{"id":19267,"date":"2019-02-07T08:18:15","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T13:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/?p=19267"},"modified":"2019-02-07T08:18:16","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T13:18:16","slug":"state-water-heaters-continue-sponsorship-of-jen-burton-at-jr-motorsports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2019\/02\/07\/state-water-heaters-continue-sponsorship-of-jen-burton-at-jr-motorsports\/","title":{"rendered":"State Water Heaters continue sponsorship of Jen Burton at JR Motorsports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2019\/02\/img_0339.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19266\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2019\/02\/img_0339.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2019\/02\/img_0339-594x335.jpg 594w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2019\/02\/img_0339-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: \"Segoe UI\", \"Helvetica Neue\", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none\">JR Motorsports and State Water Heaters, a leader in the water heating industry, announced today a new partnership between the organizations for the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: \"Segoe UI\", \"Helvetica Neue\", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none\">The company will sponsor the No. 8 Chevrolet Camaro which will be driven by Jen Burton. Alsco and Ultimate Headers have also joined as associate partners for those same five races with JRM and Burton.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: \"Segoe UI\", \"Helvetica Neue\", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none\">State Water Heaters has been involved with the Burton family since 2007 when they began partnering with Burton&#8217;s father, Ward. Later the company sponsored Burton&#8217;s NASCAR Truck Series debut in 2012.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: \"Segoe UI\", \"Helvetica Neue\", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none\">\u201cI\u2019m very excited to continue my partnership with State Water Heaters and make the introduction between them and JR Motorsports,\u201d said JRM driver, Burton. \u201cState has been an amazing partner over the years and has become family \u2013 helping me from the very start of my career going back to Late Models. With JRM\u2019s family-style environment, the partnership couldn\u2019t be more perfect. I\u2019m looking forward to this season together, adding Alsco and Ultimate Headers, and to getting State their very first victory as a primary sponsor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: \"Segoe UI\", \"Helvetica Neue\", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none\">Burton first race in the No. 8 State Water Heaters Chevrolet will be at Texas Motor Speedway on March 30. The black, orange and blue Camaro will then return for races at Charlotte Motor Speedway (May 25), Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Sept. 7), Texas Motor Speedway (Nov. 2) and Homestead-Miami Speedway (Nov. 16).<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: \"Segoe UI\", \"Helvetica Neue\", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none\">\u201cWith ties to racing and the outdoors, the Burton family has always had a natural connection with our State Water Heaters wholesalers and contractors. Because of that connection, Ward and Jeb are great ambassadors for the State brand,&#8221; said Jeff Storie, director of marketing for State Water Heaters. &#8220;We\u2019re excited that our 2019 partnership will include Jeb and Ward, and also add Dale Jr. along with JR Motorsports to the State family. It will be an exciting element for our customers, as well as for us. We look forward to seeing what Jeb can do on the track in JRM\u2019s Chevys.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: \"Segoe UI\", \"Helvetica Neue\", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none\">Alsco has bee. Partnering with the Burton&#8217;s since 2016.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: \"Segoe UI\", \"Helvetica Neue\", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none\">\u201cAfter many years of being a Ward Burton fan, it was an easy decision to make, supporting Jeb in the No. 8. Add in JR Motorsports and that\u2019s a trifecta win for Alsco,\u201d said Jim Divers, director of sales and marketing for Alsco. \u201cWe look forward to a successful season and continuing to grow our relationship with Jeb and JR Motorsports beyond 2019.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JR Motorsports and State Water Heaters, a leader in the water heating industry, announced today a new partnership between the organizations for the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season. The company will sponsor the No. 8 Chevrolet Camaro which will be driven by Jen Burton. Alsco and Ultimate Headers have also joined as associate partners for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,788],"tags":[301,1025,708],"coauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19267","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-xfinity","8":"category-news","9":"tag-jeb-burton","10":"tag-jr-moro-rsports","11":"tag-nascar"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19267"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=19267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}