For Immediate Release
Contact: Ben Shelton (msrmafia@gmail.com)
April 24th, 2012

Jared Hawkins Scores Tops Ten in First U.S. Event of 2013; Winchester Next

Fairmont, West Virginia (04/24/12) – After a successful racing venture to New Zealand in January to start the season, Jared Hawkins entered his first stateside event of the 2013 campaign on Sunday evening at West Virginia Motor Speedway, and came away with a ninth place finish in his #37 Hawkins Motorsports/Rocket/Custom Racing Engine Super Late Model.

Jared Hawkins set out to enter a pair of Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) events over the weekend in his #37 Hawkins Motorsports Rocket Super Late Model, but Mother Nature cut the weekend in half when heavy rain forced the postponement of the program scheduled for Friday night at Roaring Knob Motorsports Complex (Markleysburg, Pennsylvania).

Sunday evening found the team pitted at the recently reconfigured, West Virginia Motor Speedway (Mineral Wells, West Virginia) with the LOLMDS competitors. A strong field of thirty-two entries were on hand for the $10,000-to-win event, and Jared started his night by qualifying sixth fastest in his group before finishing third in the second heat race to lock into the eleventh starting spot for the finale at the 4/10 mile oval. He would go on to race in the top ten for the majority of the event on his way to a ninth place finish at the checkered flag. Overall it was a great night for Hawkins as he continues to get his new entry dialed in.
"With all of the rain, it felt good to finally get my first race here in the states completed," noted Hawkins. "We've got some bugs to work out with the new car, but overall I was really pleased with our performance at West Virginia."

For full results from the event please visit www.LucasDirt.com .

This Friday, April 26th the team is slated to travel to Winchester Speedway (Winchester, Virginia) for a $3,000-to-win program with the Three State Flyers (TSF) Super Late Model tour. For more information on the event, please visit www.ThreeStateFlyers.com .

J-Hawk Motorsports is currently looking for sponsors of all levels for their new team. For information on joining this exciting, new team please visit www.JaredHawkins.net .

Jared Hawkins would like to thank all of his sponsors including JC Distributing, Melvin's Automatic Transmission Service, Inc., C. Harper Automotive Sales, Bobby Lake Motorsports, 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 .