Jonesboro, AR – (JonesboroRightNow.com) – October 5, 2024 – Life changed for Chris Young of Jonesboro shortly after 11:00am Saturday. Young won a 2024 Ford Maverick Tremor edition pick-up at the conclusion of the Maverick and Money Sweepstakes, a radio promotion executed by the stations of the Jonesboro Radio Group.
Of the listeners who had qualified by texting keywords announced by the radio stations over the last ten weeks, 1,689 of them showed up at Cavenaugh Ford and checked-in for Saturday’s contest.
Ten numbers were drawn at random making ten listeners “finalists.” Each finalist picked one of ten Sonic brown bags. Contained in each brown bag was a Sonic cup covered by a lid. Inside the cup was either a $100 bill, or the key fob for the new truck.
One by one the finalists opened their bags and looked inside their cups. One by one opened the cups to find a $100 bill.
It came down to the final two listeners. That’s when Young opened his bag, looked inside his cup and found the key fob indicating he had won the truck.
“I can’t believe it,” said a tearful Young. “I recently lost my sister. My family and I saw a butterfly flying around just before the drawing. We knew it was my sister making her presence here.”
Young said he asked his sister which bag to pick. “I knew she was here!”
The truck Young won was valued at just over $40,000. The sales tax had already been paid by the radio group.
This was the 22nd vehicle giveaway promotion involving the Jonesboro Radio Group, Cavenaugh Auto Group, and Sonic Drive In Jonesboro co-op.
“We do these giveaways because we love our customers and our community,” said Don Cavenaugh. “I enjoy being on stage and looking out on to our lot and seeing all of these people coming to be a part of this.