![]() |
![]() |
|||||||||
|
||||||||||
![]() |
![]() |
|||||||||
|
||||||||||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 4,491
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Dr. Don Panoz
|
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#2 | ||
![]() Veteran
Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 4,125
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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. |
||
![]() |
__________________
You live and learn. At any rate, you live. Douglas Adams ![]() |
![]() |
#3 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 12,054
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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.
Race on, Don. |
||
![]() |
__________________
"Knowing that it's in you and you never let it out Is worse than blowing any engine or any wreck you'll ever have." -Mike Cooley ![]() |
![]() |
#4 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 4,491
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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!
|
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#5 | |||
Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 12,054
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Quote:
|
|||
![]() |
__________________
"Knowing that it's in you and you never let it out Is worse than blowing any engine or any wreck you'll ever have." -Mike Cooley ![]() |
![]() |
#6 | |
Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 11,293
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
They need to bring all of them back out again for Petit and the Panoz lap(s) during the weekend.
|
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#7 | ||
Team Crouton
20KPINAL
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 39,564
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
It surely has to be done.......
|
||
![]() |
__________________
44 days... ![]() |
![]() |
#8 | |
Rookie
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 33
![]() |
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
|
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#9 | ||
![]() Veteran
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 3,129
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
He and his team made a reliable and efficient front engine prototype. Probably the loudest car in the bass register.
|
||
![]() |
__________________
BoP = egalitarianism ![]() |
![]() |
#10 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 12,054
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnM5qpHrALc |
||
![]() |
__________________
"Knowing that it's in you and you never let it out Is worse than blowing any engine or any wreck you'll ever have." -Mike Cooley ![]() |
![]() |
#11 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 5,721
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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.
|
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#12 | |
![]() Veteran
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 6,043
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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! |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#13 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 10,394
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
A true creator, innovator, visionary, believer. Farewell, Don.
|
||
![]() |
__________________
Nitropteron - Fly fast or get crushed! by NaBUrean Prodooktionz naburu38.itch.io ![]() |
![]() |
#14 | |||
Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 8,919
![]() ![]() ![]() |
Quote:
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 |
|||
![]() |
__________________
Probae esti in segetem sunt deteriorem datae fruges, tamen ipsae suaptae enitent ![]() |
![]() |
#15 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 12,054
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
He sure did, HD.
Watched this for the first time last night. https://youtu.be/rJj7e5VkZWc What a machine and what a man! |
||
![]() |
__________________
"Knowing that it's in you and you never let it out Is worse than blowing any engine or any wreck you'll ever have." -Mike Cooley ![]() |
![]() |
#16 | |||
Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 4,491
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Quote:
Sound wise, this is the best historical record I can find of the roadster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U86lf-LRXiE 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 |
|||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#17 | |||
Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2000
Posts: 1,664
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Quote:
![]() ![]() A fan of his cars I was not. Of Don himself? Absolutely. RIP Mssr. Panoz. ![]() |
|||
![]() |
__________________
"Those were the days my friends. We thought they'd never end..." jimclark ![]() |
![]() |
#18 | |||
Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 12,054
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Quote:
|
|||
![]() |
__________________
"Knowing that it's in you and you never let it out Is worse than blowing any engine or any wreck you'll ever have." -Mike Cooley ![]() |
![]() |
#19 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 4,491
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
|||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#20 | |||
Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 12,054
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Quote:
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! |
|||
![]() |
__________________
"Knowing that it's in you and you never let it out Is worse than blowing any engine or any wreck you'll ever have." -Mike Cooley ![]() |
![]() |
#21 | |||
Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2000
Posts: 1,664
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Quote:
![]() ![]() https://www.flickr.com/photos/old_boone/15782461866 |
|||
![]() |
__________________
"Those were the days my friends. We thought they'd never end..." jimclark ![]() |
![]() |
|
|
![]() |
||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Don't Panic,Don't Panic,Ferrari were only 34 seconds ahead of the rest of the feild. | Armco Bender | Formula One | 40 | 8 Mar 2004 18:55 |
The Official Don Paperbag Merged Thread (Panoz!) | Fab | Sportscar & GT Racing | 14 | 10 Mar 2002 13:42 |
Don Panoz does not own kid gloves | KC | Sportscar & GT Racing | 3 | 23 Jul 2000 18:16 |
Don Panoz and his Designs on Sportscar Racing | KC | Sportscar & GT Racing | 3 | 28 Mar 2000 21:51 |