GILBERT CHEVROLET TO HOST WAL-MART FLW SERIES CHEVY PRO NIGHT
Legendary anglers available for autographs Wednesday, Jan. 24
OKEECHOBEE, Fla. (Jan. 11, 2007) - As part of the festivities surrounding the
season-opening Wal-Mart FLW Series BP Eastern Division event on Lake Okeechobee
in Clewiston, Fla., Jan. 24-27, Gilbert Chevrolet in Okeechobee will be hosting
Chevy Pro Night from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 24.
Fishing fans will have the chance to swap tales with Team Chevy anglers Larry
Nixon, Luke Clausen, Kim Stricker, Dion Hibdon and David Fritts. Among the five
anglers, they have accumulated 10 tour-level victories in FLW Outdoors
competition alone. This team also boasts combined FLW Outdoors earnings of more
than $3 million. In Hibdon, Clausen and Fritts, Team Chevy is also home to three
of only five anglers in the history of the sport to have won both the FLW Tour
Championship and the Bassmaster Classic.
These anglers will be signing autographs, posing for photos and offering
advice to fishing fans from across the region during the two-hour gathering at
Gilbert Chevrolet, which is located at 3550 S. Highway 441 in Okeechobee.
The first 100 fans attending Chevy Pro Night will receive a free FLW Outdoors
hat. Additionally, fans can register to win fishing rods, fishing tackle and a
die cast Ranger boat.
Named after the legendary founder of Ranger Boats, Forrest L. Wood, FLW
Outdoors administers the Wal-Mart FLW Tour, Wal-Mart FLW Series, Stren Series,
Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League, Wal-Mart Texas Tournament Trail presented by Abu
Garcia, Ranger Owners Tournament Championship Series, Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour,
Wal-Mart FLW Walleye League, Wal-Mart FLW Kingfish Tour, Wal-Mart FLW Kingfish
Series, Wal-Mart FLW Redfish Series and Wal-Mart FLW Striper Series. These
circuits offer combined purses of nearly $43 million through 238 events in 2007.
Wal-Mart and many of America's largest and most respected companies support
FLW Outdoors and its tournament trails. Wal-Mart signed on as an FLW Outdoors
sponsor in 1997 and today is the world's leading supporter of tournament
fishing. For more information about Wal-Mart, visit Wal-Mart.com.
For more information about FLW Outdoors and its tournaments, visit
FLWOutdoors.com or call (270) 252-1000.
For directions to Gilbert Chevrolet, visit GilbertChevrolet.com or call (863)
763-3154.