Owen man wins new Chevy truck

Kyle Westaby of Owen won the Kwik Trip/Packers Opening Drive Contest and in turn, won a brand new 2021 Chevy Silverado Trail Boss courtesy of Wisconsin Chevy Dealers.

The new vehicle couldn’t have come at a better time for Westaby and his family as they had recently struggled with a family tragedy.

Kyle’s mother contracted COVID-19 around Halloween of 2021 and passed away at 59-years-old just 20 days later. The Westaby family was stunned and Kyle’s dad, who is blind, lost his main source of support. Kyle said the whole dynamic of his family changed in 20 days.

“We ended up not only grieving the loss of my mother, and for my children, their grammy and my dad, his wife and entire support system, but it flipped everything on its head to where he now stays at my wife and I’s house,” Kyle said. “Instantly, in the matter of 20 days, it went from basically a completely healthy 59-year-old mom to just, gone.”

Kyle said the truck not only helps the family out financially but helps give the family something positive after a tough stretch.

“It helps to eliminate a payment which is really awesome,” Westaby said. “It’s a shine of excitement and joy in the midst of what’s been a really hard last couple of months for our family.”

Westaby was one of 17 weekly winners picked and earned $25/every yard earned by the Packers during their opening drive of that week’s game. Those 17 weekly winners were also entered into the grand prize drawing for the brand-new truck which was drawn at the Packers’ opening-round playoff game against San Francisco.

The drawing included a reverse rafflestyle drawing that occurred before the game with the weekly winners. Westaby said the symbolism behind his number and the connection to his mother was giving him chills in the moment.

“I was number four,” Westaby said. “My dad and I talked about the significance of the number four. My mom was born in April, the fourth month. She was the fourth-born in her family and was four pounds and four ounces when she was born. A week before the drawing, my dad told me 11 and four were going to be the final two numbers and he said, ‘They’ll pick 11 and you’ll end up winning.’” According to Westaby, it had played out just like his dad had said. The final two balls to be drawn were numbers four and 11.

“It almost sounds made up,” Westaby said.

Westaby’s number four was selected and he is now the proud owner of a new truck courtesy of Kwik Trip, the Green Bay Packers and Wisconsin Chevy Dealers.

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