<< Prev Page 2 of 2 The first car debuted at the Road Atlanta race where it qualified second and finished fifth overall. Two cars were then entered at Le Mans where they placed seventh and eleventh. Back in North America, the LMP-1 Roadster S immediately scored its first victory with a one-two victory at Mosport. The Panoz won again at Portland and then a particularly important victory was scored in the Don Panoz' own 1000-mile Petit Le Mans race at Road Atlanta.
Panoz carried on with the LMP-1 Roadster S in the 2000 season, facing ever stronger opposition in the form of the new Audi R8. No fewer than four cars were entered at Le Mans where the best car finished fifth. A few weeks later, an outright victory was scored in the Nürburgring 1000 km race. In the ALMS, the Panoz cars could do no better than second overall. Before the end of the year, Panoz announced the new LMP07 due to race in the 2001 season.
After a disappointing couple of races at the start of the 2001 season, Panoz set the LMP07 aside and pressed the LMP-1 Roadster S back into service. It won first time out, at Portland and then also grabbed victory in the Mid Ohio race. For the 2002 season, the cars were reworked with more angular bodywork and raced as the LMP-1 Evo. In this guise, one more outright victory was scored. The car was raced through to the end of 2003 when it was finally retired after five seasons. It placed second in the Petit Le Mans at its very last outing.
For an unconventional car the Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S was remarkably successful. No front-engined prototypes had scored a major victory since the 1960s or after the LMP-1 Roadster S had been retired. << Prev Page 2 of 2
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The first car debuted at the Road Atlanta race where it qualified second and finished fifth overall. Two cars were then entered at Le Mans where they placed seventh and eleventh. Back in North America, the LMP-1 Roadster S immediately scored its first victory with a one-two victory at Mosport. The Panoz won again at Portland and then a particularly important victory was scored in the Don Panoz' own 1000-mile Petit Le Mans race at Road Atlanta.