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1 2005 INDY INSIDER BOOK CENT-RT-010 InfoBooklet_Final.indd 1 10/13/05 8:15:00 AM

2 WELCOME TO INDY THE ROAR OF A CROWD OF MORE THAN 250,000 PEOPLE OVERPOWERING 33 ENGINES FIRING AT EAR-PIERCING DECIBELS. ATHLETES CONQUERING MILES OF UNFORGIVING ASPHALT AT SPEEDS WELL OVER 220 MPH. YOU DON T HAVE TO LOVE RACING TO GET PULLED INTO THE DRAFT OF INDY S EXCITEMENT. WELCOME. FIRST RUN IN 1911, THIS IS THE MOST CELEBRATED RACE ON EARTH. A SHOWCASE OF DRIVERS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE, EVERY DRIVER DREAMS OF RACING INDY. COINED THE BRICKYARD, AFTER THE INITIAL CRUSHED GRAVEL TRACK WAS REPLACED WITH BRICKS, IT WAS CONSTRUCTED ON 328 ACRES OF FARMLAND IN 1909 AND FINANCED BY FOUR LOCAL BUSINESSMEN AS A FORUM TO PREMIER THE LATEST CREATIONS OF THE BOOMING INDIANAPOLIS AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY. REGULAR RACES WERE POORLY ATTENDED SO THE INVESTORS SETTLED ON ONE RACE WITH A HUGE PURSE FOR MEMORIAL DAY OF MEMORIAL DAY WOULD NEVER BE THE SAME. THIS YEAR MARKS THE FIRST YEAR CENTRIX FINANCIAL HAS PARTNERED WITH NEWMAN/HAAS RACING (NHR) AND IS CENTRIX S SECOND INDY EFFORT. FOUNDED IN 1982 BY ACTOR AND RACECAR DRIVER PAUL NEWMAN AND ENTREPRENEUR CARL A. HAAS, NEWMAN/HAAS RACING IS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL RACING TEAMS IN THE WORLD. THE TEAM HAS BEEN COMPETING SINCE 1983 AND IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CHAMP CAR TEAM RACING TODAY, WINNING 83 RACES AND TAKING 94 POLES. TEAM CENTRIX MEMBERS BRUNO JUNQUEIRA AND SEBASTIEN BOURDAIS MAKE ENTRIES 22 AND 23 FOR NHR AT THE INDIANAPOLIS 500. PREVIOUS NHR DRIVERS INCLUDE LEGENDS LIKE MARIO ANDRETTI, MICHAEL ANDRETTI, NIGEL MANSELL, PAUL TRACY, CRISTIAN FITIPALDI AND CHRISTIANO DA MATTA. CENT-RT-010 InfoBooklet_Final.indd 2 10/13/05 8:15:01 AM

3 SCHEDULE FRIDAY, MAY 27 CENTRIX HOSPITALITY DESK 7:30A - MIDNIGHT CREDENTIAL PICK-UP & INFORMATION (PICTURE ID REQUIRED FOR CREDENTIAL PICK-UP) VIP GUEST SCHEDULE DINNER OPTIONS AVAILABLE AT THE HOSPITALITY DESK SATURDAY, MAY 28 CENTRIX HOSPITALITY DESK 5:30A - 6:30P CREDENTIAL PICK-UP & INFORMATION (PICTURE ID REQUIRED FOR CREDENTIAL PICK-UP) VIP GUEST SCHEDULE 7:30A LOAD EXECUTIVE COACHES IN WESTIN LOBBY PLEASE COME PREPARED WITH CLOSED-TOE SHOES, LONG PANTS, SLEEVED SHIRTS & CREDENTIALS FOR COMPLETE ACCESS TO TRACK & GARAGE. 8:00A DEPART WESTIN FOR SPEEDWAY 8:30A - 10:45A EXECUTIVE COACH: LIGHT CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST GASOLINE ALLEY/GARAGE TOURS (TRACK) 11:00A DRIVER MEETING (OPEN TO THE PUBLIC) RETURN TRANSPORTATION OPTION 1: AM COACH 11:20A - 11:45A MEET/BOARD COACHES 11:45A - AM RETURN COACH: DEPART FOR PARADE DROP-OFF & WESTIN 12:00P - 2:00P 500 FESTIVAL PARADE, PLEASE BRING TICKETS INCLUDED IN WELCOME PACKET RETURN TRANSPORTATION OPTION 2: PM COACH 12:30P - 1:00P MEET/BOARD COACHES 1:00P - PM RETURN COACH: DEPART FOR WESTIN 4:30P - 5:30P COCKTAIL RECEPTION/ALL WESTIN HOTEL COUNCIL MEETING ROOM 5:30P - 5:50P BOARD EXECUTIVE COACHES 5:50P DEPART WESTIN FOR ELEMENTS RESTAURANT CENT-RT-010 InfoBooklet_Final.indd 3 10/13/05 8:15:01 AM

