Contest Rules

Cub Cadet^® Race Weekend Sweepstakes

Official Rules

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.  MAKING A PURCHASE DOES NOT IMPROVE CHANCES OF WINNING.  THE FOLLOWING SWEEPSTAKES IS VALID ONLY IN THE FIFTY (50) UNITED STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (D.C.), AND CANADA (EXCLUDING THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC) AND IS OPEN ONLY TO QUALIFIED PERSONS (AS DEFINED IN THE RULES BELOW).  VOID ELSEWHERE AND WHEREVER PROHIBITED.  BY PARTICIPATING IN THIS SWEEPSTAKES, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND THE DECISIONS OF SPONSOR AND ADMINISTRATOR.  DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE SWEEPSTAKES IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND FALL WITHIN THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AS SET FORTH BELOW. 

Sweepstakes Name:  Cub Cadet Race Weekend Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”).

Sweepstakes Dates: Sweepstakes registration is scheduled to begin at 12:00:00am Eastern Time (“ET”) on 7/11/2022 and end at 12:00:00am ET on 8/1/2022 (the “Registration Period”).  The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state/province and local laws and regulations, and is void outside of the (50) United States, D.C., and Canada.  Void in Quebec and wherever prohibited or restricted by law.

Who may Enter:  Sweepstakes is open only to legal residents of, and who are located within, the (50) U.S., D.C. or Canada (excluding residents of Quebec), who are age 21 or older as of date of entry, and have a valid driver’s license or government issued photo ID, except the following persons who are not eligible to enter, participate or win:

1. Employees, officers, and directors of MTD Products Inc ( “Sponsor”), Million Dollar Media (the “Sweepstakes Administrator”), Colle McVoy, and each of the foregoing’s respective franchisees, owners, employees, contractors, parents, affiliated companies, subsidiaries, distributors, retailers, printers, advertising and promotion agencies, any and all other companies associated with the design or execution of this promotion, or any employees, officers, directors, members, shareholders or agents of any participating retailers, distributors, or wholesalers (collectively, “Released Parties”), and the members of the immediate families or households, whether or not related, of any of the above. “Immediate family members” includes, for purposes of this promotion, parents (including in-laws), grandparents, siblings (including step-siblings), children (including step-children), grandchildren (including step grandchildren) and each of their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside.
2. NOTE:  residents of Canada must be in possession of, or be able to obtain prior to the scheduled departure date, a valid passport with expiration date a minimum of 6-months from the scheduled date of return flight.  Any Canadian entrant who is not in possession of a valid passport, or unable to obtain a valid passport prior to the scheduled departure date (see prize description below), shall be disqualified and ineligible to win.

How to Enter – Online Entry:  Visit https://theshed.cubcadet.com/watkinsglen-contest during the Registration Period and follow the online entry instructions provided to complete the online registration page with all required information including your name, valid email address, phone number (including area code), state/province of residence and zip code.  After having read and agreed to these Official Rules, click the submit button to submit your online entry.  All entries must be fully complete with all required information and must be received by 12:00:00 am ET on 8/1/2022 to be eligible.    

Any available opt-in opportunities are not required to enter the Sweepstakes, and opting-in will not improve your chances of winning.  By participating and submitting an entry, contestant agrees that Sponsor and participating parties are authorized to contact entrant via email, text, mail, phone or any other form of media to make contestant aware of information pertinent to the Sweepstakes.  Participants may also opt in to receive information regarding the Sponsor(s) featured products, special events or future contests, promotions or offers Contestants may opt-out of any further email communication at any time by simply replying REMOVE to any email message, or following the provided opt-out instructions.

Maximum of one entry per person.  Any incomplete or illegible entries will be disqualified.  Any entry submitted with an invalid email address or other false, inaccurate, incomplete, or incorrect information will be disqualified.  Released Parties are not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, illegible, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, damaged entries, or for entries submitted in a manner that is not expressly allowed under these rules, or for any entry not submitted or received due to any technical error or failure, unauthorized human intervention, inaccurate capture or mis-entry of any required information, or the failure to capture any such information for any reason including programming or technical errors, or effects of hackers or failure of any electronic equipment, computer or cellular transmissions and/or network connections; all of which will be disqualified.

