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ABOUT THE CONTEST
The Hot Rod of the Month Contest is a special opportunity available only to Foundation Members. For each month (other than the first month of the contest), Active Members have a two-week period in which to enter a car they own by providing photos and a description of the car in software located in the Member’s area of our website. During the following two-week period, all Members, whether they have entered a car or not, can individually vote for their favorite car. The car with the most Member votes at the end of each month will be the AHRF Hot Rod of the Month, and will be featured on the AHRF website and on social networks. At the end of each calendar year, the Advisory Board of the Foundation will select one car, as the AHRF Hot Rod of the Year, from that year’s Hot Rod of the Month winners. The Hot Rod of the Year will be given special publicity, including the detailed specifications submitted in the Contest software. Once a car establishes itself as a Hot Rod of the Year winner, it is ineligible for future entry in the contest and will be maintained in an ongoing catalog of AHRF Hot Rod of the Year winners.
Note that all entries for previous months will be carried over automatically each month through the end of the calendar year, except for previous Hot Rod of the Month winners, which are placed in the Monthly Winner’s Circle for Hot Rod of the Year, and can be re-entered for the ensuing year (2023).
OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES OF ENTRY
The Hot Rod of the Month Contest (the “Contest”) is a Member benefit of the American Hot Rod Foundation (the “Foundation” or “AHRF”), a 501(c)(3) charitable corporation.
Active Member – a Member of the American Hot Rod Foundation in good standing whose Membership does not expire before the end of the next month of the Contest;
Eligible Car to be Entered – the car must be owned by the Member entering it, meaning that, if it were a street-legal vehicle, the registration would be in the name of the entrant. The vehicle entered can be transportation, a race car, an unregistered collector car, a pickup, or a motorcycle. Members may not enter cars owned by others, regardless of the circumstances.
Limit on Entries – an Eligible Member who owns more than one Eligible Car may not enter more than one owned car per calendar year, but can decide which owned car to enter in a given year.
Limit on Voting – Members may cast only one Vote in each monthly Contest; a Member casting more than one Vote with their Timing Tag Number in a given month will be disqualified from Voting in that month. A second violation will result in disqualification for the year.
Fairness in Voting – so that the Contest is fair for all, Members who have friends or relatives who are also Members should not try to influence their Votes. May the Best Car win, not the Car of someone who pushed on other Members to Vote for their entry. Hot rodding grew up as a competitive activity admired for its fairness within clubs and within racing associations.
No Prize is Offered – as a research and educational foundation, the AHRF is not in a position to offer cash “prizes”, but will publicize winning entries on its various internet channels as a way to show others the special vehicles of our supporting Members and hopefully attract others into the Membership.
Minimum Entry Information
The Contest software will request a number of photos of the entered car, as well as a full listing of specifications that can be filled out in as much detail as a Member wants. Since votes will be cast based on one photo chosen by the car’s owner, the additional photos and all the specifications are for use when and if a given car wins.
The AHRF’s Use of Entered Photos and Information
The Foundation may use the material entered by Members in the Contest software in any way that it chooses in publicizing the Contest, the winning entries, or the Foundation itself. This does not include the Personal Information of the Member other than their name, such as their Timing Tag Number, e-mail address, or street address. If photos of an entered vehicle show a license plate, the plate and registration number would not be considered Personal Information. Members who do not want their license plates to be visible should cover them during photography.
Photo Requirements and Quality
Photos entered in the Contest software are to be taken by the entrants. No third party may own or control any materials in a submitted image, and a photo may not infringe on the trademark, copyright, or any other rights of third parties. Submitted photos may not be altered or retouched in any way.
The Contest entry software can handle a high level of photo resolution. Members should take and upload their photos on the highest pixel or megabyte setting possible on their cameras and mobiles/computers for the best results when the Foundation displays photos for voting or for publicizing a winning entry.
Notification to Winners
The Foundation will notify Winners by e-mail. If a Member would like to offer a second notification method (mobile or home telephone number or a second e-mail), they are encouraged to add this information to the entry software.
Other Matters
Each monthly Contest must have three cars entered at the time that voting begins. If there are only two cars, or one car, at the time that Voting should begin, the Contest for that month will be closed down. Cars that had been entered will be carried over to the next month.
The Foundation may disqualify an entry that is deemed inappropriate or that does not conform to the Contest rules. The Foundation may give notice that it has changed an aspect of the entry or voting procedure or Winning Hot Rod’s publicity plan at any time.
All Contest deadlines will be observed.
If a winning Hot Rod of the Month Member does not respond to the notification from the Foundation within five business days, the next most popular car will be selected, and the previous Winner will accordingly forfeit all rights to the title, “AHRF Hot Rod of the Month”.
The Contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law.
By submitting an Entry, a Member is acknowledging that he or she has read these official Contest Rules of Entry.