Official Rules for Castrol SYNTEC Top Car Challenge Sweepstakes
- NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING.
- INTRODUCTION: BP Lubricants USA, Inc. and Source Interlink Magazines, LLC (“Sponsors”) are together offering the Castrol SYNTEC Top Car Challenge Sweepstakes described in these official rules (the "Sweepstakes").
- ELIGIBILITY: The Sweepstakes is open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who as of 5/5/09 are 18 years of age or older. Employees of the Sponsors and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliated companies, dealers and agents, and the foregoing employees’ household or immediate family members (defined as parent, spouse, child, sibling or grandparent) are NOT eligible to enter the Sweepstakes.
- TIMING: Sweepstakes begins at 10 a.m. Pacific Time ("PT") on 5/5/09 and ends at 5 p.m. PT on 10/5/09 (the "Sweepstakes Period").
- HOW TO ENTER: Limit one entry per day (PT) per e-mail address. Entry instructions: during the Sweepstakes Period visit www.SyntecTopCarChallenge.com or www.SyntecTopCar.com and correctly complete the official entry form (including casting your vote for the car you think will win the Castrol Top Car Challenge), then submit your entry as directed (please note that all required information/fields on entry form must be fully, accurately and legibly completed or entry may be voided). Sponsors reserve the right to include a Sweepstakes official entry form at any additional authorized website or other authorized location.
- PRIZE: One (1) prize will be awarded consisting of a check for $10,000. The said prize is nontransferable, must be accepted as awarded, will not be substituted and subject to the conditions herein, will be awarded. Winner is solely responsible for all taxes due on the Sweepstakes prize (including but not limited to federal, state, local taxes and sales tax where applicable).
- RANDOM DRAWING: On or about 10/8/09 the Sponsors will select the Sweepstakes winner by random drawing from all eligible entries received that voted for the winning car in the Castrol Top Car Challenge (“Challenge”). The decisions of the Sponsors on all matters related to the Sweepstakes and the Challenge shall be final and binding. A participant selected as the potential Sweepstakes winner must comply with all terms and conditions set forth in these official rules, and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all such requirements. Odds of winning depend on the total number of eligible entries received that voted for the winning car in the Challenge.
- NOTIFICATION: Potential Sweepstakes winner will be notified (the "Notification") by email, mail or courier (or other method at the discretion of Sponsors) within about seven (7) days of the above-mentioned random drawing. Within ten (10) days of the actual send date, postmark or shipment date of the Notification, a potential winner must correctly complete, execute and return the following document as directed: An Affidavit, Waiver, Release and Indemnity Agreement, including where lawful a Publicity Release (all information requested in the said agreement must be accurately and legibly provided by a potential winner). Please note that additional documents may be required at the discretion of Sponsors. Failure to comply with the requirements of this paragraph (or the return of any prize or prize notification as non-deliverable) may result in disqualification and in the forfeiture of any right to a prize, in which case such prize will be awarded to an alternate by random drawing.
- E-MAIL ADDRESS: In the event of a dispute regarding which individual submitted any entry, such entry will be deemed submitted by the natural person whose name is on the entry form.
- RELEASE: By participating in the Sweepstakes and/or accepting a prize, a participant/winner agrees to defend, release and hold harmless the Sponsors and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions, advertising and promotion agencies, and the foregoing companies’ officers, directors, shareholders, members, managers, employees, representatives, agents and all others associated with the development and execution of the Sweepstakes and the Challenge (collectively the "Releasees") from and against any actions, claims and/or liability for injury, loss or damage of any kind (including any for the violation or infringement of any proprietary or personal right of any individual or entity, and any personal injury, death and/or property damage) resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from participation in the Sweepstakes, and/or the use, acceptance, or possession of a Sweepstakes prize, and/or participation in a Sweepstakes prize-related activity. By participating in the Sweepstakes and/or accepting a prize, a participant/winner consents to and gives the Sponsors and their respective representatives, licensees, assignees, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions, advertising and promotion agencies (collectively the “Licensees”): a) The right to photograph/video a winner and a winner’s property (including an awarded Sweepstakes prize); and b) The right in perpetuity to use, reuse, publish and display a participant’s/winner’s name, address, entry form information, statements, quotes, opinions, blog(s), picture, portrait, likeness, voice, video, photograph(s), biographical information, prize information, and winner-submitted photograph(s)/video/text/blog (in whole or in part, as may be adapted, edited or modified, as solely determined by Licensees) for advertising, trade, publicity and promotional purposes in any media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide, and on the World Wide Web, without review, notification or approval, all without limitation or additional consideration, unless prohibited by law. Entries will not be acknowledged or returned.
- CONDITIONS: Participants agree that by participating in the Sweepstakes they release the Releasees from any liability in connection with: a) Entries that are ineligible as a result of being lost, late, illegible, damaged, incomplete, stolen, or misdirected; b) Any typographical or other human or technical errors in the offer or administration of the Sweepstakes and the Challenge, including but not limited to errors in advertising, these official rules, the judging rules for the challenge, the selection and announcement of a winner(s), or the distribution/awarding of a Sweepstakes prize(s); and c) Any omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay, misdirection, damage, line failure, injury, technical malfunctions or traffic congestion on the Internet/telephone network, or at any website, or any combination thereof. Sponsors reserve the right to modify these rules for clarification purposes without materially affecting the terms and conditions of the Sweepstakes. If, in the Sponsor’s opinion, there is any suspected evidence of tampering with any portion of the Sweepstakes, or if technical difficulties compromise the integrity of the Sweepstakes, the Sponsor reserves the right to modify or terminate the Sweepstakes in a manner deemed appropriate by the Sponsor, at the Sponsor’s discretion. Failure to enforce any term of these official rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. Failure to enforce any term of these official rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
- LAWS: Subject to all federal, state and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited or restricted.
- USE OF INFORMATION: The collection and use of entrant information will be governed by the following online privacy policy, available for viewing at http://privacy.sourceinterlinkmedia.com/.
- WINNERS' LIST: A winner’s list will be available by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope by 10/31/09 to: Castrol SYNTEC Top Car Challenge Sweepstakes, Winner’s List, P.O. Box 459, Dana Point, CA 92629-0459.
- SPONSORS: BP Lubricants USA, Inc., 1500 Valley Road, Wayne, NJ 07470 and Source Interlink Magazines, LLC, 261 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016.