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] 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 Panoz Avezzano in the Pirelli GTS class, and in 2018 won the Manufacturer's Championship. In addition to 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.
Road cars
- Panoz (AIV) Roadster
- Panoz Esperante
- Panoz Esperante GT
- Panoz Esperante GTLM
- Panoz Esperante JRD (tuned By JRD)
- Panoz Abruzzi
- Panoz Avezzano
Race cars
- G-Force GF09
- Panoz DP01
- Panoz DP09
- Panoz Esperante GTR-1
- Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S
- Panoz LMP07
- Panoz LMP01 Evo
- Panoz Esperante GTS
- Panoz Esperante GTLM (race version)
- Panoz Abruzzi
- Panoz Avezzano GT4
Panoz Motor Sports Group
Panoz Motor Sports Group was sold to
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 Don Panoz in 1999. Panoz also owned the
Circuits
The Panoz group previously owned
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
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
- ^ "Contact Us". panoz.com. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
- ^ "About - Panoz". panoz.com. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ "Grand-Am, ALMS to become 'United SportsCar Racing' series in 2014". Autoweek. Archived from the original on 2013-05-24. Retrieved 2013-07-21.