Panoz Esperante GT-LM group N-GT (2003)
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9 units built
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Ford Modular 281 DOHC, V8 (90o) cyl, 4 stroke, petrol engine, located front longitudinally
4.601cc, 90.2 x 90 mm
377.3 kw / 506 bhp @ 5800 rpm
612.83 nm / 452 ft lbs @ 4800 rpm
aluminium alloy block, 227mm height, 100mm cylinder bore spacing, aluminium head
Forged 4340 steel crankshaft with 5 main bearings 67.5mm diameter and 47mm big end journal diameter, Forged 4340 steel connecting rod with 150.7mm distance between centers
DOHC chain driven, 4 valves/cyl - 32 valves total
aspiration, natural with Bosch Motronic MS4.0 multipoint electronic fuel injection
Elan Motorsport Technologies CDI, Distributorless electronic ignition, coil-on-plug, firing order 1-3-7-2-6-5-4-8
firing order 1-3-7-2-6-5-4-8
water cooled
dry sump
Ford Modular 305 DOHC M-6007-T50EA by Elan Motorsport, V8 (90o) cyl, 4 stroke, petrol engine, located front longitudinally
4.997cc, 94.0 x 90.0 mm
373 kw / 500 bhp @ 5800 rpm
610 nm / 450 ft lbs @ 4800 rpm
aluminium alloy block, 227mm height, 100mm cylinder bore spacing, aluminium head
Forged 4340 steel crankshaft with 5 main bearings 67.5mm diameter and 47mm big end journal diameter, Forged 4340 steel connecting rod with 150.7mm distance between centers
DOHC chain driven, 4 valves/cyl - 32 valves total
aspiration, natural with Bosch Motronic MS4.0 multipoint electronic fuel injection
Elan Motorsport Technologies CDI, Distributorless electronic ignition, coil-on-plug, firing order 1-3-7-2-6-5-4-8
dry sump
Hewland IGTC, 6 speed sequential gearbox
Production: Tremec T45 5-speed manual gearbox
1st: 3.37/1
2nd: 1.99/1
3rd: 1.33/1
4th: 1.00/1
5th: 0.67/1
Rev: 3.22/1
Final: 3.27/1
X-trac Salisbury friction disks limited slip rear differential
extruded aluminum monocoque chassis with Front & Rear Steel Subframes and roll cage. 2 door coupe Carbon composite bodyshell
Front suspension, short-long arm (SLA) double wishbones, coil springs over DSSV adjustable dampers and adjustable anti-roll bar
Rear suspension, double wishbone with horizontally opposed, pushrod-and-rocker activated, coil springs over DSSV adjustable dampers and adjustable anti-roll bar
power assisted rack and pinion steering, 15:1
ventilated steel disks all around, 6/4 piston calipers f/r
Length: 4722 mm (186 in)
Width: 1973 mm (78 in)
Height: 1356 mm (53 in)
Wheelbase: 2692 mm (106 in)
Front track: 1608 mm (63.3 in)
Rear track: 1626 mm (64 in)
front wheels 18 x 12.5 in
rear wheels 18 x 13 in
Front tire: 320/650 - R18
Rear tire: 330/710 - R18
1200kg
fuel tank 100 lt
Results in FIA GT Championship
Season
GT2 classification is noted in brackets
Car entry, chassis number |
Car number, result |
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Tourist Trophy |
Brno |
Oshcels |
Spa |
Paul Ricard |
Dijion |
Mugello |
Hungar |
Adria |
Dubai |
Team |
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500km |
500km |
24h |
500km |
500km |
500km |
500km |
500km |
500km |
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Team LNT, EGTLM 007 |
#57, 14th (5th) |
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Statistics |
Works Starts/finishes 1/1 |
1/1 |
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Teams and drivers entries
Drivers |
Car number |
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Tourist Trophy |
Brno |
Oshcels |
Spa |
Paul Ricard |
Dijion |
Mugello |
Hungar |
Adria |
Dubai |
Richard Dean |
57 |
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Lawrence Tomlinson |
57 |
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Total points
6 |
6 |
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Results in Endurance races
Classification in GT/N-GT cars is noted in brackets
Team entry, chassis number |
Car number, result |
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Daytona |
Sebring |
Le Mans |
Watkins Glen |
Spa |
Mont Tremblant |
Petit Le Mans |
Date |
2/2 |
15/3 |
15/6 |
22/6 |
31/8 |
21/9 |
18/10 |
Duration |
24h |
12h |
24h |
6h |
1000km |
6h |
1600km |
Team\ Championship |
GA RR |
ALMS |
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GA RR |
FIA SC |
GA RR |
ALMS |
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Hyper Sport, 1P9PB48343B213014 |
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#03T, in entry list |
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#04, in entry list |
Hyper Sport, 1P9PB68363B213026 |
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#03, acci dent |
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Statistics |
Works Starts/finishes 1/0 |
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1/0 |
Teams and drivers entries
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Daytona |
Sebring |
Le Mans |
Watkins Glen |
Spa |
Mont Tremblant |
Petit Le Mans |
Joe Foster |
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03 |
Brad Nyberg |
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03 |
Rick Skelton |
