Kim and Penn Holderness attribute their incredible race victory to this

And even though the two North Carolina-based men managed to hit the streets of Glasgow, Bonifacio and Thessaloniki, putting those two $500,000 checks into their savings account was a comedy of errors.

“He was so excited he tore it up,” Kim recalled of her husband of 19 years. “So we had to go to the bank and register it.”

From there, however, they followed their game plan to a tee, even hesitating to replace Penn’s car because they didn’t want to go too crazy with their prize money.

Instead, “we paid taxes,” Kim said. They gave and shared another 30%, and about 28% was reserved for their daughter. Lola17 years old and son Penn Charles, 14, to attend university. “And I think that left us with a little less than $10,000.”

That’s when they realized the world was waiting for them. And so, Kim continued, “We took the kids on a trip to France last year.”