4 6:00P - 9:00P CENTRIX HOSTED ELEMENTS 415 N ALABAMA STREET (317) SUNDAY, MAY 29 CENTRIX HOSPITALITY DESK 5:30A - 7:00P CREDENTIAL PICK-UP & INFORMATION VIP GUEST SCHEDULE 6:45A LOAD EXECUTIVE COACHES IN WESTIN LOBBY PLEASE COME PREPARED WITH CLOSED-TOE SHOES, LONG PANTS, SLEEVED SHIRTS, & CREDENTIALS FOR COMPLETE ACCESS TO TRACK & GARAGE. 7:30A DEPART WESTIN FOR SPEEDWAY UNDER OFFICIAL POLICE ESCORT 8:00A CENTRIX SUITE RACE DAY BREAKFAST BUFFET TOWER TERRACE SUITE #32 9:05A SPECIAL CENTRIX SUITE DRIVER APPEARANCE: SEBASTIEN BOURDAIS IN CAR #37 BRUNO JUNQUEIRA IN CAR #36 9:30A PRE-RACE THE TRACK 11:00A OFFICIAL 89TH INDIANAPOLIS 500 DRIVER INTRODUCTIONS 11:45A CENTRIX SUITE LUNCH BUFFET 12:00P START: 89TH INDIANAPOLIS 500 2:30P AFTERNOON HORS D OEUVRES & COCKTAILS 3:30P ESTIMATED COMPLETION: 89TH INDY 500 RACE 3:45P VICTORY CIRCLE CEREMONY 4:00P MEET/BOARD EXECUTIVE COACHES 4:45P DEPART TRACK FOR WESTIN MONDAY, MAY 30 CENTRIX HOSPITALITY DESK AM/PM TRAVEL TRANSPORTATION TO THE AIRPORT PRE-ARRANGED BASED ON ARRIVAL SCHEDULE CENT-RT-010 InfoBooklet_Final.indd 4 10/13/05 8:15:01 AM

5 HOTEL INFO THE WESTIN INDIANAPOLIS 50 SOUTH CAPITOL AVENUE INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA P: (317) HOTEL INFO/WELCOME DESK HOURS IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR NEED ASSISTANCE, PLEASE CONTACT THE CENTRIX HOSPITALITY DESK AT (317) HOURS OF OPERATION. FRIDAY: OPEN 7:30A TO MIDNIGHT SATURDAY: OPEN 5:30A TO 6:30P SUNDAY: OPEN 5:30A TO 7:00P MONDAY: OPEN 7:00A TO 4:00P WEATHER AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR INDIANAPOLIS IN MAY AVERAGE HIGH 78 F AVERAGE LOW 56 F INDY RULES REQUIRE THAT 50% OF LAPS NEED TO BE COMPLETED FOR A WINNER TO BE DETERMINED. THE RACE HAS BEEN SHORTENED SIX TIMES BY RAIN, THE LAST YEAR BEING THE DRIVERS FINISHED 180 LAPS TOTALING 450 MILES. CENT-RT-010 InfoBooklet_Final.indd 5 10/13/05 8:15:01 AM

6 THE BRICKYARD DIRECTIONS TO THE BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE ON SUNDAY, CATCH ALL THE ACTION FROM THE CENTRIX TOWER TERRACE SUITE #32 (NO SUITE ACCESS ON SATURDAY), LOCATED ON PIT ROW BETWEEN THE STARTING LINE AND TURN 4. PLEASE TAKE THE ELEVATOR TO THE SECOND FLOOR AND SOMEONE WILL ESCORT YOU TO THE SUITE. PLEASE REMEMBER YOUR SUNDAY CREDENTIALS FOR ELEVATOR ACCESS. CENT-RT-010 InfoBooklet_Final.indd 6 10/13/05 8:15:02 AM

