Autosport Development GTO - Sebring Wrap-up

The Day Ends Early for the Autosport Development GTO
Part failure shortens race but the team heads home very optimistic

Sebring, Fla – March 21, 2004 In its fist ever outing, the #5 GMAC 
Commercial Finance / Trenton Forging GTO ended its day early in the 
World Challenge GT race at Sebring. After minor contact, an already 
suspect part simply let go.

“We have had concerns about the GTO’s street suspension and rear drive 
components since taking delivery on the car(s),” stated Crew Chief, Rob 
Wanamaker. “Well, we just had our suspicions confirmed. A rear half 
shaft let go about 16 laps into the race, so we’ll just add that to our 
list of things to reinforce.”

“We came down here to shake the car out thinking an actual race would 
give us much better feedback than an independent test session.” Added 
Wanamaker. “We were right…. this week proved to be the perfect 
environment to really see what the car is going to need to be 
completive. With the next race two and a half months off, we’ll have 
more time to change the car than we had to build the car. And, I’m sure 
we’ll do some testing between now and Lime Rock too.”

“I’m pleased,” added Stu Hayner. “We’ve put together an excellent group 
of guys and a terrific program. We came here hoping the race would 
provide a faster shakedown than we’d get by going out testing. It did. 
We’ve learned so much more than we could have testing in a vacuum. 
We’re going to go back and do some things that will get us the 
straightaway speed we need and we’ll improve the handling. Then we’ll 
go through all the components for durability. We really want to make 
the car(s) reliable. But, all-in-all, shy of breaking prior to the 
checkers, it was a successful weekend for us.”

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 SPEED channel (formerly Speedvision). 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