World Challenge GT Series - Autosport Development 2005

  Autosport Development Announces a Double Effort For Next Season
Two-car team for the SPEED World Challenge GT Series

Detroit. – November 13, 2004 Autosport Development is stepping up their 
commitment to the SPEED World Challenge GT Series with a two-car effort 
for 2005.

“SPEED World Challenge is the best road racing series on the 
continent,” said team owner, David Moxlow. “We couldn’t be more pleased 
with the Series. From top to bottom, they deliver on their promise. The 
competition is the best there is. We’re convinced it will only get 
better.”

The team finished 15th overall in the driver Championship points with 
their best finish (11th) coming at Portland International Raceway.

“Our 2004 effort was well spent,” said Moxlow. “We took on a major 
project with this GTO. We’ve been told it is the first professional 
road racing effort in the history of the GTO. We know what we got 
ourselves into. Last year GTO fans were very excited about seeing this 
car on the racetrack. As a team, we want to reward that loyalty through 
our commitment and on-track performance. This is going to be very 
exciting.”

“After Laguna, we immediately got to work on next year’s program,” 
continued Moxlow. “The past month has been spent focused on taking our 
development efforts to the next level. We’ve expanded our shop space 
located here at Trenton Forging and added staff in order to build two 
new cars in a timely fashion.”

Crew Chief, Rob Wanamaker, added, “We are building two new racecars 
from the ground up. We will be working closely with Holden of Australia 
in an effort to learn from their success. We’ll also be working with 
the Series and soliciting their input along the way. We learned quite a 
bit through our efforts this year and we’re convinced that the process 
of developing the car under true race conditions was the way for us to 
go. We learned a lot about the car, our competition and what we need to 
do next.”

The team also announced that Stu Hayner will continue to drive the #5 
car in 2005. A driver for the second car will be announced at a later 
date.

“In addition to the new cars, we are expanding our hospitality programs 
for 2005,” Moxlow added. “With that in mind, it is very important to us 
that everyone on our team projects the right image. Stu Hayner is the 
consummate professional. The driver and crew we select for the second 
car will need that same mind set.”

Autosport Development competes as part of the SPEED World Challenge GT 
Series. All events are nationally televised on SPEED channel (formerly 
Speedvision). In 2005 the SPEED World Challenge Series schedule will 
include street races in Denver and St. Petersburg, and make the 
traditional stops around the country at great tracks like Sebring, Road 
Atlanta, Lime Rock Park, Infineon, Portland, Road America, Mid-Ohio and 
Laguna Seca.

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

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