“I just went by and asked him why you shot me the bird,” said Almirola, who finished 25th. The car, he said, was a much better prize.Bubba Wallace and Aric Almirola on the pit road shove. He said he’d never won anything before, except for a basket of groceries. “Ninety-one is a heck of an age to win a new car,” he said.

They were married nearly 67 years when she passed away in 2014.Īdams, who turned 91 in March, said he’s “almost too old for a new car,” but that he definitely needed one. The Virginia Beach resident met his wife in 1946 when he was a Corsair pilot on the USS Midway aircraft carrier at Oceana Naval Air Station. The winning ticket was pulled during the Auxiliary’s Gala and Auction on April 16 at the Half Moone Cruise & Celebration Center in Norfolk.Īdams said he bought his raffle tickets - 10 in all for a total of $200 - to help the children of St. This was the sixth year in a row that Checkered Flag donated a car to the Auxiliary raffle. Todd Collins, general manager of Checkered Flag BMW, arranged the giveaway and was on hand to greet Adams and show him some of the car’s features. “YOU’RE excited?” Adams replied with a grin. She told him she was very excited that he had won. Mary’s to sign paperwork to take ownership of the car. Mary’s.Īuxiliary Board President Mollie Pavlik handed over the keys to Adams when his daughter brought him to St. Adams bought the winning ticket in the drawing, which raised about $20,000 to help 100 children and young adults with severe disabilities who live at St. Mary’s Home in a 25-year-old Jeep. He drove away from the nonprofit in a brand new Toyota Corolla.Ĭheckered Flag Auto Group, which operates multiple dealerships in Virginia Beach, donated the silver car for the Auxiliary Board of St. (May 2, 2016) - Eugene Adams, 91, pulled up to St. Mary’s Director of Annual Giving Mary Helen Hilton and Auxiliary Board Treasurer Marie Siebeking.

Giermak, Auxiliary Board President Mollie Pavlik, lucky car winner Eugene Adams, St. From left: Checkered Flag BMW General Manager Todd Collins, St.

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