Evergreen Speedway is excited to announce that Busch Series driver and Snohomish native, Kevin Hamlin, is taking time out of his schedule to race at Evergreen Speedway's season opener on Saturday March 31. Kevin a former three-time champion in the NASCAR Elite Division cut his teeth on late model racing at Evergreen.
His one race deal includes sponsorship help from Wired X Energy Drinks. Ron Fritzley is stepping out of the JR Truck Rentals/Lang Autosports Chevrolet to allow Kevin to compete. Naima Lang runs the second car in the racing stable and couldn't be happier that Kevin is coming aboard to compete. "Kevin's talent and experience should be a real help to my own car and team," he said. The car will carry the number 42 that Kevin drives in the NASCAR Busch Series and will feature not only the JR Truck Rental/Lang Autosports sponsorship but also the Wired X Energy Drink logo. Tom Johnson with Wired expressed his delight in being able to assist in the deal. "We are about as jazzed as we can be to have an affiliation on the car with a Busch driver, especially with Kevin being from the area".
Kevin drives for Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates' NASCAR shop. He will share the No. 42 Texaco/Havoline Dodge in the NASCAR Busch Series with Juan Pablo Montonya. The eight race schedule for Hamlin gets underway on April 7 at Nashville Super Speedway and will include the Busch Series first trip to Canada.
The Season Opener at evergreen is the first of seven .646-mile races in 2007. The big track provides lots of racing room and plenty of action. The $10,000 purse race begins the twenty-one race run in the NASCAR Whelen All American Series Track Championship as well as the first ever Washington State NASCAR Championship. The fast as lightning NSRA winged sprint cars will also be on hand to race in the Doug James Memorial.
