AutoWeek Magazine and a Panel of Highly Influential Leaders Seek to Improve Teenage Driver Safety in America

  WHAT:  AutoWeek Teen Driving Safety Summit

  WHEN:  Tuesday, August 28, 2007

         8:30am:  Speakers/panelists available for media interviews

         9am:     Welcome and Introductions
                   -- Dutch Mandel, Editor and Associate Publisher, AutoWeek
                   -- Jim Yetter, Senior Manager, Dodge Car Marketing,
                      Chrysler

         9:10am:  Dr. Ricardo Martinez, Executive Vice President of Medical
                  Affairs and Regional Medical Officer, The Schumacher Group
                  (former Administrator of the National Highway Traffic
                  Safety Administration)

         9:50am:  Panel Session Presentations
                   -- George Ayres, President and Chief Operating Officer,
                      Skip Barber Racing School LLC
                   -- Ronn Langford, President and Founder, MasterDrive
                   -- Jeff Payne, President & CEO, Driver's Edge
                   -- Kyle Petty, Driver & CEO, Petty Enterprises LLC
                   -- Ken Thom, President and General Manager, Bob Bondurant
                      School of High Performance Racing

         10:30am: Break

         10:45am: Panel Q&A Session

         11:20am: Phil Berardelli, author, Safe Young Drivers:
                  A Guide for Parents and Teens

         Noon:    Lunch

         1-5pm:   Driving sessions with Richard Petty Driving Experience
                  professional instructors

  WHERE: Oakland University
         Oakland Center West Campus
         2200 N. Squirrel Rd.
         Rochester, MI 48309

HIGHLIGHTS: Registered attendees include parents, teens and educators in addition to those from the automotive industry, corporate America and advanced teen driving schools, all passionate about improving current driver education curriculums.

         Keynote Speaker: Dr. Ricardo Martinez, Executive V.P. of Medical
         Affairs and Regional Medical Officer, The Schumacher Group (former
         head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)

         Driving School Panelists: Petty Enterprises; MasterDrive; Driver's
         Edge; Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Racing and Skip
         Barber Racing School

Due to the tremendous response from AutoWeek readers from the September 4, 2006, special section on teen driving (available for download at AutoWeek.com/teen), the goal of the summit is to bring together those who can influence driver education in this country.

Panelists will address safety issues related to teen accidents and deaths and identify what needs to be done in order to improve current driver education programs. From there, attendees will discuss what they can do in order to initiate this change.

The afternoon driving session will then give these individuals an opportunity to experience first-hand common challenges of the road and proper ways in which to handle various situations.

For more information on the AutoWeek Teen Driving Safety Summit, please visit AutoWeek.com/tdss.

  CONTACTS:   Rachael Poirier, 313-446-0447 (office), 810-287-8202 (onsite)
              Cheryl Rothe, 313-446-6767 (office), 586-321-1211 (onsite)

  NOTE:       Speakers, panelists and AutoWeek editors and contributors are
              available for interviews by contacting Rachael Poirier.

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