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Championship Auto Racing Teams, Inc.
755 West Big Beaver Road, Suite 800, Troy, MI 48084 * (248) 362-8800

The company owns, operates and sanctions the premier open-wheel motorsports series in North America, the FedEx Championship Series and is responsible for organizing, marketing and staging each of the races in the CART Championship.

Primary Underwriting Group
ManagerTierPhone
Jefferies & Company IncorporatedLead Manager (212) 903-2342
A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.Co-manager (314) 955-3039

Offering Information
NYSE:MPH Service: SIC 7941
Type of Shares:Common Shares Filing Date:12/23/97
U.S. Shares:4,700,000 Offer Date:3/9/98
Non-U.S. Shares:0 Filing Range:$14.00 - $16.00
Primary Shares:4,333,334 Offer Price:$16.00
Secondary Shares:366,666 Gross Spread:$1.12
Offering Amount: $70,500,000 Selling:$0.61
Expenses:$1,150,000 Reallowance:$0.10
Post-IPO Shares: -
Employees:48

Legal Counsel, Auditor and Registrar
Issuer's Law Firm: Kegler, Brown, Hill & Ritter Co., L.P.A.
Bank's Law Firm: Vinson & Elkins
Auditor: Deloitte & Touche

Selected Financial Data

Dollar amounts in U.S. millions except for per share data
9 Month Ending Financials
Full Year
Audited
Income
Latest
Unaudited
Income
Prior
Audited
Income
Balance
Sheet
12/31/96 9/30/97 9/30/96 9/30/97
Revenue:$41.45$39.90$39.85Assets:$18.46
Net Income:-$0.34-$4.79$1.54Curr Assets:$16.01
EPS:-$0.04-$0.47$0.16Liabilities:$21.29
Prior EPS:$0.10Curr Liab:$18.30
Cash Flow/Oper:-$0.63$3.86$3.35Equity:-$2.83
Cash Flow/Fin:$0.21$0.99$0.62Cash:$4.85
Cash Flow/Inv:-$0.10-$0.63-$0.60Working Cap:-$2.29

Use of Proceeds
The proceeds from the proposed offering will be used to fund the cash portion of the Indy Lights Acquisition, to pay certain obligations to franchise race teams and for working capital and for general corporate purposes including future acquisitions and developing racing related businesses and properties..

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