$1 million drawing to be broadcast live from 2024 NASCAR Championship Weekend
(MUSL Press Release)
JOHNSTON, Iowa (October 13, 2024) – Eight lottery players are one step closer to winning a VIP trip for two to NASCAR Championship Weekend™ at Phoenix Raceway®, Nov. 8 -10, and entry into a nationally televised drawing to win $1 million!
Powerball® and NASCAR® announced today, during the Bank of America ROVAL™ 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on NBC, the eight lottery players who emerged from the latest elimination drawing in the NASCAR Powerball Playoff™. The eight lottery players advancing in the national Powerball promotion, include:
- Shunda Davis – Magnolia, MS
- Marilyn Elkie – St. Michael, MN
- Christopher Goggins – Greenbelt, MD
- Anthony Lawrence – Magnolia, DE
- Meagan Lewis – New Orleans, LA
- Beverly Lipford – Goldsboro, NC
- Mary Mauro – Denver, CO
- Thelma Price – Portland, ME
- Fawn Senn – Fox Lake, WI
- Tosha Tomlinson – Anderson, IN
- Kevin Weber – Bradenton, FL
- Michael Wells – Columbia, SC
The four lottery players eliminated from the NASCAR Powerball Playoff have each won $5,000, they include:
- Myisha Clark – Birdsboro, PA
- Edward Oechsli – Louisville, KY
- Noriko Puckett – Nashville, TN
- Kathy Sullivan – Albuquerque, NM
The lottery players entered the national Powerball portion through one of 27 participating state lotteries. Participating lotteries held in-state contests and second-chance drawings throughout the 2024 NASCAR regular season to form a national pool of entrants. Sixteen lottery players were randomly selected from the national pool in a preliminary drawing to advance to a series of Playoff-style drawings, with cash prizes awarded to all 16 lottery players based on their elimination position.
The next elimination drawing will determine the four finalists who will win a VIP trip for two to NASCAR Championship Weekend™ at Phoenix Raceway®, Nov. 8-10, and entry into the televised drawing for the $1 million prize. The four finalists will be announced during the Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway on Nov. 3. The race will air live on NBC, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio at 2 p.m. ET. The four players eliminated from the Playoff at that time will win $7,500 each.
| Powerball Playoff Drawings | Date | Race Announcement | Notes |
| Round of 16 | Sept. 1 | Cook Out Southern 500, Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC | 16 semi-finalists advance |
| Round of 12 | Sept. 21 |
Bass Pro Shops Night Race, Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN |
12 semi-finalists advance 4 eliminated win $2,500 |
| Round of 8 | Oct. 13 |
Bank of America ROVAL™ 400, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC |
8 semi-finalists advance 4 eliminated win $5,000 |
| Championship 4 | Nov. 3 |
Xfinity 500, Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA |
4 finalists advance & win VIP trip 4 eliminated win $7,500 |
| $1 Million Championship | Nov. 10 |
NASCAR Cup Series Championship, Phoenix Raceway, Avondale, AZ |
(1) $1 million winner (3) $10,000 winners |
The final drawing for the $1 million prize will be broadcast live during NBC’s pre-race coverage of the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race™ on Sunday, Nov. 10.
The VIP trip experience includes roundtrip airfare for two to Phoenix, Ariz., three nights hotel accommodations – double occupancy, two Ally Curve Hospitality Club passes for both the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race on Nov. 9 and the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race on Nov. 10, two passes for VIP experiences at Phoenix Raceway during the NASCAR Championship Weekend including Cup Series™ VIP access, NASCAR team hauler tour, MRN radio booth tour, pace car rides, Victory Lane access, welcome dinner and all meals, and ground transportation to scheduled events and activities.
Lotteries that participated in the 2024 NASCAR Powerball Playoff include Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hoosier (Indiana), Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Players can follow the NASCAR Powerball Playoff on Facebook, Instagram, and online at Powerball.com.
NASCAR® is a registered trademark of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC. Copyright ©2024 National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC. All Rights Reserved. NASCAR®, LLC is not a sponsor of this promotion.
About Powerball
Powerball® holds the current world record for largest national lottery jackpot at $2.04 billion. Since its first drawing in 1992, the game has helped generate more than $32 billion for good causes supported by U.S. lotteries. More than half of all proceeds from the sale of a Powerball ticket remain in the jurisdiction where the ticket was sold. Powerball tickets are $2 per play. Tickets are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Powerball drawings are broadcast live every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET from the Florida Lottery draw studio in Tallahassee. Powerball drawings are also live streamed on Powerball.com.
About NASCAR
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the sanctioning body for the No. 1 form of motorsports in the United States and owner of 14 of the nation’s major motorsports entertainment facilities. NASCAR sanctions races in three national series (NASCAR Cup Series™, NASCAR Xfinity Series™, and NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series™), four international series (NASCAR Brasil Sprint Race, NASCAR Canada Series, NASCAR Mexico Series, NASCAR Whelen Euro Series), four regional series (ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East & West and the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour) and a local grassroots series (NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series). The International Motor Sports Association™ (IMSA®) governs the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship™, the premier U.S. sports car series. NASCAR also owns Motor Racing Network, Racing Electronics, and ONE DAYTONA. Based in Daytona Beach, Florida, with offices in five cities across North America, NASCAR sanctions more than 1,200 races annually in 11 countries and more than 30 U.S. states.
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