GMAC Bank NASCAR Givaway
FOR RELEASE: March 1, 2002Win The Ultimate Racing Experience With GMAC Bank
HORSHAM, Pa. - GMAC Bank is giving away a race fan's dream as the national remote bank is teaming up with Hendrick Motor Sports and its NASCAR® race team to offer a March 2002 promotional sweepstakes entitled "Rev Up Your Banking...Win the Ultimate Racing Experience."
Sweepstakes entrants can win an all-expense paid trip for two to the Checker Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix International Raceway later this year and the opportunity to meet members of the Hendrick Racing Team, which includes such top drivers as Jeff Gordon, Terry Labonte and Ricky Hendrick. Sweepstakes entrants may also win the chance to learn how to drive a real racecar on an actual competition track at one of the Richard Petty Driving Schools located around the country.
"This sweepstakes was specifically designed to link GMAC Bank with the automotive heritage of its parent companies, General Motors and GMAC," said Craig Apatov, senior vice president and chief marketing officer for GMAC Bank.
"The 'Rev Up Your Banking' sweepstakes creates the perfect opportunity for us to showcase the capabilities of our Web site," said Dan Roderick, senior vice president and chief information officer for GMAC Bank. "Customers can easily apply for deposit and loan products, enroll in online banking and receive an instant approval in minutes."
In addition, GMAC Bank online banking customers can transfer funds between GMAC Bank accounts, view detailed account history and access a full-featured, pay-anyone bill payment service.
To enter the "Rev Up Your Banking" sweepstakes, contestants must log on to the GMAC Bank interactive transactional Web site at www.gmacbank.com between March 1 - 31, 2002 where they will be required to view a short online video that describes GMAC Bank and its products. Mail-in entries will also be accepted for those unable to enter online.
One lucky winner will receive the Grand Prize of a 5-day, 4-night trip for two to Phoenix to attend the Checker Auto Parts 500 race in November. The Grand Prize includes: round-trip air transportation; double occupancy hotel accommodations; a rental car; helicopter transfer from the hotel to the racetrack for a selected race; two tickets to each day of racing at the 2002 Phoenix 500; access to the hospitality suite for the Winston Cup® Series race; and $500 in cash to cover race day incidentals.
In addition, several First Prize trips for two to a Richard Petty Driving Experience will be drawn weekly. The prize includes round trip air transportation, hotel accommodations and ground transportation to one of the 25 Richard Petty Driving Schools located around the U.S. Second Prize-winners will receive racing-related merchandise, such as t-shirts, bags, hats and die cast miniature race cars.
Contestants may enter once each week throughout March, with a maximum of four entries per person. All prize-winners will be notified by April 30, 2002.
Headquartered in Greenville, Del., GMAC Bank operates as a federally chartered thrift offering remote banking and such personal financial services as FDIC-insured money market accounts, certificates of deposit and transactional checking accounts in person, via the phone, Internet, and mail.
GMAC Bank is a member of the FDIC and an Equal Housing Lender. GMAC Bank is an affiliate of GMAC Mortgage Corporation, one of the nation's largest residential mortgage lenders and servicers with over 2 million customers throughout the United States. GMAC Bank operates as a subsidiary of GMAC Residential Holding Corp., an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of General Motors Corporation.
Sweepstakes void where prohibited by law. This release is a summary of the sweepstakes and is not intended to be a complete description of the rules governing the sweepstakes. See the sweepstakes rules for complete details.