MEDIA RELEASE- For Immediate Release, September 13 2005

ELF RACE FUELS AUSTRALIA - PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PROVIDER OF METHANOL FUEL TO THE 2005 LEXMARK INDY 300

When the Champ Car World Series headed down under for the Lexmark Indy 300 on October 20-23, 2005, Elf Race Fuels Australia played a pivotal part.

Elf Race Fuels Australia and Elf Motorsport Fuel & Lubricants Queensland are pleased to announce they combined to serve as the previously approved provider of methanol race fuel to the 2005 Lexmark Indy 300.

“We are delighted to confirm our involvement in the 2005 Lexmark Indy 300 and excited by the prospect of supplying methanol to be used by Champ Cars at the event,” said Phil Mutton, Director, Elf Race Fuels Queensland.

With Elf Race Fuels Australia emerging successful from the tender process to supply methanol to the event, Elf premium racing methanol will power the 750hp Champ Cars when they take to the streets of Surfers Paradise.

“Throughout the tender process, we have demonstrated that Elf’s latest premium quality methanol will be more than up to the task. Our on-track records and independent testing shows that Elf build a high quality, premium racing methanol which has impressed Champ Car in the testing they have conducted.”

It is a role Elf Race Fuels Australia has previously successfully filled, and one which Mutton hopes see to continue well into the future.

“To the event organisers, Elf Race Fuels Australia is a known quantity. We have experience in supplying methanol to the event and others like it in the past and we hope to build a mutually beneficial long term relationship,” he said.

In Australia, Elf’s range of racefuels are relied upon throughout all levels of motorsport, on two and four wheels, ranging from serving as control fuel suppliers in championships such as the Globalstar Australian Rally Championship and the Kumho Tyres Australian Formula 3 Championship to distributing fuel to individual competitors at club level events.

Internationally, Elf is active in top-level motorsport through its wide ranging group of successful relationships, including with the Renault Formula 1 team, with Citroen and Peugeot in the World Rally Championship through Total branding and on two wheels supplying fuel to teams such as Honda NRC and Yamaha in MotoGP.

It is this type of track record, coupled nearly forty years of experience and knowledge gained from all manner of motorsport disciplines that has positioned Elf as a market leader in motoring fuels, lubricants and oils.

“Elf is well known around the world as being a quality race fuel supplier,” says Mutton. “On the track, Elf’s impressive pedigree and success across all forms of motorsport shows that we have an excellent product.

“An event such as this is a great platform to showcase how good Elf’s product is, and that Elf isn’t just involved with Formula 1, bikes and Rallying, but all sorts of motorsport around the world.”

Elf Racing Methanol spec:
- 99.8% pure premium grade racing methanol
- Specially developed for methanol powered racing, such as Champ Car

Champ Car spec:
- 2.65ltr, turbo V8 engine
- 41.5inches of boost (44inches when ‘Push to Pass’ is engaged)
- Approx 750HP (800HP when ‘Push to Pass’ is engaged)
- Minimum weight of 710kg
- Average lap speed around 170km/hr on Surfers Paradise layout

For or information on Elf Race Fuels Australia’s product range and how they can play a part in your motorsport program, head to www.racefuels.com.au or contact your local distributor;

New South Wales: Tony Hatton, Hi -Tec Fuels Pty Ltd, 02 4659 6396
Queensland: Phil Mutton, Motorsport Fuels QLD, 07 3269 6823
South Australia: Craig Rundle, Performance Fuels SA, 1300 726 084
Tasmania: Dean Bucknell, Devonport Performance Tyres, 03 6427 0700
Victoria: Mark Tierney, Race Fuels Pty Ltd, 03 9686 2273