Each participant must submit an entry on his/her own behalf.  Any entry submitted on behalf of another individual or using another person’s email address, name or phone number will be disqualified and ineligible to claim any prize.  Any attempt by any participant to obtain more than the stated number of entries allowed by using same, multiple/different email addresses, phone numbers, identities, or any other methods void that participant's entries and that participant may be disqualified.  No mechanically reproduced or automated entries permitted.  Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification and all such entries will be deemed void.  All entries received become the property of the Sponsor and will not be returned. 

In the event of a dispute as to any online registration, the authorized account holder of the email address used to register will be deemed to be the registrant and he/she must be eligible according to these Official Rules.  The “authorized email account holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address.

Each entrant understands that they are providing their information to Sponsor, and the information provided will be used in accordance with Sponsor’s privacy policy https://www.cubcadet.com/en_US/privacy-and-security/privacy-policy.html.

By registering to enter Sweepstakes, you affirm that you have read and accepted these Official Sweepstakes Rules.  All entrants agree to be bound by and abide by the official rules of the Sweepstakes.

Winner Selection & Notification (1 winner):  Sponsor shall conduct a random prize drawing on or about 8/1/2022 from among all eligible entries received to select one (1) potential prize winner (see prize description below).  If eligible entries are less than the scheduled number of prizes available for the prize drawing, then the associated prize award(s) shall not be awarded.

The potential winner will be notified initially by phone and/or email following their selection.  If the Administrator is unsuccessful in its attempt to reach and speak directly with the selected potential prize winner by phone within 48-hours of the initial notification attempt to the phone number and/or email address associated with that contestant’s entry, then that contestant may be disqualified and an alternate potential winner may be randomly selected from among the remaining eligible entries and notified as per the procedures outlined above (time permitting).  Note: phone messages will not be left during the winner notification process.

During winner notification, the selected potential winner must confirm their eligibility, and indicate their willingness and ability to accept the prize.  The potential winner will then receive official notification via email delivery.  If any selected winner does not meet the eligibility requirements, or is unable or unwilling to accept the prize or elects to decline the prize, s/he will be disqualified and, at Sponsor’s discretion and time permitting, an alternate winner will be randomly selected from among all remaining eligible entries and notified as per the procedures outlined above.  Any disqualified contestant will not receive any alternate prize substitution or compensation.

Any potential winner who is a resident of Canada must correctly answer a skill-based testing question in order to claim or win the prize per the following requirements:  

• In order to be confirmed as the winner and be eligible to receive the prize award, the potential prize winner, before claiming the prize, shall first be required to complete a skill-related mathematical testing question and answer the question correctly without assistance of any kind, in a manner satisfactory to the Administrator.  If the potential prize winner fails to correctly answer the question, or provides an incorrect answer to the skill-based testing question, that contestant shall be disqualified and ineligible to claim the prize award.
• If the selected potential prize winner does not meet the eligibility requirements, fails to correctly answer the skill-based mathematical testing question, elects to decline the prize, or does not return the required prize claim forms within the required deadline, s/he will be disqualified and, at Sponsor’s discretion and time permitting, an alternate winner will be randomly selected from among all remaining eligible entries and notified as per the procedures outlined above.  Any disqualified contestant will not receive any alternate prize substitution or compensation. 

All of the following will apply to the prize winner: 1) Winner will be required to complete and return, within 48-hours of receipt, a prize acceptance form, including an affidavit of eligibility and a liability/publicity release (publicity release where permitted), and a W-9 form;  2) Winner may be required to present a valid social security card and a valid driver’s license or government issued photo ID as a condition of participating or receiving any prize.  (Winner and guest are responsible for having a valid driver’s license or government issued Photo ID valid for travel requirements);  and 2) Winner is responsible for paying all applicable taxes (including, but not limited to all local, state and federal taxes) on all prizes awarded, and prize winner shall be issued a 1099 form reflecting the value of the prize award. 

Decisions of the Sponsor and Administrator in the selection and determination of prize winner and all matters relating to this Sweepstakes are final and binding. 

