The Region - News from Feb. 25, 1986

Lawrence Shingle, who says he visits Disneyland nearly every day--sometimes on his lunch hour--won his second car at a giveaway at the amusement park, officials said. Shingle, 26, of Anaheim, who works at a nearby discount store, said he was more interested in winning a commemorative pin than the $12,000 Pontiac Firebird. “We were just collecting pins at the time,” Shingle said. “My girlfriend went in front of me at the gate and then I went through and I won the car.” Shingle is the first visitor to win two cars since the amusement park began giving them away last year for its 30th anniversary, spokesman Bob Roth said. Shingle said he has been visiting the park almost daily since buying a $100 annual pass 10 months ago because the visits “remind me of when I was a kid, when I never wanted to leave.” Shingle sold the first car, a Buick Century, because “it wasn’t my style,” and bought a pickup truck. He plans to keep the Firebird. “It’s bright red,” he said.