Panoz GTR-1 Question

[WMUCarGuy]

I'm putting together a Panoz Prototype Racing Registry and I'm almost done, but there are a few cars I'm having trouble placing. So thanks in advance if you guys can help!

I know that David Price Racing ran chassis #003 and 004, and they were car #4 and 5 in the 1997 FIA GT Championship, but I can't figure out which car is which chassis.

Also, I know that DAMS had chassis #005 and 006 and ran just #006 in 1997 (#52 at Le Mans & # 20 in the FIA GT Championship). But I can't find anything on which chassis they ran as #3 in the 1998 FIA GT Championship. I 'd like to think it is probably the #005, otherwise that car would have never run in competition. Perhaps they bought one as a spare though. DAMS themselves doesn't have the info anymore either...

And finally, I can't anything on which chassis the Q9 Hybrid is.

So if you guys can point me in the right direction on any of that, it'd be much appreciated.

[WMUCarGuy]

I figured out everything with DAMS, and the Q9 is a bespoke car, the 9th chassis made. But I'm still not sure about the 1997 FIA GT DPRs. I've assumed that the 4/54 and 5/55 are the same cars, but I can't find anything to back that up.

[mayk]

Not sure it will be in it, but I did purchase the Panoz Le Mans book, let me check if they have an index of chassis numbers....I doubt it, but will check.....

KM

[WMUCarGuy]

Originally Posted by mayk

Not sure it will be in it, but I did purchase the Panoz Le Mans book, let me check if they have an index of chassis numbers....I doubt it, but will check.....

KM

Is it the one called "The Race" or something like that? If so, I've got that too, but I can't find it at the moment.

I'm thinking of starting a website chronicling all of this.

[WMUCarGuy]

Ok, I have this list completely done. The only thing I haven't been able to find is whether 1 or 2 Esperante GTRs were made. I heard somewhere that 2 were made, and 1 was used for the FIA crash test, but I don't know for sure. And if there was 2, I have no idea what the chassis number of that crashed car would be.

[Lane]

Originally Posted by WMUCarGuy

Ok, I have this list completely done. The only thing I haven't been able to find is whether 1 or 2 Esperante GTRs were made. I heard somewhere that 2 were made, and 1 was used for the FIA crash test, but I don't know for sure. And if there was 2, I have no idea what the chassis number of that crashed car would be.

Hello all. I'm new here - I guess we all are. I love those old Panoz LMPs. I have a model of the 2000 LMP-1 from Le Mans #11 on my desk.

WMU - I would love to see the results of your work. Are you going to post the Registry?

[mayk]

Yep, that is the book and just looked at it....zippo.

Janos W might be able to help us out and I will send him an email...that guy is a walking history of everything sportscar racing....

Great writer as well and if you can afford it, purchase his books....good reads!

KM

[WMUCarGuy]

Originally Posted by mayk

Yep, that is the book and just looked at it....zippo.

Janos W might be able to help us out and I will send him an email...that guy is a walking history of everything sportscar racing....

Great writer as well and if you can afford it, purchase his books....good reads!

KM

Cool. Yea, I've got 12 pages of info chronicling every race the GTR-1, LMP-1, and LMP07 competed in. I'm pretty sure I have everything on there.

[Nick Koske]

I've got a few pics of the Panoz Racing GTR-1 spinning at Turn 6, at Laguna.

[WMUCarGuy]

Originally Posted by Nick Koske

I've got a few pics of the Panoz Racing GTR-1 spinning at Turn 6, at Laguna.

Cool! I'm jealous! I never got to see the GTR-1 in action. They had one on display at Mid Ohio one year, but I've never seen one on track.

That picture would be of chassis #002 at Laguna Seca in the IMSA GTs driven by Doc Bundy and Andy Wallace which finished 5th in class and 21st overall. The sister #96 (Chassis #007) driven by Bernard/Brabham won the race overall!