MARIETTA, Ga.--The McGree Group has signed a new licensing arrangement  to launch NASCAR Drivers, with the first collection to launch in spring 2006.

The new eyewear collection of “high performance memory metal” will feature NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne. 

Future releases from The McGee Group will introduce other well-known drivers with styles that translate their racing image. Each collection will feature a high-impact POP environment and a special NASCAR case will be provided with each frame.

Kasey Kahne, the popular 24-year-old racecar driver from Enumblaw, Wash, was awarded Raybestos “Rookie of the Year” and was also named one of “America’s Top 50 Bachelors” by People Magazine.

NASCAR is the most popular spectator sport, broadcast in over 100 countries, and is the number two sport on U.S. television. In the U.S., one in three adults are NASCAR fans, the sport is popular among male fans (60 percent) and women fans (40 percent) and of the top-20 best-attended sporting events, 17 are NASCAR events.

The McGee Group, founded in 1976, markets ophthalmic frames, sunwear, readers and cases throughout North America and several international markets.

The McGee license for NASCAR Drivers is separate and distinct from the NASCAR eyewear currently licensed and marketed in the U.S. by Coral Springs, FL-based Sans Pareil.