Professional bass angler Kevin VanDam (left) and NASCAR driver Ryan Newman hit the water Thursday for Fish Your Bass Off, a fundraiser for MIS Cares, Michigan International Speedway’s charitable arm. (Photo courtesy LAT USA)

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VanDam, Newman win Fish Your Bass Off

Published 2:56pm Friday, August 19, 2011
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BROOKLYN — Professional bass angler Kevin VanDam and NASCAR driver Ryan Newman hit the water Thursday for Fish Your Bass Off, a fundraiser for MIS Cares, Michigan International Speedway’s charitable arm.

The second-annual event at Jerry’s Pub on Wampler’s Lake raised more than $40,000 for MIS Cares. The event included a bass fishing competition, followed by a fish weigh-in, live and silent auctions and fish dinner.

VanDam, from Kalamazoo, and Newman, who are in town for this weekend’s Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway, won Fish Your Bass Off, with a total of five fish weighing 14-pounds, 8-ounces.

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  1. August 21, 2011 at 2:14 pm <Link>

    What a great event at Jerry’s.
    Ryan thanks for taking the time to talk to our son Braeden, he was very excited and at one point during the auction took his dollar out and yelled I have a dollar….. It was an Honor to shake hands with you and legend Bobby Allison. Thanks again for a great time, see you next year…..

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