A little Panoz LMP1 video from ALMS D.C. race 2002

trahsub · 3 Jul 2009, 22:27 (Ref:2495651)

I have had this clip sitting around on my video camera. Figured I'd share. At 54 seconds you'll see a Panoz LMP1 at full throttle. Great sound that was.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4dnFW9nBPk

The Badger · 4 Jul 2009, 01:23 (Ref:2495676)

Cheers for that . Im surprised at the lack of Panoz LMP1 stuff on Utube , I would have expected more .

But thats a great bit at the end .

AndrewF31 · 4 Jul 2009, 09:20 (Ref:2495724)

The short links in that video above includes one of the start of the 99 LE Mans race with those spaceship-like Toyotas and the BMWs/Mercedes/Panoz, etc. And, of course, the first coming of the Audi LMPs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as1Ip...eature=related

There's also the wonderful green 550 Maranello in the first video. Never forget the sound of the Panoz.

olly83 · 4 Jul 2009, 11:11 (Ref:2495746)

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Originally Posted by The Badger

Cheers for that . Im surprised at the lack of Panoz LMP1 stuff on Utube .

LOL You too then?!! I loved that car, it's what got me into Sportscars when I first saw it at Silverstone in 2000

trahsub · 4 Jul 2009, 12:35 (Ref:2495763)

I remember seeing an earlier Panoz coupe at Lime Rock in the late 90's, I think it had viseton sponsoring on it. Silver car with the same beast engine note. The Panoz won that DC race, it was a very close race with the R8. That track was pretty cool, it's too bad it only lasted one year.

GTfour · 5 Jul 2009, 00:20 (Ref:2495933)

I too have fond memories of the old Esperante GTR-1.

The way the drivers seemed to be dragged along by these big engines in these very long noses...
The black one with yellow flames on the side's at Le Mans '97...
My video images of them blasting allong the deep end of Indianapolis during the wee hours of Le Mans '98...

What a car. A genuine racing car icon.

JAG · 5 Jul 2009, 02:46 (Ref:2495946)

Looking around I found this great amateur footage from the 1990 Mexico WSC race, there's some really rare and cool video's cropping up now, and to think this is nearly 20 year's ago!

Perhap's there should be a thread just for sportscar video's in this section?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEFeM...eature=related

JAG · 5 Jul 2009, 04:35 (Ref:2495957)

.................I'd also recommend these very well produced '88 and '89 Le Man's review's. They have Japanease commentary, but it's mostly engine sound's.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNAx5...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMBZ5...eature=related

....and WSPC '89

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-S-D...eature=related

MulsanneMike · 5 Jul 2009, 04:57 (Ref:2495959)

I've tried to post as many of those videos as I can find on my youtube channel:

http://www.youtube.com/user/mulsannemike

1969MGCGTdriver · 10 Jul 2009, 00:16 (Ref:2498710)

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Originally Posted by GTfour

I too have fond memories of the old Esperante GTR-1.

The way the drivers seemed to be dragged along by these big engines in these very long noses...
The black one with yellow flames on the side's at Le Mans '97...
My video images of them blasting allong the deep end of Indianapolis during the wee hours of Le Mans '98...

What a car. A genuine racing car icon.

That car was incredible. I was at Daytona 1998 IIRC when one of them got destroyed going through the tri-oval. Happened right in front of me. I've got pics of the accident as well as the remains in the back of the hauler. I've got to find those pics...

smcorolla · 10 Jul 2009, 11:19 (Ref:2498903)

thanks for the clip, Panoz prototypes will always be etched in my memory, what an awesome sound. That was a good day to be a Panoz fan. I was fortunate enough to be at that race (in DC). Good venue and well attended considering how hot it was, it was brutal. I was also dissapointed in the vendors there. Pretty much nothing. Was thinking while there that they would see how many people were there and how they missed out on making alot of money selling shirts, doing better the next year but so much for that.

rick

MJ_N_09 · 11 Jul 2009, 10:20 (Ref:2499399)

Wow. There was an Audi RS6 in ALMS?

BTW, the green 550 was Olive Garden Racing. I kid you not.

The Badger · 11 Jul 2009, 13:09 (Ref:2499468)

Nope ..... it was Team Rafanelli , sponsored by Olive Garden .

trahsub · 11 Jul 2009, 13:24 (Ref:2499474)

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Originally Posted by MJ_N_09

Wow. There was an Audi RS6 in ALMS?

BTW, the green 550 was Olive Garden Racing. I kid you not.

No, that is Champion Racing's Audi S4 in Speed World Challenge.

MJ_N_09 · 11 Jul 2009, 16:59 (Ref:2499564)

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Originally Posted by trahsub

No, that is Champion Racing's Audi S4 in Speed World Challenge.

That car was allowed to compete there?

trahsub · 11 Jul 2009, 18:11 (Ref:2499590)

SWC was running a race there too. That clip I took is just from a different part of the day.

MJ_N_09 · 11 Jul 2009, 19:57 (Ref:2499631)

Ah, so the BMW M3 also in the video wasn't an ALMS car, but an SWC car as well?

WMUCarGuy · 12 Jul 2009, 00:03 (Ref:2499710)

Finally got around to uploading this vid I took from 2003 at Mosport. There's some amazing Panoz thunder at 35 seconds in!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg-XTqQjm7Q

trahsub · 12 Jul 2009, 00:09 (Ref:2499713)

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Originally Posted by MJ_N_09

Ah, so the BMW M3 also in the video wasn't an ALMS car, but an SWC car as well?

Actually the M3's were ALMS cars. I think it was a doctor that lived locally in D.C. that entered them, there was a yellow one and a red one. The only non-ALMS car in that video is the S4.

MJ_N_09 · 12 Jul 2009, 05:54 (Ref:2499804)

Ah. Thanks, but Why was the S4 allowed to be on track with the other cars?

Aslak Vind · 12 Jul 2009, 07:29 (Ref:2499836)

Love the Panoz LMP 1S music, thank you

trahsub · 12 Jul 2009, 14:39 (Ref:2500155)

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Originally Posted by MJ_N_09

Ah. Thanks, but Why was the S4 allowed to be on track with the other cars?

That S4 just randomly did one lap, they must have gotten permission as the ALMS cars were just in a practice session.

trahsub · 12 Jul 2009, 14:40 (Ref:2500156)

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Originally Posted by WMUCarGuy

Finally got around to uploading this vid I took from 2003 at Mosport. There's some amazing Panoz thunder at 35 seconds in!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg-XTqQjm7Q

Awesome! Nothing like the sound of a booming V8, just awesome.

MJ_N_09 · 12 Jul 2009, 14:55 (Ref:2500173)

You hear all those feeble, melodramatic, whining engines and don't lift an eyebrow, but once you hear that, you never go back.

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