corporation industry automotive founded 1997 headquarters braselton georgia website http www.elanmotorsports.com lan motorsport technologies is an american enterprise that serves as an umbrella company containing the race car engineering development and manufacturing companies owned by american racing and automotive company conglomerate panoz motor sports group . lan engineers designs and builds panoz branded race cars and components since its founding it has also acquired several manufacturers including famous formula ford builders van diemen and indycar series constructor g force . lan built cars have successfully competed in the american le mans series le mans series imsa prototype lites formerly imsa lites and various other championships racing series and types of professional racing throughout the world . contents 1 sports cars 2 open wheel 2.1 panoz 2.1.1 indycar panoz g force gf09 pz09c 2.1.1.1 specifications 2.1.2 champcar dp01 2.1.3 superleague dp09 2.2 van diemen 3 references 4 external links sports cars edit panoz first foray into racing cars came with the panoz esperante gtr 1 in 1997 . the car was built for the gt1 category of highly modified supercars bearing little resemblance to normal production cars . the gtr 1 was unique for its front engine design whereas all of its competitors were rear engined designs . panoz lmp 1 roadster s in 1999 changes in regulations led to the development of an open top spyder for the lmp900 class the panoz lmp 1 roadster s. like the gtr 1 the lmp 1 was a front engine car . its unique design along with its 6.0 l ford derived v8 made it a fan favorite . in 2001 panoz designed a successor to the lmp 1 the lmp07 . although the andy thorby designed car had high expectations it turned out to be a failure . the car used a zytek v8 tuned by lan power products the first use of the lan name in panoz motorsports ventures . the car was replaced mid season by the lmp 1 which carried on until the end of the 2003 season . panoz esperante gtlm in 2003 lan debuted the a new race car based on the production panoz esperante called the esperante gtlm . the gtlm was designed for the lm gt2 class for slightly modified production sports cars . the 2003 car was raced by hyper sport competition and was used mainly as a development year . a revised version first raced in 2004 . the car is powered by an epp 5.0 l v8 . in 2006 the gtlm won both the gt2 class at the 12 hours of sebring in the hands of multimatic motorsports and the 24 hours of le mans run by team lnt . in addition to the esperante gtlm lan builds the esperante gts a simplified version of the car with a pushrod v8 tube frame and fiberglass construction and eligibility for one make and scca racing . this car is used in the panoz racing series and a less powerful version is utilized by the panoz racing school . lan also builds the lan van diemen dp02 dp04 and dp06 for the three classes of imsa prototype lites formerly imsa lites series . 1 the cars are small center seat prototypes . a version of the dp04 is also eligible for scca sports racer categories . all three were adapted from open wheel designs . the dp02 was originally designed for the abandoned formula x series before being modified for star mazda . the dp04 was adapted from formula 1000 open wheeler . open wheel edit panoz edit indycar panoz g force gf09 pz09c edit see also g force technologies a gf09 driven at indianapolis by jaques lazier in 2007 following the 2002 purchase of g force lan motorsport technologies took over production of the third generation irl chassis . the chassis now branded as a panoz g force was designed by former lola designer simon marshall and began use during the 2003 season 2 the car was built in braselton at the lan facilities with design engineering done at g force s remaining operations in england . 3 the car saw early success winning the 2003 indy 500 with team penske s gil de ferran and the 2004 indy 500 with rahal letterman racing s buddy rice . beginning in 2005 the g force name was dropped in order to focus on the panoz brand . 4 all design and engineering operations were moved to elan s facility in braselton . 5 during the 2005 season teams started to abandon the chassis in favor of the dallara as it became increasingly unstable in traffic at indy . by 2006 rahal letterman racing was the only team fielding the chassis full time . the lack of use in turn caused lan panoz to cease development and support . focus shifted to their dp01 program in champ car further rendering the gf09 uncompetitive . a panoz g force last competed in an indycar race in 2007 with playa del racing s two entries and chastain motorsports single car . american dream motorsports entered a panoz in the 2008 indy 500 for phil giebler but he crashed in practice . in december 2008 panoz announced the discontinuation of their indycar series program due to panoz s concentration on sports car racing in 2008 beyond . specifications edit chassis carbon fiber monocoque roll hoop shape triangle length 192 in 4 877 mm height 37.5 in 952 mm excluding roll hoop or camera mount width 77.5 to 78.5 in 1 968 to 1 994 mm measured outside rim to rim gearbox xtrac 295 gears forward of rear axle manual sequential 6 speed gearbox operated via gear lever in the right hand of cockpit suspension pushrod with multilink engine honda indy v8 3498 cc normally aspirated fuel ethanol tires firestone firehawk lan np01 lan s latest race car is a prototype style tube frame car designed for the 2016 national auto sport association nasa prototype series . it features a four cylinder mazda mzr engine mated to a six speed sequential gearbox . champcar dp01 edit the panoz dp01 was lan s most recent foray into major open wheel racing and the first designed and built by lan the dp01 was the sole chassis used for the champ car world series in the 2007 season and the 2008 long beach grand prix . superleague dp09 edit the panoz dp09 was constructed for the inaugural season of the superleague formula . panoz under the lan motorsports banner will produce all the cars for this racing series . the car will weigh 675 kg and use a 750 bhp 560 kw engine built by menard competition technologies . van diemen edit main article van diemen lan acquired the van diemen company in 1999 . van diemen produced cars for formula ford championships around the globe . british race team fluid motorsport have taken over the former snetterton circuit in norfolk united kingdom where they offer a parts and certification service for historic van diemen designs as well as compete in the british formula ford championship . van diemen s formula ford designs were optimized for american formula 1000 formula continental and f2000 racing with the lan van diemen dp04 dp06 and dp08 designs . van diemen once the largest manufacturer of bespoke racing cars in the world through its dominance of formula ford now no longer produces cars for the market . an lan van diemen chassis with a spec wing package has been the specified chassis for the u.s. f2000 national championship since its revival in 2010 . it will be replaced by a new chassis produced by tatuus in 2017 . references edit http www.imsa lites.com 2009 lites bulletins imsa % 20lites1 % 20tech % 20regs % 202009.pdf panoz g force aims for sweep of series indy crowns indycar.com http www.auto123.com en racing news other irl new panoz g force breaks cover artid 6094 http www.auto123.com en racing news other no more g force in indycar artid 34951 http www.motorsport.com news article.asp id 186404 external links edit official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lan motorsport technologies & oldid 717775237 categories panoz auto developmentamerican le mans serieschamp caramerican racecar constructors navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured 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