7 THE DRIVERS BRUNO JUNQUEIRA #36 TEAM CENTRIX DRIVER BRUNO JUNQUEIRA 28-YEAR-OLD BRUNO JUNQUEIRA WAS BORN IN BELO HORIZONTE, BRAZIL. HE BEGAN RACING BMX BIKES AT THE AGE OF SIX AND GO- KARTS AT THE AGE OF ELEVEN. HE S A SECOND-GENERATION RACER, HIS FATHER, JOSE, RACED AMATEUR STOCK CARS IN BRAZIL MARKS BRUNO S FOURTH RACE AT INDY. IN HIS ROOKIE DEBUT IN 2001 HE STARTED 20TH AND FINISHED FIFTH. HE TOOK THE POLE POSITION IN 2002, LED THE FIRST 32 LAPS BUT RETIRED IN 31ST PLACE WITH ENGINE FAILURE. LAST YEAR IN HIS FIRST INDY 500 WITH NHR, HE QUALIFIED HIS PACIFICARE HONDA-G-FORCE FOURTH DESPITE LIMITED PRACTICE TIME. HE WAS LEADING THE RACE WITH ONLY A FEW LAPS LEFT WHEN RAIN AND TORNADOS CLOSED IN ON THE TRACK. HE PITTED FOR FUEL BUT WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER THE LEAD BEFORE THE RACE ENDED UNDER CAUTION. HE FINISHED FIFTH. ONLY TWO BRAZILIANS HAVE WON THE INDIANAPOLIS 500. EMERSON FITTIPALDI OF SAO PAULO WON IN 1989 AND HELIO CASTRONEVES WON IN 2001 AND IN HIS CAREER TO DATE, BRUNO HAS WON EIGHT RACES, CLAIMED EIGHT POLES, AND CLIMBED THE PODIUM 26 TIMES. DRIVING HIS CHAMP CAR CAREER, BRUNO FINISHED SECOND IN THE YEAR-END STANDINGS IN 2002/2003 AND 16TH IN HIS ROOKIE SEASON IN HIS PERSONAL CAR OF CHOICE IS A BLACK BMW M3. HIS FIRST CAR WAS A FIAT UNO. BRUNO SPEAKS FOUR LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, PORTUGUESE, ITALIAN, AND SPANISH. IN 2004 JUNQUEIRA FINISHED SECOND IN POINTS WITH 341 TO TEAM- MATE BOURDAIS, WHO HAD 369. CENT-RT-010 InfoBooklet_Final.indd 7 10/13/05 8:15:02 AM

8 SEBASTIEN BOURDAIS #37 TEAM CENTRIX DRIVER SEBASTIEN BOURDAIS 26-YEAR-OLD SEBASTIEN BOURDAIS IS MAKING HIS ROOKIE DEBUT AT INDY. IN FACT, APRIL 18 WAS THE FIRST TIME HE EVER SAT IN AN INDYCAR. SEBASTIEN IS FROM THE LEGENDARY RACING TOWN OF LE MANS, FRANCE, AND WAS ACTUALLY BORN AT A CLINIC ON ONE OF THE TURNS AT THE HISTORIC TRACK. LIKE HIS TEAMMATE BRUNO, SEBASTIEN IS ALSO A SECOND-GENERATION RACER. HIS FATHER, PATRICK, COMPLETED 24 HOURS OF LE MANS FIVE TIMES. THIS MARKS SEBASTIEN S SECOND YEAR WITH NHR. VOTED SPEED TV S 2004 DRIVER OF THE YEAR (DOY) BY THE FANS SELECTED AS TSN MAGAZINE S CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS VOTED RACER MAGAZINE S ROAD RACER OF THE YEAR ESPN.COM S NORTH AMERICAN OPEN-WHEEL DRIVER OF THE YEAR FIRST-TEAM HONORS FROM THE AMERICAN AUTO RACING WRITERS AND BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION (AARWBA) IN 14 CCWS EVENTS, HE WON SEVEN RACES AND EIGHT POLES AS WELL AS SET THE FASTEST RACE LAP SIX TIMES EN ROUTE TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN ONLY HIS SECOND SEASON IN THE SERIES. SEBASTIEN BECAME THE FIRST DRIVER SINCE FORMER NHR DRIVER DA MATTA ( TOTAL RACES) TO EARN SEVEN POLES IN ONE SEASON BEFORE BREAKING THAT RECORD WITH AN EIGHTH IN THE SEASON FINALE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR. THAT SEASON HE CLAIMED THREE VICTORIES, FIVE POLES, SEVEN PODIUM FINISHES ON HIS WAY TO A FOURTH-PLACE FINISH IN POINTS. IN HIS CAREER, SEBASTIEN HAS CLAIMED 13 POLES. IN 2004 HE COMPETED IN THE 24 HOURS OF LE MANS BUT MECHANICAL PROBLEMS LIMITED HIS FINISH AFTER RUNNING FOURTH. SEBASTIEN S FITNESS REGIMEN CONSISTS OF RUNNING, CYCLING, AND SWIMMING. HE RESIDES IN TAMPA, FL. HIS PERSONAL CAR OF CHOICE IS A MERCEDES ML SUV. SEBASTIEN SPEAKS ENGLISH AND FRENCH. INDYCAR IS A TRADEMARK OF BRICKYARD TRADEMARKS, INC. AND/OR LICENSED TO IRL FOR USE. CENT-RT-010 InfoBooklet_Final.indd 8 10/13/05 8:15:03 AM

