WIN A NEW 1969 CAMARO! Documenting Sweepstakes Contests & Raffles from 1968/1969

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August 1969
The Southern 500 Sweepstakes

"Your local Coca-Cola Bottler presents The Southern 500 Sweepstakes"
"Grand Prize: A Camaro Pace Car
"Sweepstakes begins August 1st and ends August 27th" (The race was run on September 1, 1969)

"Enter the Southern 500 Sweepstakes and win a Chevrolet Camaro Pace Car"
"Enjoy Coca-Cola"

I'm still not sure if the Grand Prize is the white 1969 Camaro RS/SS 396 convertible shown in the ads and used by Darlington International Raceway to pace their NASCAR events or if they were giving away a 1969 Camaro RS/SS Z11 convertible.

2 & 3) Poster (approx. 16" x 26") is from worthpoint.com

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August 1969
The Southern 500 Sweepstakes

This looks the same as the paper poster but it is a cardboard stand-up sign (15.75" x 25.75"): worthpoint.com

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August 1969
Fairmont Speedway

"...smiles happily from inside of car won in drawing"
"...won the pace car given away annually by the Martin County Fairboard during the final night of racing at the Fairmont Speedways."
"...accepted the keys to the new Camaro..."

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August 1969
McCrory Stores

"Win a new Camaro Free"

[KurtS]

Seems like a lot more SS's were given away than in 67 or 68.

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Seems like a lot more SS's were given away than in 67 or 68.

I thought the same thing, especially since the United Delco Pleasure Hunt Contest alone was giving away 50 SS Camaros!

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No Date
Formula 409 Clean-Up and Away Sweepstakes

"409 Clean-Up and Away Sweepstakes"
"2nd Prize: Camaro Sports Coupe.  They call it 'The Hugger.'  The most sought after sportster on the road."

Found here: Ebay

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September 1969
Hudson Vitamins Double Chance

"Grand Prize: 2 Camaro Sport Coupes"

Funny how the prizes are Sport Coupes but they show a picture of a convertible.

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September 1969
Hanover House

"5 2nd Prizes: Pairs of 'His & Hers' Chevrolet Camaros"

"a pair of sporty cars for sporty couples!"

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September 1969
Diet Pepsi-Cola Air-Land-Sea Sweepstakes

"2nd Prize  New Camaro convertible - The Hugger from Chevrolet"
"Take off for worlds of fun in the all new Camaro Hugger with Rally Sport option - Turbo Hydra-Matic Transmission, white sidewalls and push button radio."

I found this same advertisement inside multiple different newspapers dated from September 25, 1969 to October 17, 1969.

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September 1969
Dialing for Dollars

"...won a 1969 Chevrolet Camaro in a recent contest held on Nick Perry's 'Dialing for Dollars Movie' show seen weekday mornings on WTAE-TV, Channel 4, Pittsburgh."
"There were more than 30,000 entries."

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September+ 1969
Whittwood Center Camaro Sweepstakes

"Camaro Sweepstakes"
"Win-Free 1969 Camaro Sport Coupe"
"First list of winning numbers will be posted in all stores Thursday, September 18"

"Whittwood Camaro Sweepstakes"
"Win Free New Chevrolet Camaro"

"The grand prize, a new Chevrolet Camaro, will gain an owner in the Whittwood 'Camaro Sweepstakes,' to take place at 2 p.m. Saturday afternoon, Nov. 1 in the south parking lot of the shopping center."
"Some lucky person will leave Whittwood Shopping Center Saturday afternoon behind the wheel of the new Camaro."

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September+ 1969
Whittwood Center Camaro Sweepstakes

"Someone must win this new Camaro 2 p.m. Sat., Nov. 1st"
"Whittwood Camaro Sweepstakes"

"...is the new owner of the Whittwood Center Camaro, grand prize of the sweepstakes drawing..."
"Whittier Prize Winner Takes Home New Camaro"
"The new Chevrolet Camaro went to...on the fourth number drawn."

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November 1969
Leonards

"Leonards $25,000 auto giveaway"
"Register Thursday, Nov. 13 thru Wednesday, Nov. 19 for a Jack Williams Chevrolet Camaro Sport Coupe"
"Drawing will be held evening of November 19."

November 1969 seems awfully late to be giving away a 1969 model year car but don't forget that the all new 1970 Camaro didn't go on sale until late February 1970.

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December 1969
O'Toole Motor Company Camaro Drawing

"Free New Camaro!!"

"It's count-down time for O'Toole Motor Co's free Camaro Drawing"

As in my previous post, they were still giving away a 1969 model year Camaro because the all new 1970 Camaro didn't go on sale until late February 1970.