FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 16, 2012
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Jared Hawkins Claims First Win of 2012

by Ben Shelton
Fairmont, West Virginia (05/16/12) – Jared Hawkins overcame early season adversities and near-misses to claim his first feature triumph behind the wheel of his #37 Bobby Lake Motorsports/Rocket/Custom Race Engine Super Late Model on Saturday night at Roaring Knob Motorsports Complex (Markleysburg, Pennsylvania).

On Friday night Bobby Lake Motorsports and Jared traveled to Elkins Raceway (Elkins, West Virginia) for the facilities' season opener. With a racey, new surface on the track Hawkins earned the eighth starting spot for the feature event before racing his way to a second place finish behind race winner, Mike Benedum. Overall it was a strong outing for the team. Full results are available at www.ElkinsRaceway.net .

The team traveled to Roaring Knob Motorsports Complex (Markleysburg, Pennsylvania) on Saturday night. The program began with a make-up feature from May 5th's event that fell victim to rain prior to the main event. Jared rolled off the grid in the fourth position and quickly worked his way to the lead. Once out front he would never look back on his way to the win which came over Tim Senic, Bob Gordon, Matt Cosner, and Scott Rhodes. The victory was Jared's first of the 2012 campaign!

Due to mechanical issues discovered after the completion of the make-up feature the team would elect to not enter the new program. Full results are available at www.RoaringKnob.com.

"It felt good to finally knock out the first win of the season.  Bobby Lake and the team have given me a great car this year, and we've been so close to winning, but just haven't been able to seal the deal.  I hated that we couldn't run the second feature at Roaring Knob because of mechanical issues because I think we can really have a strong year moving forward," noted Hawkins.

This weekend, May 18th-19th, the team is slated to enter a pair of events in West Virginia.  On Friday night another Weekly Racing Series Event at Elkins Raceway (Elkins, West Virginia).  On Saturday night the action shifts to Tyler County Speedway (Middlebourne, West Virginia) for the 18th Annual Topless 50.  The $4,000-to-win has been twice rescheduled this year due to rain. For more information on the events, please visit www.ElkinsRaceway.net and www.TylerCountySpeedwayOnline.com .

Bobby Lake Motorsports and Jared Hawkins would like to thank all of their sponsors including JC Distributing, Melvin's Automatic Transmission Service, Inc., C. Harper Automotive Sales, Rocket Chassis, Jack's Recycling, D&M Truck Repair, V Corners Auto Sales, Custom Race Engines, MSR Mafia, Hoosier Race Tires, Slavic Shirts & Decals, Integra Shocks & Springs, Simpson Race Products, Keyser Manufacturing, Wiles Driveshafts, Frankland Rear Ends, Peterson Fluid Systems, Braswell Carburetors, Beyea Custom Headers, CV Products, VP Racing Fuels, NAPA Auto Parts, and MSR Mafia Marketing Services.

For more information on Jared Hawkins and Bobby Lake Motorsports, please visit www.JaredHawkins.net .