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Autosport Development Qualifying Report


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Autosport Development GTO Completes Qualifying Round At Sebring
Hayner puts it on the grid 25th Friday’s race

Sebring, Fla – March 20, 2004 Methodically edging the brand new #5 GMAC 
Commercial Finance / Trenton Forging GTO up to speed, Stu Hayner place 
the car 25th on the grid for tomorrow’s SPEED World Challenge GT main 
event at Sebring. This is the debut event for the GTO and the 2004 
World Challenge season.

“Well, the racer in you would like to move a little closer to the 
front,” remarked Hayner. “But we’re moving forward according to plan. 
We came here to shake the car out and to finish tomorrow’s race. I 
think everyone is pleased with our progress.”

Regarding his 25th starting spot, Hayner laughed. “It’s been quite a 
while since I’ve done a standing start, so maybe this isn’t such a bad 
place to start. I’ll follow the crew’s instructions and start finding 
my way up to speed. The GTO feels pretty comfortable so far. But, I’m 
sure as we it’s going to start leaning into it it’ll have some teething 
issues and we’re going to have to sort out the handling. Right now it’s 
good… we’ve got a long way to go to make it better.”

Team owner, David Moxlow concurred. “We’ve accomplished most of our 
goals for this weekend. As Stu said, the racer in you always wants 
more, but we’re here for the long haul. We’re committed to this program 
and want to do good things for our marketing partner, GMAC Commercial 
Finance. We’ve also got our friends from Alan Jay Pontiac with us this 
weekend, so we want to see them have a good time too. All-in-all, we’re 
very pleased.”

GMAC Commercial Finance, considered a leader in its segment of the 
financial services market, provides accounts receivable management and 
financing, asset-based lending, equipment finance/leasing, retail 
financing, structured financing, and supply chain management services 
to a wide variety of clients in diverse industries. Loan facilities are 
in the $2 million to $200 million range. With locations in the United 
States, Canada, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom, the Company is 
positioned to provide lending services worldwide.

Trenton Forging Company from Trenton Michigan is a leading producer of 
custom impression die forgings to a wide variety of industries. They 
have a strong reputation as a supplier of choice to many Tier 1 and 
Tier 2 automotive/light truck suppliers. Trenton produces multiple 
cavity die forgings to meet customers exacting specifications and 
offers a wide range of high quality custom forging products with 
exceptional customer service.

In association with Trenton Forging, Autosport Development will compete 
as part of the SPEED World Challenge GT Series. All events are 
nationally televised on PEE channel. The SCCA 
SPEED World Challenge GT season will make its first standing start of 
2004 at Sebring International Raceway for the fourth-consecutive year 
as part of the 52nd Mobil1 Twelve Hours of Sebring week March 17-20.  
In 2004, the series will visit Lime Rock Park, Mid-Ohio Sports Car 
Course, Infineon Raceway, Portland International Raceway, Mosport 
International Raceway, Road America, Road Atlanta Motorsports Center 
and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

For more information about Autosport Development and the Stu Hayner #5 
GTO, visit www.GoAutosport.com

For more information about Trenton Forging, visit www.trentonforging.com

For more information about GMAC Commercial Finance, visit www.gmaccf.com

For more information about SCCA SPEED World Challenge, visit 
www.world-challenge.com