2015 / 2016 Radar Detector Holiday Giveaway Winners

By Vortex
January 2, 2016
January 2, 2016
1 min to read

Time to announce the holiday giveaway winners!! 😀

Congratulations to all the winners!

Uniden LRD850: Kevin Maghuyop
Escort SC55: @armour783
Bushnell Velocity: @DevinR
USB Battery Pack: @RothAlec
Private Sessions: @garrison_hall & Ed Venners

and thank you to Tom at BestRadarDetectors.net for helping sponsor the giveaway!

Thank you to much to everyone who entered, and to the entire community as a whole.

Happy 2016 and here’s to an awesome year.

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