| South Boston, Virginia – Jeb Burton, 17-year old son | | | | honored to be selected to be a guest driver for the |
| of former NASCAR driver and Daytona 500 winner, | | | | Volkswagen TDI Cup series and excited to participate |
| Ward Burton, has been chosen as a guest driver for | | | | in such an environmentally friendly series,” he says. |
| the season opener of Volkswagen of America, | | | | Currently, Burton drives the No.27 State Water |
| Inc.’s SCCA Pro Racing Jetta TDI Cup series, | | | | Heaters Chevy Impala in the Limited Sportsman |
| hosted by VIRginia International Raceway. Burton will | | | | Division at South Boston Speedway. He has |
| also participate in all of the weekend’s on and | | | | participated in two races so far this season and |
| off-track events, including practice and qualifying and | | | | finished in the top three at both. |
| compete in the series’ second race at VIRginia | | | | Burton’s Jetta TDI Cup racecar will also be decked |
| International Raceway at 2 PM on April 26. | | | | out in State Water Heaters’ orange and blue. |
| The 2009 season marks the second year of | | | | Other guest drivers at the season opener are Simon |
| competition for the Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup. During | | | | Dumont, professional freestyle skier and Red Bull |
| the season, young, up and coming drivers between | | | | athlete and Dan Carney, award-winning automotive |
| ages 16-26 compete in 10 events on eight road | | | | journalist. |
| courses around North America. Each driver competing | | | | # # # |
| in the series will earn a Pro Racing license from SCCA | | | | About The Jetta TDI Cup Series: |
| at the conclusion of the season and the series | | | | The Jetta TDI car is powered by a 2.0-liter, 170 hp, |
| champion will win $100,000. While Burton will be a full | | | | four-cylinder TDI clean diesel engine mated to a |
| participant in the race at VIR, he is ineligible for driver | | | | six-speed, double-clutch, automatic DSG transmission. |
| points or prize money. | | | | The car is only slightly modified from stock with Pirelli |
| In the Jetta TDI Cup series all cars are identical Jetta | | | | racing tires, race suspension and brake components, |
| TDI’s, powered by HYPERFUELS’ | | | | drivers racing safety seat, FIA roll cage and an |
| SynDiesel® B5 bio-fuel. The environmentally friendly | | | | on-board fire extinguisher system. Series sponsors |
| car only uses two tanks of clean diesel fuel in races | | | | include: Pirelli, Bosch, ViON, Castrol, Oakley, Red Bull, |
| during the season. Like his father, founder of the | | | | HYPERFUELS, Aggreko, defNder, Safety-Kleen, |
| Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation, Burton is an avid | | | | Ringer Gloves, Jim Russell Racing School and Trellis |
| outdoorsman who cares deeply about conservation. | | | | Earth. |
| “I was born and raised by the creed to give back | | | | Volkswagen of America, Inc. |
| our natural resources to the next generation. I am | | | | |