CENTRIX Financial Prepares for Three-Peat at 2004 Tecate SCORE Baja 1000
Team CENTRIX Announced, Includes Paul Newman
CENTENNIAL, Colo., Nov. 12 -- On November 17th at Mexico's Baja Peninsula, 300 racers will race for three days over 1,000 miles through the region's rugged terrain, pristine beaches and rustic towns. Thirty US states and 10 countries will be represented.
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Today, CENTRIX Financial, a national financial management and services firm, announced its Team CENTRIX line-up for the 2004 Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 race. CENTRIX will be returning to the Baja 1000 for the third consecutive year, having signed on as an event sponsor, as well as sponsor of the CENTRIX Financial Baja Challenge Class. Team CENTRIX will be fielding five cars to compete in the Baja Challenge Class, which Robert E. Sutton, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CENTRIX Financial, has won two years running.
This year Newman/Haas team owner, Paul Newman will race with Sutton. Other notable Team CENTRIX entries include: Indy Racing League driver Vitor Meira; Indy 500 winner, Danny Sullivan; Champ Car Drivers Michel Jourdain Jr., Oriol Servia and 2004 series champion Sebastien Bourdais; and Pikes Peak Hill Climb winners Jeff Zwart, Rod Millen and Rhys Millen.
"I am thrilled about returning to Baja," said Sutton. "It is an iconic event in the world of motorsports, presenting more challenges in terms of scope, difficulty and logistics than any other event in the world. My compliments to Sal Fish and the SCORE team for being able to step up to the challenge and pull off a world class event year after year.
"The Baja 1000 is one of the most rigorous events in motorsports. The speed, ability to understand and manage risk, and teamwork necessary to win is a direct reflection of the skills used to achieve success at CENTRIX," continued Sutton.
The CENTRIX Financial Baja Challenge class features 12 identically-equipped, Porsche-powered Baja Touring cars shod with BFGoodrich tires prepared by Todd Clement and his team at Wide Open Baja.
2004 Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 Team CENTRIX Entries:
BC-9
* Robert E. Sutton, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for CENTRIX
Financial
* Paul Newman, Newman Haas Racing team owner
* Rod Millen, Pikes Peak Hill Climb Winner and record holder and
seasoned Baja driver
* Jeff Zwart, Rally Driver and Pikes Peak Hill Climb winner
BC-2
* David Sutton, Sutton's son and seasoned Baja driver
* Ryan Thomas, Five-time Baja 1000 Winner and Wide Open Baja Guide
* Ryan Millen, Rod Millen's son and emerging Open-Wheel driver
* Wally Fisk, Wide Open Baja
BC-8
* Sebastien Bourdais, 2004 Champ Car World Series Champion, Newman-Haas
Racing
* Vitor Meira, Indy Racing League driver, Rahal Letterman Racing
* Rhys Millen, US D1 Drifting Championship Driver and Pikes Peak Hill
Climb winner
BC-4
* Michel Jourdain Jr., Champ Car driver, RuSPORT
* Michel Jourdain Sr., Retired Open-Wheel driver
* Bernard Jourdain, Retired Open-Wheel driver
BC-5
* Danny Sullivan, 1985 Indy 500 winner
* Roberto Guerrero, Retired Indy Racing League driver
* Oriol Servia, Champ Car driver, Dale Coyne Racing
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 more than 200 financial institutions, CENTRIX has underwritten more than 125,000 loans totaling more than $2.0 billion since 1998. CENTRIX's current motorsports marketing programs include its position as the Official Auto Finance Company of NASCAR among others.
For further information, please contact Margaret Fogarty, Corporate Communications of CENTRIX Financial, +1-303-391-3427, mfogarty@centrixfinancial.com; or Karen Cryderman, Public Relations of BA&T, +1-720-838-4036, karenc@thinkbat.com, for CENTRIX Financial.
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