9 SUTTON MOTORSPORTS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT, OR 220 MPH SUTTON MOTORSPORTS (SMS) WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2004 BY ROBERT SUTTON. SUTTON STARTED OUT AS A MERE CAR ENTHUSIAST BUT AFTER ONE RACE, HE WAS HOOKED. SMS WAS CREATED WITH THE GOAL OF BUILDING AND MANAGING COMPETITIVE MOTORSPORTS PROPERTIES WITH A STRONG ECONOMIC FOUNDATION AND PROVIDING A VALUABLE BUSINESS PLATFORM FOR THE MARKETING PROGRAMS FOR CENTRIX. SMS FOCUS IS ON INNOVATIVE ENGAGEMENT AND EVENT MANAGEMENT. IN ADDITION TO ITS SIGNIFICANT NASCAR INVOLVEMENT, SMS HAS NEGOTIATED OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT OF THE CENTRIX FINANCIAL GRAND PRIX OF DENVER, 2004 AND 2005 ENTRIES IN THE INDIANAPOLIS 500, AND SPONSORSHIP OF THE IRL, CHAMP CAR, BAJA 1000, AND RACE OF CHAMPIONS. CENT-RT-010 InfoBooklet_Final.indd 9 10/13/05 8:15:03 AM

10 CENTRIX FUNDS CENTRIX CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC (CCM), THE MANAGING MEMBER OF CENTRIX FUNDS, IS AN AFFILIATE OF CENTRIX FINANCIAL, LLS. SINCE 1997, CENTRIX FINANCIAL HAS REMAINED FOCUSED ON REVOLUTIONIZING THE SPECIAL AUTO FINANCE MARKET, ENABLING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DRIVERS TO GET BEHIND THE WHEEL AND BACK ON TRACK TO REPAIRED CREDIT, GREETING THEM WITH THE RESPECT THEY DESERVE AROUND EVERY TURN. TODAY CENTRIX IS OVER 1,100 EMPLOYEES STRONG. THE MANAGEMENT TEAM CONSISTS OF DEDICATED AND EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONALS, INCLUDING AUTO INDUSTRY SPECIALISTS, SPECIAL FINANCE EXPERTS, INVESTMENT AND RISK MANAGEMENT SPECIALISTS AND INSURANCE EXPERTS. THEY RE SUPPORTED BY A SEASONED TEAM OF PORTFOLIO MANAGERS, LOAN ANALYSTS, CREDIT PROFILERS, RISK MANAGEMENT ANALYSTS, INSURANCE, AND LOAN SERVING SPECIALISTS, EACH AVERAGING ROUGHLY 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THEIR RELATED FIELD. CENTRIX FUNDS PROVIDES A FLEXIBLE AND EFFECTIVE WAY FOR INVESTORS TO LEVERAGE THE ATTRACTIVE HIGH RETURNS IN SPECIAL AUTO FINANCE (SAF) THROUGH A MANAGED LOAN PORTFOLIO BASED ON CENTRIX FINANCIAL S PROPRIETARY PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT PROGRAM TM (PMP). THE PMP ENSURES THAT EACH LOAN IS INSURED INDIVIDUALLY AGAINST LOSS OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST. THE CENTRIX PMP OFFERS THE ADVANTAGES OF HIGH DIVERSIFICATION, LOW VOLATILITY, LOW CORRELATION AND STEADY RETURNS. ALL CENTRIX SAF LOANS ARE FIXED RATES AND RESISTANT TO INTEREST RATE FLUCTUATIONS. RATES STAY CONSTANT, WHICH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES REINVESTMENT RISK, AND AS A RESULT, EXPECTATIONS OF PORTFOLIO RETURNS ARE RELATIVELY STABLE AND SUSTAINABLE. CENT-RT-010 InfoBooklet_Final.indd 10 10/13/05 8:15:04 AM

11 CONTACT INFO THE FOLLOWING CENTRIX STAFF ARE ON CALL 24/7 TO ASSIST YOU DURING YOUR STAY. TEAM CENTRIX CONTACTS: LOUISE MENDEZ - MAIN CONTACT (303) KATIE KOCHENBERGER (720) PAULA MACDONALD-LANE (303) CENT-RT-010 InfoBooklet_Final.indd 11 10/13/05 8:15:05 AM

12 NOTES COPYRIGHT 2005 CENTRIX Financial, LLC CENT-RT-010 InfoBooklet_Final.indd 12 10/13/05 8:15:05 AM