Grand Prize Award (Maximum 1 winner):  The grand prize winner shall receive the following grand prize award:  a trip for two (2) (winner and one guest age 21 or older) to the Watkins Glen, NY for the 2022 professional stock car race scheduled for 8/20/2022, with an approximate retail value (“ARV”) of $3,000 USD (approx. $3886.80 CAD), including:

• Round trip coach class airfare for two (winner and one guest) from the nearest major airport to the winner’s home as designated by Sponsor to the Sponsor designated airport servicing the Watkins Glen, NY area (i.e. Elmira, NY; Ithaca, NY or other Sponsor designated airport).  Actual departure date, times and airline based upon availability and will be solely determined by Sponsor;
• If winner resides within 250 miles of Watkins Glen, NY, Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to substitute a $500 travel stipend in lieu of airfare.
• Three (3)-nights standard hotel accommodations, double occupancy at a standard hotel as solely designated by Sponsor in the Watkins Glen, NY metro area;
• Arrival and departure dates as solely specified by Sponsor, based upon availability;
• Travel stipend in the amount of $1,300, awarded in the form of gift cards from the Sponsor designated gift card provider, subject to the terms and conditions of issuing gift card provider policy;
• Two (2) VIP tickets to the Sponsor designated race on Saturday, 8/20/2022 at Watkins Glen race track including Suite access and sponsor designated hospitality during the race, pit passes and Joe Gibbs Racing garage tour to occur at the date and time as designated by Sponsor;
• Opportunity to participate in a non-exclusive meet and greet with a Sponsor designated driver, Ty Gibbs or other Sponsor designated driver, based upon availability.

All ground transportation, airport/hotel transfers, parking, meals, gratuities, checked baggage fees, airline seat assignment fees, hotel resort fees, travel or departure taxes, incidental expenses, applicable taxes (including, but not limited to all local, state and federal taxes) and any other expenses not specified herein as being included in the prize award are the sole responsibility of winner. 

Winner and guest shall be subject to any qualifying conditions prior to and during travel including any local government regulations in the departure or destination location, airline, hotel and/or race event requirements, or any regulation related to COVID-19 testing requirements, vaccination status or policy.  Any testing requirements, vaccination and/or any related quarantine requirements and expenses are the sole responsibility of, and at the sole expense of winner and guest. 

Travel dates are based upon availability.  Sponsor is not responsible for any travel delays, flight delays or cancellations or travel difficulty related to prize award, redemption or use.  If travel delays or difficulty prevent arrival in time for any and all elements of such prize award, Sponsor is not responsible for awarding any compensation in lieu thereof.  Sponsor is not responsible for late, lost, damaged or stolen luggage. 

The winner and his/her guest must travel together on the same itinerary.  Any changes to completed travel arrangements, once booked, are the sole responsibility of the winner, and are solely at the winner’s expense.  Actual value of the trip will depend on point of departure, and any airfare fluctuations.  If actual value of prize is lower than the stated ARV of the prize award when it is procured and fulfilled, then the difference will NOT be awarded to the winner.  The winner and travel companion are solely responsible for all costs incurred to and from the nearest major airport to the winner’s home as designated by Sponsor as the prize originates and terminates at such departure point unless otherwise agreed to by Sponsor in writing. 

Grand prize winner and guest must be of legal age of majority in his/her state of residence (and at least 21) and will be required to execute and return a liability/publicity release prior to prize award.  It is recommended that winner and travel companion obtain sufficient personal insurance prior to departure.  Winner and travel companion hereby release Sponsor from any duty to provide, check, or verify any and all necessary ID’s, passports, visas and tourist cards, birth certificates, vaccination certificates, and any other travel requirements (“Personal Documents”).  Sponsor shall not have any responsibility for the replacement of lost or stolen Personal Documents or tickets, coupons, vouchers, receipts or other documents pertaining to the prize (“Travel Documents”) once the Travel Documents have been provided to winner and travel companion. 

The terms and conditions of each ticket awarded as a prize will govern in the event of any event delay, cancellation, postponed, rescheduling or attendance restriction for any reason including but not limited to weather, pandemic, an Act of God, Force Majeure, government regulation or restrictions, an act of terrorism, civil disturbance, work stoppage, or any other reason. Sponsor will not be responsible for any delay, rescheduling, postponement or cancellation for any reason including but not limited to weather, pandemic, an Act of God, Force Majeure, government regulation or restriction, an act of terrorism, civil disturbance, work stoppage, or any other reason.  No substitute prize award or compensation shall be provided by Sponsor in the event of any travel or race event delay, postponement, rescheduling or cancellation for any reason, and winner shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the airline, hotel and race ticket policy and shall solely look to the airline, hotel and/or race ticket provider.

