Panoz Auto Development

• Name — Panoz LLC • Type — Corporation • Founded — (as Panoz Auto Development) • Founder — Dan Panoz • Hq Location — 1089 Hwy. 124 Hoschton, Georgia 30548 U.S. • Key People — Dan Panoz John Leverett John Leverett Jr • Industry — Automotive • Products — Limited-production luxury cars • Predecessor — Thompson Motor Company (Assets) • Website — http: www.panoz.com

Since 1997, Panoz cars have competed in racing series around the world. Team Panoz Racing race the Panoz Avezzano in the Pirelli GTS class, and in 2018 won the Manufacturer's Championship. In addition to Le Mans series (Now European Le Mans series) wins, an Esperante GTLM won the GT2 class at the 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans and in the same year, won the 2006 12 Hours of Sebring and was on the podium at the endurance season finale, 2006 Petit Le Mans. For the 2007 American Le Mans season, Panoz contracted longtime BMW Motorsport partner Prototype Technology Group to campaign the GTLM in the ALMS and Le Mans. Panoz has also provided IndyCar with the G-Force GF05 and GF09; and the Champ Car World Series with their final race car, the Panoz DP01 which was the final chassis used under ChampCar until the unification of the American open wheel series in road racing.

• Illustration — A gray colored 2-door Panoz Esperante convertible roadster • Panoz (AIV) roadster • Panoz Esperante • Panoz Esperante GT • Panoz Esperante GTLM • Panoz Esperante JRD (tuned By JRD) • Panoz Abruzzi • Panoz Avezzano

• Year — Car — Category • 1997 — Panoz Esperante GTR-1 — Group GT1 • 1999 — Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S — LMP900 • 2000 — G-Force GF05 — IndyCar • 2001 — Panoz LMP07 — LMP900 • 2002 — Panoz LMP01 Evo — LMP900 • 2003 — G-Force GF09 — IndyCar • Panoz Esperante GT-LM — GT2 • 2004 — G-Force GF09B — IndyCar • 2005 — Panoz GF09C — IndyCar • 2007 — Panoz DP01 — Champ Car • 2008 — Panoz DP09 — Superleague Formula • 2011 — Panoz Abruzzi — LM GTE • 2017 — Panoz Avezzano GT4 — SRO GT4

• Year — Entrant — No. — Car — Drivers — Class — Laps — Overall Position • 1997 — DAMS — 52 — Panoz Esperante GTR-1 — Éric Bernard Jean-Christophe Boullion Franck Lagorce — LMGT1 — 149 — DNF — DNF • David Price Racing — 54 — Butch Leitzinger Andy Wallace James Weaver — 236 — DNF — DNF • 55 — David Brabham Harry "Doc" Bundy Perry McCarthy — 145 — DNF — DNF • 1998 — DAMS Panoz Motorsports — 44 — Panoz Esperante GTR-1 — Éric Bernard Johnny O'Connell Christophe Tinseau — LMGT1 — 236 — DNF — DNF • Panoz Motorsports — 45 — David Brabham Jamie Davies Andy Wallace — 335 — 7th — 7th • 1999 — Panoz Motorsports — 11 — Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S — Max Angelelli Jan Magnussen Johnny O'Connell — LMP900 — 324 — 11th — 9th • 12 — Éric Bernard David Brabham Butch Leitzinger — 337 — 7th — 6th • 2000 — Panoz Motorsports — 11 — Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S — Mario Andretti David Brabham Jan Magnussen — LMP900 — 315 — 15th — 8th • 12 — Hiroki Katoh Johnny O'Connell Pierre-Henri Raphanel — 342 — 5th — 5th • 2001 — Panoz Motor Sports — 11 — Panoz LMP07 — Jamie Davies Gary Formato Klaus Graf — LMP900 — 86 — DNF — DNF • 12 — David Brabham Franck Lagorce Jan Magnussen — 85 — DNF — DNF • 2002 — Panoz Motor Sports — 11 — Panoz LMP01 Evo — David Brabham Bryan Herta Jan Magnussen — LMP900 — 90 — DNF — DNF • 12 — Bill Auberlen David Donohue Gunnar Jeannette — 230 — DNF — DNF • 2003 — JML Team Panoz — 11 — Panoz LMP01 Evo — Olivier Beretta Gunnar Jeannette Max Papis — LMP900 — 360 — 5th — 3rd • 12 — Benjamin Leuenberger Scott Maxwell David Saelens — 233 — DNF — DNF • 2004 — Panoz Motor Sports Larbre Compétition — 11 — Panoz GTP — Roland Bervillé Jean-Luc Blanchemain Patrick Bourdais — LMP1 — 54 — DNF — DNF • 2005 — Panoz Motor Sports — 77 — Panoz Esperante GT-LM — Bill Auberlen Robin Liddell Scott Maxwell — LMGT2 — 27 — DNF — DNF • 78 — Patrick Bourdais Marino Franchitti Bryan Sellers — 185 — DNF — DNF • 2006 — Multimatic Motorsport Team Panoz — 77 — Panoz Esperante GT-LM — Gunnar Jeannette Scott Maxwell Tommy Milner — LMGT2 — 34 — DNF — DNF • Team LNT — 81 — Richard Dean Tom Kimber-Smith Lawrence Tomlinson — 321 — 15th — 1st • 2006 — Team LNT — 81 — Panoz Esperante GT-LM — Tom Kimber-Smith Tommy Milner Danny Watts — LMGT2 — 60 — DNF — DNF • 82 — Rob Bell Richard Dean Lawrence Tomlinson — 308 — 23rd — 5th

• Illustration — Panoz Esperante GTR-1 in the paddock of the 2022 Le Mans Classic. Panoz Motor Sports Group was sold to NASCAR in 2012. The assets of the sale included the American Le Mans Series, Road Atlanta, Sebring International Raceway and Panoz Racing Schools. Mosport International Raceway was sold separately to a Canadian consortium led by Ron Fellows and Carlo Fidani. Panoz, LLC., is an automotive manufacturer that builds and designs street cars and race cars. Élan Motorsports is a company that builds and designs race cars too. Both these two companies are still owned by the Panoz family.

The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) was created by Don Panoz in 1999. Panoz also owned the International Motor Sports Association, the organization that sanctions the ALMS. It held its inaugural event, the 1998 Petit Le Mans as part of the Professional Sportscar Racing series. The ALMS has a partnership with the Automobile Club de l'Ouest, the organizers of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, to allow teams to compete to the same regulations. In 2012, the ALMS was sold to NASCAR and then in 2014, the series merged with the Rolex Sports Car Series to form United SportsCar Racing.

The Panoz group previously owned Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia, United States as well as previously operated Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida, United States. They also previously owned Mosport International Raceway in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada but was sold in 2011. The tracks hosted the American Le Mans Series, now the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, in addition to other top-level auto and motorcycle racing series.

Élan Motorsports is a company that designs and builds race cars, from top-level professional racing cars through to amateur race cars. The company is owned by the Panoz family. Élan acquired other manufacturers, including famous Formula Ford builders Van Diemen and Indy Racing League constructor G-Force Technologies. Élan-built cars have raced in the Indy Racing League, Champ Car World Series, American Le Mans Series, Le Mans Series, and other championships.