Racing with Red Cat Contest! Rules


Starting Monday, July 15, 2019 WQNY will be starting the “Racing with Red Cat” contest. This on-air contest will run until July 19, 2019. WQNY will collect five qualifier one each day (7/15,7/16,7/17,7/18,7/19). Prior to the host collecting a qualifier they will announce what the listeners must do to be a qualifier for that specific day EX: Caller #7, Answer a Question etc. On July 19, 2019 after the final and fifth qualifier is chosen we will have a random drawing from all five qualifiers for the grand prize package, Racing with Red Cat Ultimate Fan Experience which is valid for August 3rd and 4th at Watkins Glen International. Grand Prize winner will be chosen at random from all qualified entrants on Friday, June 19, 2019 after the close of the contest.

Should we not have five qualifiers after the close of the qualifying phase we will move on with our current number of qualifiers. The non-grand prize-winning qualifiers will receive a $25 gift certificate to Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards. All qualifiers and our grand prize winner will be contacted by phone and notified of their prize.

Our one winner will receive:

  • 2 Full-weekend general admission tickets to Watkins Glen International Raceway
  • 2 Full weekend hospitality passes to the Red Cat Bog at Watkins Glen International, including Saturday & Sunday breakfast and lunch, six wine or beer drink chips per person per day, fan walk front stretch access, VIP table seating for driver interview sessions
  • Red Cat/WGI swag bag for each guest
  • Complimentary wine tasting for two at Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards

Approximate Retail Value: $635

Must be 21+ to enter. One entry per day per person. Submitting more than one entry per person per day will invalidate all entries by that contestant. Any entry submitted on behalf of another individual or using another person’s email address or name will be disqualified and ineligible to claim any prize. Any attempt by any participant to obtain more than the stated number of entries allowed by using same, multiple/different email addresses, identities, or any other methods void that participants entries and that participant may be disqualified. In the event of a dispute as to any on-line registration, the authorized account holder of the email address sued to register will be deemed to be the registrant and he/she must be eligible according to these official rules. No mechanically reproduced or automated entries permitted. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification and all such entries will be deemed void.

WQNY contests are open to all eligible New York State and Pennsylvania State residents 21 or older have not won anything on WQNY in the past 30 days or any prize valued at $600 or more in the past 6 months. Only one winner per household is permitted within 30 days after a household has a winner. Any prize awarded to an ineligible listener will be deemed null and void, and an alternate eligible winner may be named.

Employees of WQNY, Cayuga Radio Group, and its ultimate parent company, Saga Communications, Inc., their advertising agencies, affiliates, contest sponsors, employees and immediate families of each, and employees of all media of mass communication within a one hundred mile radius of the WQNY main studio are not eligible to win any contest.  Immediate family includes the spouse, great-grandparents, grandparents, parents, brothers, sisters, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren of the employee and his/her spouse. This also includes individuals for whom the employee is current legal guardian.

No purchase necessary. Prize is not redeemable or transferable for cash. WQNY sole responsibility will be to award the prize. WQNY shall have no further responsibility if the prize winner for any reason cannot or decides not to use any of the prize. Winner responsible for all applicable federal and state taxes. Fees and incidentals are not included with the prize and are the sole responsibility of the winner.

This contest is being run concurrently and simultaneously in the Ithaca New York are between radio stations associated with the Cayuga Radio Group and listeners of said stations will be competing against each other for the same prize. These rules supersede the rules found on the SecondStreet platform.

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