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03 |
Classification in GT cars is noted in brackets
Car entry, chassis number |
Car number, result |
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Sebring |
Monza |
Le Mans |
Nurburg |
Silver stone |
Spa |
Petit Le Mans |
Date |
20/3 |
9/5 |
13/6 |
3/7 |
14/8 |
12/9 |
25/9 |
Duration |
12h |
1000km |
24h |
1000km |
1000km |
1000km |
1600km |
Team\ Championship |
ALMS |
LMS |
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LMS |
LMS |
LMS |
ALMS |
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Hyper Sport |
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#04, in entry list |
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#04, in entry list |
Panoz Motor Sports, IP9PB48303B213012 (EGTLM 003) |
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#50, 24th (13th) |
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Statistics |
Works Starts/finishes 1/1 |
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1/1 |
Teams and drivers entries
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Sebring |
Monza |
Le Mans |
Nurburg |
Silver stone |
Spa |
Petit Le Mans |
Gunnar Jeannette |
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50 |
Marino Franchitti |
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50 |
Christophe Tinseau |
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50 |
Classification in GT2 cars is noted in brackets
Car entry, chassis number |
Car number, result |
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Sebring |
Spa |
Le Mans |
Monza |
Silver stone |
Nurbu rgring |
Petit Le Mans |
Istanbul |
Date |
19/3 |
17/4 |
19/6 |
10/7 |
13/8 |
4/9 |
1/10 |
13/11 |
Duration |
12h |
1000km |
24h |
1000km |
1000km |
1000km |
1600km |
1000km |
Team\ Championship |
ALMS |
LMS |
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LMS |
LMS |
LMS |
ALMS |
LMS |
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Panoz Motor Sports, IP9PB48363B213032 (EGTLM 004) |
#50, elec trical |
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#77, eng ine |
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#50, OTL |
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Panoz Motor Sports, IP9PB48303B213012 (EGTLM 003) |
#51, 20th (7th) |
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#78, drive train |
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#51, 21st (7th) |
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Statistics |
Works Starts/finishes 6/2 |
2/1 |
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2/0 |
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2/1 |
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Teams and drivers entries
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Sebring |
Spa |
Le Mans |
Monza |
Silver stone |
Nurbu rgring |
Petit Le Mans |
Istanbul |
Bill Auberlen |
50 |
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77 |
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50 |
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Emanuele Naspetti |
50 |
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Scott Maxwell |
51 |
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77 |
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50 |
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Bryan Sellers |
51 |
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78 |
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51 |
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Gunnar Jeannette |
51 |
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51 |
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Robin Liddell |
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77 |
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50 |
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Marino Franchitti |
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78 |
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51 |
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Patrick Bourdais |
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78 |
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Total points
8 |
4 |
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4 |
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Classification in GT2 cars is noted in brackets
Car entry, chassis number |
Car number, result |
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Sebring |
Istanbul |
Spa |
Le Mans |
Nurbu rgring |
Doni ngton |
Jarama |
Petit Le Mans |
Date |
18/3 |
9/4 |
14/5 |
18/6 |
16/7 |
27/8 |
24/9 |
30/9 |
Duration |
12h |
1000km |
1000km |
24h |
1000km |
1000km |
1000km |
1600km |
Team\ Championship |
ALMS |
LMS |
LMS |
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LMS |
LMS |
LMS |
ALMS |
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Multimatic Motorsport - Team Panoz, IP9PB48303B213012 (EGTLM 003b) |
#50, 9th (1st) |
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#77, dnf |
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#50, 16th (3rd) |
