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For Immediate Release #5 GTO Lime Rock Pre Race Report

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Contact:     John Thawley
                    248.227.0110
                    johnt@c2group.com


Stu Hayner Lime Rock Pre Race Report
#5 GMAC / Trenton Forging GTO Looks to carry momentum from Cleveland

Detroit – June 29, 2005  Fresh of his first top-five in the #5 GMAC  
Commercial Finance / Trenton Forging GTO, Stu Hayner and the  
Autosport Development team head to the historical Lime Rock Park for  
round 6 of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Series. The  
race is held in conjunction with the American Le Mans Series and the  
New England Grand Prix. The World Challenge races will be run on  
Saturday, July 2nd and will air the following day on SPEED.

“This has always been a good track for me,” said Hayner. “Although,  
we’ve had our share of bad luck here too. In 2002 we took the Trans- 
Am pole and coughed a motor while leading with four laps to go. In  
2003, the race was run in wet conditions and typically that’s good  
for me. Unfortunately, running with a huge lead, someone put down  
some oil going into one and we got off deep in the grass.”

“We don’t look at that though,” Hayner laughed. “We can be very fast  
here and I think the short track and long straight will favor our  
car. We keep learning more about our set-ups each time out and I  
think we’re starting to become much more consistent in finding what  
the car likes.”

“We can’t let our success at Cleveland get to our heads though,”  
Hayner cautioned. “The turn one incident really shook up that outcome  
of that race. We were fast in qualifying and did well to finish where  
we did. But, we’ve got a lot more work to do… we can’t let up. This  
will be a good test for us before we head out west.”

The New England Grand Prix schedule calls for the SPEED GT race to  
run Saturday at 12:40pm and the Touring Car race to run on Saturday  
at 4:10pm. Both races will air Sunday, July 3rd on SPEED with the  
Touring Car race at 4pm and the GT race at 5pm. All times are EST.

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 and temporary circuits in  
Cleveland, Denver and St. Petersburg, and make the traditional stops  
around the country at great tracks like Sebring, Road Atlanta, Lime  
Rock Park, Infineon, Mosport, Portland, Mid-Ohio and Laguna Seca.

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

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

For more information about Autosport Development visit  
www.GoAutosport.com

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





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John Thawley  ~  Creative Communications Group ~ 248.356.5699