Tech Tour: 1999 Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S

The legendary front-engine Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S is my next tech tour from the 2022 edition of the ‪@ROLEX‬ Monterey #motorsports Reunion at‪@WeatherTechRaceway_LagunaSeca‬
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[@odlein]

Those Visteon cars were one of my favorite liveries as a child. Especially Roberto Moreno's car in CART

[@bryancohn9406]

Marvelous! That was worth the wait, sports car racing would have been so much less interesting without Dr. Panoz. Please do a feature on the Canibal!

[@SwineBrothers]

My dad showed me a Panoz car as a kid, and I thought it looked very strange in an awesome way. Been a fan ever sinse.

[@chuckyboy6977]

I love the Panoz Roadster in this Infineon livery at Silverstone & Le Mans in 1999, it was visually and audibly stunning. The front-mid engined layout made the Panoz Roadster look like a clubman racing Mallock Mk 16-21 on a huge amount of steroids. The sound of that V8 Roush motor mated to side pipes made it sound like an open pipe V8 Spitfire.

[@charlesdanenberger9584]

This car was a beast and heavy never first but hung in there against the Cadilliacs

[@jakeyorath2325]

Love this, Marshall. Thanks!

[@Cypressbayou]

The lobby of the chateau elan hotel looked so sweet when it displayed cars like this!

[@josephcrowley7665]

I remer this car when I first watched ALMS racing in 1999. Fantastic machine, and even beat the Audi R8 a couple of times!

[@WMUCarGuy]

The Panoz beat the R8 more times than any other manufacturer in those times.

[@RaianF1]

What an absolute masterpiece, just subbed.

[@charlesdanenberger9584]

watched this car at -what is now called -Canadian Tire Motorsport Track--Wayne Taylor was driving the open cockpit Cadillac. close race-great track

[@Hakkifan]

❤

[@harrypotter4309]

We saw the 2002 Mugan powered LMP07 (LMP900 class) testing at Donington 12-4-23.

[@surfaceenergy]

Do you know if the Panoz GTR1 cars still exist, or were they chopped up to make the Roadsters?

[@WMUCarGuy]

There were 10 total GTR-1 chassis produced, which included 2 for their homologation road cars. 3 of them were converted into LMP-1s in 1999 - with very little chopping, I've been told. They're literally the same chassis. Today, 2 of those 3 still exist as LMP-1s, and one was converted back to being the GTR-1 Q9 Hybrid. One was also converted to the newer GTP-spec car for 2004.

[@surfaceenergy]

@@WMUCarGuy Awesome, thank you! I loved the GTR cars