Multimatic Motorsport - Team Panoz, 1P9PB48363B213032 (EGTLM 004) |
#51, drive line |
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#51, 17th (4th) |
Team LNT, EGTLM 007 |
#80, 14th (5th) |
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Team LNT, IP9PB88334B213031 (EGTLM 006) |
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#81, dnf |
#81, dnf |
#81, 15th (1st) |
#81, 27th (9th) |
#81, 11th (1st) |
#81, 14th (1st) |
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Team LNT, IP9PB68313B213015 (EGTLM 005) |
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#82, 15th (3rd) |
#82, 16th (2nd) |
#82, in entry list |
#82, 22nd (6th) |
#82, dnf |
#82, 18th (4th) |
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Total points
2 |
2 |
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Statistics |
Works Starts/finishes 17/12 |
3/2 |
2/1 |
2/1 |
2/1 |
2/2 |
2/1 |
2/2 |
2/2 |
Teams and drivers entries
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Sebring |
Istanbul |
Spa |
Le Mans |
Nurbu rgring |
Donin gton |
Jarama |
Petit Le Mans |
Scott Maxwell |
50 |
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77 |
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50 |
David Brabham |
50 |
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50 |
Sébastien Bourdais |
50 |
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50 |
Gunnar Jeannette |
51 |
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77 |
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51 |
Tom Milner |
51 |
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77 |
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51 |
Bruno Janquiera |
51 |
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Andy Lally |
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51 |
Total points
25 |
10 |
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15 |
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Sebring |
Istanbul |
Spa |
Le Mans |
Nurbu rgring |
Donin gton |
Jarama |
Petit Le Mans |
Warren Hughes |
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81 |
81 |
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81 |
81 |
81 |
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Robert Bell |
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81 |
81 |
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81 |
81 |
81 |
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Lawrence Tomlinson |
80 |
82 |
82 |
81 |
82 |
82 |
82 |
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Richard Dean |
80 |
82 |
82 |
81 |
82 |
82 |
82 |
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Tom Kimber-Smith |
80 |
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82 |
81 |
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Marc Hynes |
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82 |
82 |
82 |
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Total points
61 |
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8 |
9 |
10 |
7 |
10 |
17 |
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Classification in GT2 cars is noted in brackets
Team entry, chassis number |
Car number, result |
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Sebring |
Monza |
Valencia |
Le Mans |
Nurburgr |
Spa |
Silver stone |
Petit Le Mans |
Mil Milhas |
Date |
17/3 |
15/4 |
6/5 |
17/6 |
1/7 |
19/8 |
16/9 |
6/10 |
10/11 |
Duration |
12h |
1000km |
1000km |
24h |
1000km |
1000km |
1000km |
1600km |
1600km |
Team\ Championship |
ALMS |
LMS |
LMS |
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LMS |
LMS |
LMS |
ALMS |
LMS |
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Panoz Team PTG, 1P9PB48303B213012 (EGTLM 003b) |
#21, 26th (11th) |
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#21, 21st (7th) |
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Panoz Team PTG, 1P9PB48363B213032 (EGTLM 004) |
#22, 27th (12th) |
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#22, in entry list |
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Robertson Racing, LLC, 1P9PB88346B213011 (EGTLM 008) |
#53, eng ine |
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#53, mecha nical |
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Team LNT, IP9PB68313B213015 (EGTLM 005) (Le Mans 4.6 lt) |
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#81, 17th (4th) |
#81, dnf |
#81, gear box |
#81, dnf |
#81, acci dent |
#81, in entry list |
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Team LNT, IP9PB88334B213031 (EGTLM 006) (Le Mans 4.6 lt) |
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#82, dnf |
#82, dnf |
#82, 23rd (5th) |
#82, 32nd (6th) |
#82, broken cam chain |
#82, dnf |
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Chad Peninsula Panoz, IP9PB88376B213018 (EGTLM 009) |
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#84, 31st (12th) |
#84, 30th (9th) |
#84, in entry list |
#84, OTL |
#84, acci dent |
#84, 34th (13th) |
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Total points
