their designees the right, unless prohibited by law, to use their names, cities and states of residences, voices, performances, pictures and likenesses (including recorded media coverage), without compensation, notification or approval, for the purpose of advertising, promotional and other purposes, in any manner or medium, now or hereafter known, throughout the universe in perpetuity, any such use with respect to a minor to be subject to prior approval of parent or legal guardian. Information collected from entrants are subject to Sponsors' privacy policies available at www.arcanation.com and/or www.nationalspeedsportnews.com. Each potential Prize Winner may, in Sponsors' sole discretion, be required to execute an affidavit of eligibility, liability release, tax acknowledgment form (if applicable) and, except where prohibited by law, publicity release and return within five (5) business days of date of issuance of notification. Trip participants must sign travel releases. Noncompliance within this time period or failure of such potential Prize Winner to respond to a notification attempt within five (5) days of such attempt may result in disqualification and, at Sponsors' discretion, another entrant will be declared the potential Prize Winner. If: (i) any prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, (ii) the potential Prize Winner declines his/her prize; (iii) the potential Prize Winners are unable to travel on dates approved by Sponsors; (iv) the potential Prize Winner fails to comply with any of the Official Rules as outlined herein, he/she will be disqualified and, at Sponsors' discretion, another entrant will be declared the potential Prize Winner. If a potential Prize Winner is a minor in his/her state of residence, Sponsors reserve the right to award the prize in the name of his/her parent or legal guardian who will be responsible for fulfilling all requirements imposed on such Prize Winner set forth herein. With respect to the entrants' Submissions, entrants hereby irrevocably grant Sponsors and their designees the non-exclusive, perpetual, universal right to use their Submissions, in whole or in part, alone or in combination with other material, or as a basis for new material, as Sponsors may determine in their sole discretion, and to use the Submission in connection with the Contest and related advertising and promotion or otherwise, but not as a direct endorsement of any product or service. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, entrants agree that the rights granted hereunder shall include, but not be limited to, the perpetual, universal right of Sponsors and their designees to use, edit, telecast, cablecast, rerun, record, publish, reproduce, license, print, distribute and/or otherwise exploit, in any language and in all media now known or hereafter devised, the Submissions in whole or in part, without any further compensation to entrant or any third party. Entrants may be required to execute any documents necessary to perfect such rights in the Sponsors. The Contest Entities and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the "Released Parties") expressly disclaim any responsibility and entrants agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Released Parties from and against any and all claims, actions, demands and/or liability for injury, damage or loss whatsoever relating to or arising in connection with participation in this Contest (regardless of the cause of such injury, damage or loss), Sponsors' use of any materials submitted by entrant and/or the delivery and/or subsequent use or misuse of any prize awarded.
CAUTION. ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSORS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
OFFICIAL RULES OR WINNERS' LIST: For a copy of these Official Rules or the Winners List (available after November 5, 2010), send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the following address by January 5, 2010 (please specify "Official Rules" or "Winners"): "NSSN/ARCA CONTEST" P.O. Box 1210, Harrisburg, NC 28075. VT residents may omit return postage on rules requests.
SPONSORS: ARCA, PO Box 5217, Toledo, OH 43611 and NSSN, PO Box 1210, Harrisburg, NC 28075.All Rights Reserved. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.