You’ve probably heard the trope in which someone wins the lottery, only for his or her life to take a negative turn or five due to poor decisions, scammers, and what-not. Steven Doyle may not have won $10 million, but the Nevada-based sweepstakes winner’s life has taken several 360s for the worse.
TunerCult.com has been running serial sweepstakes, with the current prize being a 2024 Nissan GT-R “T-Spec” plus $50,000, or the choice of $200,000 cash. The way to win is to buy something in the website’s store, as every $1 spent provides 200 entries for the giveaway drawing. Last fall, one of the sweepstakes prizes was a Porsche GT3 RS plus $50,000, or $200,000 cash. Doyle, a thirty-something male based in northwestern Nevada, chose the car and the accompanying cash. Can’t blame him for that, though my finance teacher would have taken the lump-sum.
We don’t know how things went down with Doyle when he was awarded his new Porsche, but we do know how Friday, March 28, 2025 went down: according to the Storey County Sheriff’s Office, a Porsche Coupe was traveling approximately 80-85 mph on Geiger Grade Road (SR-341), which has a posted speed limit of 45. As the Porsche approached a left-hand curve, Doyle dodged another motorist and moved too far to the right, striking a metal barrier and scaling down a dirt embankment. After a medical evaluation and investigation, Nevada Highway Patrol arrested Doyle for suspicion of driving while intoxicated.
Yet it gets worse, folks—Doyle had a firearm in the car, so he also faces an additional charge of carrying a firearm while intoxicated.
Running out of talent? Sure, it happens, but layperson’s talent does not exist in combination with alleged impairment. Who wants to bet Doyle doesn’t have enough of the 50 grand to fix this poor Porsche?
For now, the trope continues to be true.
