North Texas Nissan sponsors Oakley North Texas Classic

    DALLAS, TX, September 19, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- BBT is proud to announce that North Texas Nissan returns as an event sponsor in 2009. NTN will receive naming rights to all event hospitality and will host Saturday's Angler Appreciation Happy Hour at Sneaky Pete's on September 26th from 5pm -7pm. Additionally, NTN will sponsor the Lone Star Lunker Award; that will provide the angler breaking the Lewisville Lake black bass record a choice of $20,000 in cash or a brand new 2009 Nissan Titan Truck.

The Oakley North Texas Classic will be based at Sneaky Pete's Sports Bar, this second annual event comes to Lake Lewisville on September 26-27, 2009, offering anglers the chance to compete for over $100,000 in possible cash and prizes. Saturday's event will feature an open team stringer format and Sunday's event will be an open big bass format.

"North Texas Nissan played a tremendous role in making last year's event a huge success and with NTN's participation again this year we are anticipating an even larger tournament field in 2009," says Mark Jones, of BBT. "North Texas Nissan continues to show their commitment to the sport of bass fishing, as well as, the local community and we are proud to have them on board."

"In 2009 we have two priorities....first we want to build a dealership that people will be proud to buy a car or truck from, and second we want to be the best and biggest Nissan dealership in Texas. We realize that it will take a lot of work to accomplish these goals, but with hard work and participation in events like this, we will be able to accomplish these goals.", said Wes Spence, General Manager with North Texas Nissan. "Participation in the Oakley North Texas Classic allows NTN the ability to interact with local anglers, support our local community and showcase our line of powerful Titan Trucks."

Sponsors of the Oakley North Texas Classic include; Oakley, North Texas Nissan, Legend Boats, Lake Fork Trophy Lures, Hooters, Bass Pro Shops, Power-Pole, Mercury, MotorGuide, Fun-n-Sun Boats, Ultimate Bass, Lone Star Bass, Army Bass Anglers, Bass Edge and Wired2Fish.

North Texas Nissan, based in Corinth, Texas is a franchise Nissan dealership selling new Nissans, used and certified pre-owned cars and trucks to the communities of Dallas, Fort Worth and the DFW Metroplex. http://www.northtexasnissan.com/

About BBT

BBT is a national tournament and event management organization committed to promoting the sport of bass fishing and bass conservation. We provide a premier tournament series for amateur anglers on the nation's best bass fisheries. For more information visit www.bigbasstour.com.

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