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Giveaway #14 Winner Profile: Nathan Tice and the $130,000 Decision

Head-turning cars have always been a part of 717 Supply’s giveaways. Yet another element to these spectacular events is the cash option. It’s a practical approach that’s hard to ignore for some. Nathan Tice faced just such a choice as the winner of giveaway #14. The towering 2023 Ford F-150 Raptor R was hard to ignore, but so was the $130,000 in cash. He chose the money and hasn’t looked back.

“I took the cash and didn’t see the truck,“ Tice said when asked about his first reaction in a follow-up interview. “If I won it five or ten years down the road, I probably would’ve taken it. Money was the better option.“ For Tice, the timing made all the difference. The cash represented something more valuable than horsepower and off-road capability: financial freedom.

Tice’s journey with 717 Supply giveaways was selective rather than systematic. He participated in “not every giveaway. I pretty much enter when it’s a vehicle I like,” Tice commented. Like many followers, he discovered the giveaways through the Street Speed 717 YouTube channel created by 717 Supply Founder Mike Hyssong.

Tice recalled that the winning call from Hyssong started on the wrong foot. “Until I realized it was Mike calling me, I was starting to get ready to give him a piece of my mind. But I was shocked once I realized it was him,“ Tice admitted. He added, “You imagine it’ll happen one day, but then it happens, and it’s a weird feeling. It actually is happening!”

Despite living close to 717 Supply’s Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, headquarters, Tice had difficulty convincing his loved ones that the win was genuine. “Nobody believed me that I won. Especially because my wife knew I was buying stuff to enter. She had no clue about the giveaway,“ Tice said. The skepticism was familiar territory—friends and family questioning whether giveaways this substantial could be real.

Tice’s six-figure score had real-world benefits that don’t come with a price tag. His success came with a “feeling of relief from paying off debt and other things. It was going to take a couple of years, but this helped fast-track me to where I wanted to be,“ he explained.

The win also had unexpected social benefits. “It reconnected me with people I haven’t spoken to in years,“ Tice noted, highlighting how major life events can bring people back into your orbit. While he didn’t celebrate in any elaborate way—“I mean not really, I’m just happy I won“—the practical impact was significant.

For anyone questioning the legitimacy of these giveaways, Tice advises, “I’d tell them the proof is in the pudding. I’ve seen it, I’ve lived it. It’s definitely not fake.“ He said, “I know there are fraud giveaways out there, and they usually don’t last. The fact that he’s been giving away cars for years speaks for itself.“

His advice for potential entrants reflects the same practical mindset that led him to choose cash over chrome: “I’d tell them it’s real and go for something they’d want. Buy the item if you like it, and you can win a vehicle as a bonus.“

What Happened to the 2023 Ford F-150 Raptor R from Giveaway #14?

To date, Tice is only the second 717 Supply giveaway winner to opt for the cash prize. In these rare instances, Mike Hyssong sells the vehicle through a dealer auction or other channel to offset the cash outlay. While rolling these cars over into another giveaway is tempting, Hyssong avoids the practice as it would make the subsequent program less unique.