THUNDER BAY - A look of shock came over the face of Dave Kindig when he held the winning ticket of this year's Thunder Bay Museum classic car raffle.
"He's from B.C.?" Kindig asked himself.
The winner of this year's raffle, held at the Fat Guys Auto Parts car show, could very well have been three time zones away when it was announced he was the winner.
Harvey Arola, a man from British Columbia, did not answer his phone when organizers contacted him moments after he won a 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T.
The Thunder Bay Museum has held a classic car raffle to raise money for the museum since 2002. This year's was the first winner not from Thunder Bay or the region.
"It's very unusual considering that 98 per cent of the tickets are sold in Thunder Bay, but that's the luck of the draw," Tory Tronrud, director of the museum said.
"We'll get in touch with him and then it's just a matter of exchanging ownership and so forth."
Tronrud says it's the museum's major fundraiser for the year.
"We aimed at $60,000 and I honestly think we exceeded it."
This year's raffle was also the first to be held in the midst of the Fat Guys car show. With over 400 classic cars, and car junkies abound, an extra layer of excitment was added.
"Our event is getting bigger and bigger, and (Thunder Bay Museum) decided to do it here this year which we're very excited about," said Fat Guys owner Doug Wilson.
In its eighth year, the car show saw roughly 3,000 people attend.
"It's not just an auto parts store, it's the only auto parts store. We're a community-based company and we're knocking it out of the park because of the people who help put this on," Wilson said.
