CENTRIX Financial Grand Prix of Denver Announces 2005 Dates

Event Returning to Circuit around Pepsi Center August 12-13-14, 2005

CENTENNIAL, Colo., Oct. 28 -- Save the date! The CENTRIX Financial Grand Prix of Denver will take place August 12 - 14, 2005. The league sanctioning body, Champ Car World Series, announced its 14-race 2005 schedule today, making it official that the Denver event will take place on the same popular mid-August weekend next year. The CENTRIX Financial Grand Prix of Denver will be staged as Round Nine of next year's Champ Car World Series.

The 2005 event will be the fourth running of the Denver Grand Prix and the second under the ownership and management of Centennial-based CENTRIX Financial. "This year CENTRIX made a significant commitment to evolving the Grand Prix into an urban festival and a truly world-class event for the city of Denver," said John Frew, vice president and general counsel for the Grand Prix. "We changed the weekend line-up to include a broader variety of racing and events and the public responded with record crowds. We intend to build on that success in 2005."

Due to CENTRIX's increasing involvement with motorsports, which includes NASCAR, the SCORE Baja 1000, and the Race of Champions there had been some changes and additions to the Grand Prix staff. John Frew, who formerly served as the Grand Prix's general manager, will serve as vice president and general counsel for the broader motorsports program in 2005. Jim Freudenberg will fill the roll of general manager for the Grand Prix of Denver, and will oversee much of the event's operational side going forward.

"John has been a great resource, and offers a unique historical perspective of the Denver Grand Prix because he has been involved since the beginning," Freudenberg said. "We have already begun working to solidify partnerships for the 2005 event. We look forward to renewing our existing partner relationships, as well as fielding inquiries from potential partners who want to come on board in 2005."

Anyone interested in partnership opportunities should contact Katie Kochenberger at (720) 873-5037.

The Grand Prix is in the process of upgrading its Website, www.gpdenver.com, so fans will be able to keep up with all of the latest developments in the coming months. There are many exciting innovations in the works. For example, the SCCA Speed World Challenge GT, enhanced action sports and Touring Series were recently added to next summer's schedule.

Ticket renewals for the 2005 CENTRIX Financial Grand Prix of Denver will be available December 1, 2004, with sales to the general public scheduled to begin by February 1, 2005. For more information call (303) 825-0300.

About CENTRIX Financial, LLC

CENTRIX Financial, founded in 1990, is a capital management and financial services firm that develops and manages products and investment strategies focused on the auto finance industry. With agreements with nearly 7,000 auto dealers and over 200 financial institutions, CENTRIX has underwritten over 125,000 loans totaling over $2.0 billion since 1998. CENTRIX's current motorsports marketing programs include its position as the Official Auto Finance Company of NASCAR among others.