Panoz

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Panoz is an American manufacturer of luxury sports automobiles founded in 1989 as Panoz Auto Development by Dan Panoz, son of Don Panoz (1935 – 2018). The company has also been extensively involved in professional racing, and designs, engineers and builds its own race cars (including chassis and components).[2][3] Panoz products have included the Panoz Roadster and AIV Roadster, the Panoz Esperante, and the Panoz Avezzano.

Panoz and racing

Since 1997, Panoz cars have competed in racing series around the world. Team Panoz Racing race the

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.

Road cars

A gray colored 2-door Panoz Esperante convertible roadster

Race cars

Year Car Image 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

Panoz Motor Sports Group

Panoz Motor Sports Group was sold to

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.

American Le Mans Series

The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) was created by

United SportsCar Racing.[4]

Circuits

The Panoz group previously owned

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 Motorsport Technologies

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

Le Mans Series
, and other championships.

Panoz Racing School and series

The Panoz Racing School was a driver training school previously operated at Road Atlanta and Sebring International Raceway. Students learned racing techniques in purpose-built Panoz GT-RA cars. Following completion of the course, students were eligible for an SCCA regional racing license. The school also included programs where customers could receive instruction in their own road cars.

The Panoz Racing Series was a one-make series made up of the Panoz School cars, as well as the more powerful Panoz GTS models. The series was designed for amateurs to learn racing in a low-cost environment.

References

  1. ^ "Contact Us". panoz.com. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
  2. ^ "About - Panoz". panoz.com. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Find Car in Islamabad". Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Grand-Am, ALMS to become 'United SportsCar Racing' series in 2014". Autoweek. Archived from the original on 2013-05-24. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
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