Winner and guest agree to comply with all applicable airline, hotel provider and race event and race track rules, requirements and regulations in connection with the prize award, and redemption or use of any element of the prize. Sponsor and travel or ticket providers reserve the right to remove or deny entry to any winner and/or his/her guest who do not comply with any rule, requirement, instruction, policy, or who engage in a disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other person.  Winner and guest shall be solely responsible for their behavior while traveling and in attendance, must follow the instructions and direction from any travel or ticket provider or associated staff or security.  If winner or guest violates the standard of any travel or ticket provider, behaves in an inappropriate, irresponsible or offensive manner, or is deemed by staff or security to have violated any rule, regulation or policy of the travel or ticket provider, or to be a security threat in any manner, the winner and guest shall be ejected or denied travel arrangements or event admission, and shall immediately forfeit the remaining prize award.

In the event travel arrangements are unable to be booked due to a Force Majeure Event, Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change travel dates or to award the winner an alternate prize award of approximate equal value, in lieu of the trip and such alternate prize shall be the full and final Grand Prize award.

Winner and guest must be present at the Sponsor designated date, time and location to attend and participate in the meet and greet event.  Sponsor reserves the right to change, reschedule or cancel the meet and greet portion of the Prize award.  The opportunity to participate in meet and greet event is contingent upon the event occurring as scheduled.  Sponsor is not responsible if the winner and/or guest is not able to participate or receive this portion of the prize award due to delay, rescheduling, cancellation, illness, schedule conflict, non-appearance, weather, act of God, acts of terrorism or war, or any other reason outside of the control of Sponsor. No alternate compensation or prize award will be available in the event of cancellation of this portion of the prize award.

Prize winner must accept delivery of prize in the method as solely determined and designated by Sponsor via digital/mobile delivery, or as otherwise designated by Sponsor.  Prize shall be emailed, electronically delivered and/or shipped only to the designated winner email, mobile number or residential address as submitted during initial online registration and/or as provided during winner notification, via the method as designated by Sponsor.  Winner is solely responsible for any required software application for access to mobile or digital ticket or prize delivery.   In the event of shipment, carrier will be as determined and designated by Sponsor (i.e. UPS, USPS or other Sponsor designated carrier), or as otherwise specified by Sponsor. 

Once delivered/transferred via email, mobile delivery and/or shipped, prize shall be considered as awarded and delivered, and Sponsor shall not be responsible for actual receipt of delivery by winner.  Sponsor shall not be responsible for any lost, late, undelivered, misdirected, damaged or stolen delivery; or any incorrect email address, mobile number, delivery/shipping address or other incorrect information provided by winner during registration or prize claim, or failure of any email or electronic delivery including blocked emails or any email received in junk or spam folders (winner is solely responsible for checking junk and spam email folders for delivery).  In the event of any delivery issues, including undelivered, misdirected, lost or stolen deliveries, Sponsor shall have no responsibility to replace the prize award, and prize award shall not be substituted by Sponsor with any alternate prize award or compensation.  Winner shall look solely to designated shipper/carrier for any lost, damaged, stolen or mis-delivered packages and not to Sponsor for any delivery issues.

General Prize Conditions:  All other costs and expenses related to prize acceptance, delivery, redemption or use not specified herein as being provided are the sole responsibility of winner.  All income, federal, state/province and local taxes are the winner’s sole responsibility.  All prize awards are non-transferable and no cash redemption or prize substitution allowed, except at Sponsor’s sole discretion or as provided herein.  Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize with one of comparable or greater value, at its sole discretion.  Failure to collect or properly claim prize in accordance with these rules will result in forfeiture of the prize.  If forfeited for any reason, participant will not receive any other prize substitution or compensation, and the prize will remain the property of Sponsor and will not be awarded, except as provided herein.  All properly claimed prizes will be awarded.  Any unclaimed prizes will not be awarded.  Total ARV of prize award: $3,000 (approx. $3886.80 CAD).

Additional Rules & Restrictions:  By participating, entrants agree to abide by and be bound by the Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and Administrator, which shall be final in all matters relating to this Sweepstakes.  In the event an entrant wins a prize, and is later found to be in violation of these rules he/she will be required to forfeit the prize or to reimburse Sponsor for the stated value of the prize if such violation is discovered after winner has used the prize. Participation in Sweepstakes constitutes permission for the Sponsor, the Released Parties and their designees to use entrants’ names, likenesses, images, biographical information, and cities and state of residence and/or other information or content provided with the entry for purposes of advertising and trade in any and all media now or hereafter known worldwide on perpetuity without limitation or further compensation, notification or permission, unless prohibited by law.  False, fraudulent or deceptive entries or acts shall render entrants ineligible for any prize.

