Autosport Development Sebring Wrap-Up

Sebring, Fla. March 18, 2005 – After a long busy winter, the Autosport 
Development team finally turned the wheels on the all-new #5 GMAC / 
Aramark / Trenton Forging GTO, today. The car made its first start at 
the annual 12 Hours of Sebring in Round One of the SCCA Pro Racing 
SPEED World Challenge GT race.

After experiencing many delays through the winter, the team unveiled 
the beautifully turned-out car with a new silver/black/red livery. 
Building the GTO from the ground up, the car is on the leading edge 
among World Challenge GT cars.

“We really feel strongly about our direction,” commented team owner, 
David Moxlow. “We’re going it alone with respect to shared information 
with other teams, but we take pride in knowing we’ve got something 
special. We built the car with adjustability in mind. World Challenge 
will run on a wide variety of tracks this year and we wanted to be sure 
the car would adapt. Last year, we got locked in to a pretty narrow set 
of parameters.”

The car started today’s race from pitlane as it had not had the 
opportunity to put in a practice time. The race officials allowed 
Hayner to run the car for one “hardship” lap earlier in the day… so 
Hayner found himself in a brand new car with no seat time.

“Well, we got a couple of laps in and even passed a few cars, but 
unfortunately, something in the motor let go,” said Hayner. “We had set 
the car up neutral just so I could put in some laps and get a little 
seat time under race conditions. The car felt terrific with the 
exception of some under steer. That’s certainly something we’ll work 
out. But, all-in-all, I think it’s going to be a great car.”

“It would have been nice to show up here and get a good race under our 
belts,” Hayner continued. “But with all the development we’ve done… I 
mean this is an all new car from the ground up and we’ve had no one’s 
footsteps to follow in… this is all our own design, so we were pretty 
realistic in our expectations. Our car chief and engineer, Rob 
Wannamaker has really built a pretty special piece. I’m confident we 
can run up front with this car.”

The team’s next race will be St. Petersburg, Fla. April 1-3, where the 
SPEED World Challenge will join the Indy Racing League on the city’s 
streets.

Today’s Sebring race will air on SPEED, Sunday March 27 at 2:00pm EST.


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 
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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 competes as 
part of the PEE World Challenge GT Series. All events are nationally 
televised on PEE channel (formerly peevision). In 2004 the SCCA 
SPEED World Challenge 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