Cole Whitt to Run K&N Pro Series East in 2010


Red Bull Racing Team will guide Cole Whitt out of his open-wheel comfort
zone and into the world of stock cars, as the 18-year-old development
driver will contend for the 2010 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East championship
in the No. 84 Red Bull Toyota.

"Cole has been a successful part of the Red Bull motorsports program and
we're excited to have the opportunity to work with him this year," said
RBRT's Elton Sawyer, who will oversee Whitt's development program. "He's a
very talented young driver and is eager to learn what it takes to advance
to the next level of his career."

A Red Bull athlete since 2004 and open-wheel phenom since he was 8, Whitt
will make his stock car debut in the East Series' season opener March 27
at South Carolina's Greenville-Pickens Speedway.

"I like racing so much and I have a blast with it," Whitt said. "I've
always been in love with racing and I'm really excited about being here
and working with the Red Bull Racing Team. I have a lot to learn, but I'm
confident that with hard work and valuable seat time it will pay off and
I'll reach my dream of being a successful NASCAR driver."

Whitt has already seen success in the upper ranks of the United States
Auto Club. In 2008, Whitt, then 17, won the National Midget title to
become USAC's youngest champion. A year later, he finished second in the
National Sprint Car standings and sixth in midgets. On the local and
national levels in 2009, he won a combined 17 races in 80-some starts on
asphalt and dirt.

Most recently, Whitt finished second in January's Chili Bowl Midget
Nationals - the Daytona 500 of midget racing.