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BASS Masters Classic Champion to be Honored prior to NASCAR Season
Finale
Atlanta Motor
Speedway Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Woo Daves
ATLANTA, Ga. - November 10, 2000 -- Reigning BASS Masters Classic Champion
Woo Daves continues to reap the rewards of winning the biggest prize in
professional
fishing.
"It's our pleasure to honor Woo and host his wife, Patty, during NAPA 500
weekend," said Ed Clark, President and General Manager of Atlanta Motor
Speedway. "Many of his friends in the garage area fish for recreation,
follow the B.A.S.S. pro tour and were thrilled to see Woo capture the BASS
Masters Classic last summer in Chicago."
Prior to winning what is regarded around the globe, as the "World
Championship of Professional Fishing," Daves, 54, had qualified for the
Classic 15 times, including 7
top five finishes. In accepting the trophy which had eluded him so many
times before,
Daves compared his journey to the one Dale Earnhardt had in finally
capturing a Daytona 500 after 18 tries.
"I'm an angler by profession as well as a lifelong NASCAR fan," said
Daves
upon learning about the VIP treatment in store for him on November 19th at
AMS. "I feel
like it's gonna be Bobby Labonte's year as Winston Cup Champion. I'd like
to think
he was inspired in September when I waived my B.A.S.S. Championship ring in
front of his face before the Chevrolet 400 at Richmond."
Daves and Labonte have been friends for years and have fished together in Daves
annual charity tournament near his home in Spring Grove, Va. In fact, Labonte
and his crew chief Jimmy Makar have both learned a thing or two about fishing
from the 25-year B.A.S.S. pro.
"I started my tournament nine years ago as a get-together for friends. Each
year it has grown and grown to the point that Patty is now cooking for
hundreds of people," said Daves. The best thing is that we've turned it
into a charity fund-raising event for the Super Kids, a southeast
Virginia-based organization benefiting the mentally challenged."
Daves is proud to report that his tournament has already garnered enough
funds for a bus,
and his next goal is to build a group-housing complex for the adults. Other
NASCAR greats who've fished alongside Daves are Bobby and Donnie Allison,
Dave Marcus, Tony Stewart, Derrick Cope and Jack Roush.
Plans call for a guided tour of the garage area, an introduction to the
crowd and luxury seating in the skyboxes high atop the start/finish line at
Atlanta Motor Speedway.
For ticket information visit www.gospeedway.com
Learn more about the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society or the BASS Masters
Classic by visiting www.bassmaster.com
For more information contact:
B.A.S.S. Communications (334) 272-9530
or
Atlanta Motor Speedway Public Relations (770) 946-3921
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