The "Find Your Wheels" Sweepstakes was a sweepstakes held by Cartoon Network's Toonami block that began on Friday, October 31, 2003 and ended on Friday, November 7, 2003. To enter, participants were instructed to watch the Toonami broadcast, from 5:00-7:00 PM and call the toll-free number given during commercial breaks. 200 2nd prize winners were selected at random from the pool of entrants and received a Hot Wheels Serpent Cyclone Track Set. 1 grand prize winner was also chosen at random from the pool of entrants and received a customized PT Cruiser loaded with Hot Wheels cars.[1][2]
Prizes[]
- 1 grand prize winner received a customized PT Cruiser loaded with Hot Wheels cars
- 200 2nd prize winners received a Hot Wheels Serpent Cyclone Track Set and a copy of the album Get the Picture? by Smash Mouth
Trivia[]
- This sweepstakes was sponsored by Hot Wheels.[1]
- This sweepstakes was open to all legal residents of the United States, over the age of 5, except residents of Alaska, Florida and Hawaii.[1]
- If the grand prize was won by a minor, it was awarded to the parent or legal guardian of the entrant.[1]
- Prior to the start of this sweepstakes, Hot Wheels: World Race premiered on Toonami from October 3-31, 2003, airing on Fridays.
- The album Get the Picture? by Smash Mouth was included in the 2nd prize because the song "Hot" appears in Hot Wheels: World Race.
- The album Get the Picture? by Smash Mouth was released on August 5, 2003.
- In April of 2003, Hot Wheels was the focal point of another Cartoon Network sweepstakes (non-Toonami) titled the Hot Wheels World Race Sweepstakes.
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Find Your Wheels ". cartoonnetwork.com. November 2003. http://web.archive.org/web/20031203211335/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com:80/promos/200310_hotwheels/index.html. Retrieved on December 30, 2018.
- ↑ "Win a PT Cruiser By Watching Toonami Today ". toonamiinfolink.com. November 7, 2003. http://www.toonamiinfolink.com/modules7548.html?name=News&file=article&sid=598. Retrieved on December 30, 2018.