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Old 11 Sep 2018, 16:10 (Ref:3849426)   #1
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Dr. Don Panoz

He made the coolest race car ever.

http://www.dailysportscar.com/2018/0...1935-2018.html
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Old 11 Sep 2018, 16:15 (Ref:3849427)   #2
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Thanks for starting the thread, just saw this news via DSC.

He really helped shape sports car racing, not just by founding Panoz cars but also founding the American LeMans Series.
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Old 11 Sep 2018, 16:25 (Ref:3849431)   #3
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He's done wonders for racing, for Road Atlanta and for the NE Georgia Community. Certainly led a long, fruitful life, but he'll be missed.

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Thanks for starting the thread, just saw this news via DSC.

He really helped shape sports car racing, not just by founding Panoz cars but also founding the American LeMans Series.
He saved sports car racing in the US and it could be argued it wouldn't have it's current promenance around the world without him. And this is his 2nd career!
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Old 11 Sep 2018, 16:27 (Ref:3849433)   #5
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It certainly was and still is my favorite ever seen in person.
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Old 11 Sep 2018, 18:18 (Ref:3849450)   #6
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They need to bring all of them back out again for Petit and the Panoz lap(s) during the weekend.
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Old 11 Sep 2018, 18:52 (Ref:3849458)   #7
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Old 11 Sep 2018, 19:52 (Ref:3849464)   #8
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In 40 years of spectating the noise of the Panoz at the Silverstone FIA GT in ‘97 is just the absolute best. Lancaster bomber on steroids; the ground shook like a fart from a T-Rex (I expect..!). First time I used the “f” word with my Dad. RIP
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Old 11 Sep 2018, 19:59 (Ref:3849467)   #9
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He and his team made a reliable and efficient front engine prototype. Probably the loudest car in the bass register.
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Old 11 Sep 2018, 20:33 (Ref:3849478)   #10
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One of my favorite things to do at PLM is to stand at pit out. Nowhere in the world can you get so close to the cars at full throttle (a Jersey barrier and a chain link fence is the only separation). To keep from being blown over, you literally had to hold onto something as the Panoz LMP1 blew past.

Another memory from PLM was after the race as the cars were being loaded into haulers, a Panoz crew member thought it would be a good idea to do a brake stand - burnout in the paddock area with the Panoz and I was lucky enough to be in the vicinity.

What a legacy that man leaves with his cars. He did some other great things, too.

edit: In honor of The Don (picture quality is poor but that sound!)
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Old 11 Sep 2018, 23:06 (Ref:3849508)   #11
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I agree he saved top-flight sportscar racing in the US. Shame it’s where it is now, but that’s not a discussion for here. A good, long life, well lived. I was there when St Andrews gave him an honorary degree back in 1999 or 2000.
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He leaves quite a legacy. As race fans, we have so much to thank him for.

The LMP-01 Evo was, without doubt, my favourite open prototype of all time. Watching it trackside was an event in itself, every time.

Thank you, Don!
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He saved sports car racing in the US and it could be argued it wouldn't have it's current promenance around the world without him. And this is his 2nd career!

He resurrected Sports Car racing on both sides of the Atlantic! Rather than write it all out ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Le_Mans_Series


He was and is an Icon! RIP Dr. Don
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He sure did, HD.

Watched this for the first time last night.

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He sure did, HD.

Watched this for the first time last night.

https://youtu.be/rJj7e5VkZWc
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Some videos of interest:

Sound wise, this is the best historical record I can find of the roadster:
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This would be the best video if the sound matched the video... use your imagination: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76sa...&index=29&t=0s


This whole video is awesome sauce but the few clips of the GTR-1 are the only trackside clips I have found: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z2L...&index=72&t=0s
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One of my favorite things to do at PLM is to stand at pit out. Nowhere in the world can you get so close to the cars at full throttle (a Jersey barrier and a chain link fence is the only separation).
'Woulda thunk you've been to the grandstand at Daytona somewhere along the way. Greenwood Vette, 935s, 962s and the like going by at 200 just feet away might cause you a rethink on that one.

A fan of his cars I was not. Of Don himself? Absolutely.

RIP Mssr. Panoz.
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'Woulda thunk you've been to the grandstand at Daytona somewhere along the way. Greenwood Vette, 935s, 962s and the like going by at 200 just feet away might cause you a rethink on that one.

A fan of his cars I was not. Of Don himself? Absolutely.

RIP Mssr. Panoz.
200 ft vs 2 ft? No contest.
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A fan of his cars I was not.
You've really got to put taste and refinement to the side and channel your inner Neanderthal. 3 foot flames out each side, man!
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'Woulda thunk you've been to the grandstand at Daytona somewhere along the way. Greenwood Vette, 935s, 962s and the like going by at 200 just feet away might cause you a rethink on that one.

A fan of his cars I was not. Of Don himself? Absolutely.

RIP Mssr. Panoz.
My apologies. I missed this point but it's a point that is pointless to the convo in a tribute thread as we come from different places and different times.

No sense in asking someone to rethink specific events that brought them into the same sport you were in to, right?

It's a tribute thread. Glad to know you were a fan of him!
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You've really got to put taste and refinement to the side and channel your inner Neanderthal. 3 foot flames out each side, man!
Tsk, tsk, tsk. If it's flames I want, I'll take a 935 any day of the week instead.

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