Updated: 1:15 PM EDT May 1, 2021
PORTSMOUTH, Va. It sounds almost too good to be true, but it’s the real deal: free gasoline for your car.
Portsmouth s Grove Church is behind the massive gas giveaway at Portsmouth’s Exxon Tiger Mart.
Senior Pastor Dr. Melvin Marriner explained it succinctly, “Today is we pay, you pump.”
Dwain Blake was one of the hundreds of drivers waiting to fill their tanks.
“Free gas! Ain’t nothing like free gas, Blake said. ”I’m definitely going to wait for this here. If it takes all day, I’ll be here.”
And it’s a long wait. Scores of cars, trucks and SUVs wrapped around the block.