WORLD CLASS RACING, MULTI-MARQUE CAR CLUB EVENT KICK OFF 2005 MAZDA RACEWAY
LAGUNA SECA SEASON

MarqueMADNESS “Festival” Door Opener for Fans, Sports Car Enthusiasts to
Celebrate U.S. Sports Car Invitational Presented by Shell V-Power

MONTEREY, Calif. (February 22, 2005) – Sports car enthusiasts from all over
the Western United States will have an opportunity to gather for a unique
“all-clubs” event dubbed MarqueMADNESS April 28-May 1 in conjunction with
the U.S. Sports Car Invitational Presented by Shell V-Power at Mazda Raceway
Laguna Seca.

The U.S. Sports Car Invitational Presented by Shell V-Power April 29-May 1
will be the season opener for Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, featuring the Grand
American Rolex Sports Car Series for Daytona Prototypes and GT cars as well
as the Grand-Am Cup for high-performance street stock cars.

MarqueMADNESS will begin a day earlier, on Thursday, April 28, with an
opportunity for club members to do “warm laps” during a Touring Day at the
raceway, in addition to an inter-club shootout autocross competition at the
Marina Airport that continues through Friday. MarqueMADNESS will also
feature festival-style marque corrals during the race weekend, and two
inter-marque rallyes. Additional marque club activities will include a
parade laps/photo event, Funcours, special displays and camaraderie.

The marque corrals will provide race fans yet another opportunity to view a
large variety of sports cars as club members proudly display their machines.

“We welcome participation and the support of ventures such as
MarqueMADNESS,” said Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca CEO/General Manager Gill
Campbell. “The organizers are putting together an interesting and
stimulating event that will involve car enthusiasts from all sorts of clubs
and feature numerous makes and models.”

The MarqueMADNESS organizing committee has designed the festival “to provide
an exciting, new and unique marque club event that will stimulate enthusiast
participation, assist in retention of participating clubs’ members, help
attract new members, create cross-club linkages and raise money for worthy
charities.”

Included in the program will be time built in for club members to exchange
ideas to improve and strengthen their own clubs. There will also be a number
of off-track activities, including dining and shopping on the spectacular
Monterey Peninsula.

To register and purchase tickets (includes race tickets) or for further
information about MarqueMadness, log on to www.marquemadness.com or
www.laguna-seca.com or call 800-327-SECA (7322).

Race tickets for the U.S. Sports Car Invitational Presented by Shell V-Power
are available by logging on to laguna-seca.com or ticketmaster.com or
calling 800-327-SECA.

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2005 SCHEDULE

April 29-May 1
U.S. Sports Car Invitational Presented by Shell V-Power
Featuring the Rolex Sports Car Series

July 8-10
Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix
Featuring the MotoGP World Championship

August 19-21
Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races Presented by Chrysler
Featured Marque: Chaparral

October 14-16
Monterey Sports Car Championships
Featuring the American Le Mans Series

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Media contacts:
Ed Nicholls, (831) 242-8216 or pr@laguna-seca.com
Francine Sullivan, (831) 242-8205 or francines@laguna-seca.com