MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan -- The station Exchange New Car Sales, in partnership with the station Defense Commissary Agency, hosted an Autumn Super Race Challenge at the Commissary here Saturday.
The challenge was a shopping cart race through the commissary aisles.
Capt. Michael Barriball, Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 12 airframes and aviation life support systems officer-in-charge, Sgt. Burton Breazeale, a MALS-12 production controller, and Alicia Saiki, an 11th grade student at Matthew C. Perry High School here, were chosen from a name drawing to participate in the race.
Richard Dudley, Exchange New Car Sales representative, said the race allowed the station DeCA and the New Car Sales to give back to the community during Military Appreciation Month.
The DeCA and New Car Sales offered a $250 DeCA gift certificate as the 1st place grand prize. They also offered a $150 DeCA gift certificate for 2nd place and $100 gift certificate for 3rd place.
Approximately 400 community members submitted their names for a chance to participate in the race. Out of the three that were chosen from the 400, Breazeale was declared the winner of the competition at the end of the race. Breazeale won the competition by collecting a total of $896 worth of products.
“I came by (the day before) and just walked up and down the aisles and just looked at prices,” said Breazeale. “I think that‘s what gave me my advantage.”
The race was over as quickly as it started with the three competitors racing through the aisles.
“I thought (the race) went very well,” said Dudley. “It was very exciting. They were really moving out there.”
The rules of the competition required competitors to fill their carts with different products while they raced down the aisles of the commissary with a time limit of 90 seconds. Competitors were only allowed to fill their cart with two of the same item.
The competitor who collected the total highest dollar value of items at the end of the race won the competition.
“This event was basically just to pay honor to our service members,” said James Dellinger, station Commissary store director. “It was good for the car sales and the DeCA to come out and be able to do this joint effort just to show how much we appreciate the service.”
The race is one of many events the station Exchange New Car Sales, station Commissary and station Marine Corps Exchange have offered.
Exchange New Car Sales in partnership with the station MCX is also offering prizes to community members over the station radio. A trivia question is asked over on American Forces Network radio Power 1575 two times a month every other Thursday. The station member who answers the question correctly receives a $25 gift certificate for the MCX.
“It’s nice to have all these extracurricular activity, command sponsored and (Marine Corps Community Services) events to really bring the base together as a family,” said Breazeale.
For more information on upcoming Exchange New Car Sales raffles and chances to win, call 253-4748.
The Exchange New Car Sales and the MCX is planning to offer more raffles and chances for the community to win prizes later in the future.