Shell Gives Away $10,000 in Free Gasoline in San Diego

Area Resident Will Win at Event on Sunday, June 29 in Santa Barbara

Where would you go if you had $10,000 in free gas? On Sunday, June 29, one lucky Californian will be happily answering that very question. Ten finalists, from a sweepstakes sponsored by Shell and its local area Shell- brand dealers, will gather at an Encinitas Shell station for the chance to win $10,000 IN SHELL GASOLINE. Each finalist will draw a Shell prepaid gas card, and only one will activate the gas pump signaling the card is worth $10,000.

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The sweepstakes is being held to celebrate the conversion of 39 San Diego- area Texaco stations to the Shell brand. Shell will convert thousands of its 13,000 Texaco-branded service stations across the U.S. to the Shell brand, as part of the largest re-branding initiative in American business history. The nationwide conversion process, which is expected to be complete by June 2004, began in San Diego in October, 2002.

The ten "Shell $10,000 Gasoline Giveaway" finalists are from San Diego, Escondido and LeMesa.

   WHO:      Shell employees & 10 finalists
   WHAT:     WINNER RECEIVES $10,000 IN FREE GAS
   WHEN:     1 p.m. SUNDAY, JUNE 29, 2003
   WHERE:    Shell Station, 160 Encinitas Blvd., Encinitas