By participating, entrants agree to hold all Released Parties harmless from any claims, losses, actions, or damages of any kind, whether actual, incidental or consequential, for injury (including but not limited to death), damages, losses or expenses arising out of or relating to entrant’s participation in this Sweepstakes, or the acceptance, possession or use/misuse of any prize, or participation in prize-related activities (including but not limited to travel or activity related thereto), and to assume all liability therefor. 

Released Parties shall not be liable to winner or any other person for failure to supply the prize or any part thereof by reason of any acts of God, pandemics, any actions, regulations, orders, or requests by any governmental entity, equipment failure, terrorist acts, war, fire, unusually severe weather, embargo, labor dispute or strike, labor or material shortage, transportation interruption of any kind, or any other cause beyond Released Parties’ sole control. 

Participants are restricted to use of ordinary and typical computer equipment, mobile phone equipment, Internet access and cellular networks. Sponsor disclaims all liability for the inability of a participant to complete or continue an entry due to equipment malfunction, busy lines, inadvertent disconnections, acts beyond the Sponsor’s control, or otherwise. The Sponsor disclaims any liability for entries not received due to technical difficulties or transmission errors. The Sponsor disclaims all liability for any delays, mis-delivery, loss, or failure in the delivery of any item sent by mail, courier, express, electronic transmission, or other delivery method.  Released Parties are not responsible for mechanical, technical, electronic, communications, telephone, computer, hardware or software errors, malfunctions or failures of any kind, including: failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed transmission of online entries, traffic congestion on telephone lines, the Internet or at any website or lost or unavailable network connections which may limit an online entrant's ability to participate in the Sweepstakes, and any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer or mobile phone related to or resulting from participating in or downloading any information necessary to participate in the Sweepstakes.  Released Parties are not responsible for any other errors of any kind, whether computer, technical, typographical, printing, human or otherwise, relating to or in connection with the Sweepstakes, including, without limitations, errors which may occur in connection with the printing or advertising of this Sweepstakes, administration or execution of the Sweepstakes, the cancellation of the game, the processing of entries or in the announcement of the prizes or prize winner.  Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any person tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes website.

Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, modify, reschedule or terminate the Sweepstakes for any reason including, but not limited to acts of God, pandemics, force majeure, government regulatory action or ruling,  fraud, misconduct, or if any technical failures, or human or programming errors, destroy or threaten the integrity of the Sweepstakes, in the opinion of the Sponsor/Administrator, or if a computer virus, bug, or other technical problem corrupts the administration, security, or proper conduct of the Sweepstakes as determined by Sponsor/Administrator, in their sole discretion. In the event of early termination of the Sweepstakes, Sponsor reserves the right to determine prize winner in a random drawing from among all eligible, non-suspect entries received as of the time/date of such termination.

IN CASE OF DISPUTES:  By participating, each entrant agrees that (1) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or in connection with this Promotion, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and any judicial proceeding shall take place in a U.S. federal or state court within the State of Maryland, or for Canadian residents, in the Province of Ontario; (2) any and all claims, judgments, and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Promotion, and in no event will entrant be entitled to received attorneys' fees or other legal costs; and (3) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, and consequential damages, and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. With respect to U.S. entrants/citizens, all issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrant and Sponsor in connection with this Promotion, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of Maryland or any other jurisdiction), that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Maryland.  For Canada entrants/residents, all issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Province of Ontario without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the Province of Ontario or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the Province of Ontario.

Odds:  Odds of being selected as the prize winner are dependent upon the total number of eligible entries received, and for residents of Canada, the entrant’s ability to correctly answer the skill-based mathematical question correctly without any assistance.

Official Rules & Winner List:  For a copy of these Official Rules, or the name of prize winner, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to be received by 9/30/2022 to: Cub Cadet Race Weekend Sweepstakes, P.O. Box 278, Woodbridge, NJ  07095.  PLEASE SPECIFY which you are requesting, official rules or winner list.

Sponsor:  This Sweepstakes is sponsored by MTD Products Inc.

Sweepstakes Administrator:  The Sweepstakes is administered by Million Dollar Media, P.O. Box 278, Woodbridge, NJ 07095.