Jeffely Pargo of Frederick (right) and his fiancé Tiffanee Canady (left) enjoyed a VIP weekend in Miami and a visit to Homestead-Miami Speedway as part of the NASCAR Powerball The Chase Promotion.
Frederick resident Jeffely Pargo capped off a VIP weekend in Miami by winning $10,000 on Sunday before the start of the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race.
Pargo won a trip to the NASCAR Championship Weekend™ by participating in the Maryland Lottery’s NASCAR Powerball The Chase Second-Chance Promotion earlier this year. Lotteries in 24 other states also ran similar promotions and each state had one representative in a series of drawings over the last two months. The promotion brought Pargo and three other finalists to Miami for a VIP experience and a drawing for a $1 million prize.
The live drawing took place just after 2 p.m. on Sunday and was nationally televised on NBC before the start of NASCAR’s final race of the 2026 season at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Agnes Whitaker of Greensboro, N.C. won the $1 million prize, while the other three finalists (Pargo, Rachel Tobaben of Nebraska and Tina Lanning of South Carolina) each received $10,000 cash prizes.
The four finalists won trips to Miami valued at $10,000 that included a deluxe stay at Playa Largo Resort & Spa, behind-the-scenes racetrack access and two days of exciting race weekend events.
There were more than 276,000 entries during the Maryland Lottery’s NASCAR Powerball The Chase Second-Chance Promotion, which ran from May 4 through June 15. Pargo was one of 40 Maryland Lottery winners who each received $2,500 prizes, and were entered into a random drawing to determine who would represent Maryland nationally.
As he advanced through the rounds of the national drawings, Pargo accumulated cash prizes totaling $22,500. In addition to his initial $2,500 prize in Maryland’s promotion and the $10,000 prize on Sunday, he won $2,000 for being named the Maryland Lottery’s national semifinalist, $3,000 for making the first cut when the national field was narrowed from 25 to 20, and another $5,000 for advancing to the final 10.
The 2026 NASCAR season marks Powerball’s fourth year as the Official Lottery Game of NASCAR and the fourth consecutive year that a lucky lottery player will have the chance to win $1 million in Victory Lane before the start of the NASCAR Cup Series Championship race.