0 |
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Statistics |
Works Starts/finishes 21/9 |
3/2 |
3/2 |
3/1 |
2/1 |
3/1 |
3/0 |
2/1 |
2/1 |
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Teams and drivers entries
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Sebring |
Monza |
Valencia |
Le Mans |
Nurbu rgring |
Spa |
Silver stone |
Petit Le Mans |
Mil Milhas |
Joey Hand |
21 |
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21 |
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Bill Auberlen |
21 |
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21 |
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Tom Kimber-Smith |
21 |
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21 |
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Scott Maxwell |
22 |
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Bryan Sellers |
22 |
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Ross Smith |
22 |
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Total points
4 |
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4 |
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Sebring |
Monza |
Valencia |
Le Mans |
Nurbu rgring |
Spa |
Silver stone |
Petit Le Mans |
Mil Milhas |
Arie Luyendyk, Jr |
53 |
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David Robertson |
53 |
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53 |
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Andrea Robertson |
53 |
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53 |
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David Murry |
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53 |
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Sebring |
Monza |
Valencia |
Le Mans |
Nurbu rgring |
Spa |
Silver stone |
Petit Le Mans |
Mil Milhas |
Tom Kimber-Smith |
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81 |
81 |
81 |
81 |
81 |
81 |
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Danny Watts |
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81 |
81 |
81 |
81 |
81 |
81 |
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Richard Dean |
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82 |
82 |
82 |
82 |
82 |
82 |
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Lawrence Tomlinson |
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82 |
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82 |
82 |
82 |
82 |
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Lucas Lasserre |
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82 |
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Tom Milner |
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82 |
81 |
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Robert Bell |
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82 |
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Total points
18 |
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7 |
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6 |
5 |
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Sebring |
Monza |
Valencia |
Le Mans |
Nurbu rgring |
Spa |
Silver stone |
Petit Le Mans |
Mil Milhas |
John Hartshorne |
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84 |
84 |
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84 |
84 |
84 |
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Sean McInerney |
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84 |
84 |
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84 |
84 |
84 |
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Michael McInerney |
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84 |
84 |
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84 |
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84 |
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Total points
2 |
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2 |
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Classification in GT2 cars is noted in brackets
Car entry, chassis number |
Car number, result |
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Sebring |
Cata lunya |
Monza |
Spa |
Le Mans |
Nurburg |
Silver stone |
Petit Le Mans |
Date |
15/3 |
6/4 |
27/4 |
11/5 |
15/6 |
17/8 |
14/9 |
4/10 |
Duration |
12h |
1000km |
1000km |
1000km |
24h |
1000km |
1000km |
1600km |
Team\ Championship |
ALMS |
LMS |
LMS |
LMS |
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LMS |
LMS |
ALMS |
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Panoz Team PTG, IP9PB48303B213012 (EGTLM 003b) |
#21, mecha nical |
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#21, 25th (12th) |
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Statistics |
Works Starts/finishes 2/1 |
1/0 |
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1/1 |
Teams and drivers entries
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Sebring |
Cata lunya |
Monza |
Spa |
Le Mans |
Nurbu rgring |
Silver stone |
Petit Le Mans |
Tom Milner |
21 |
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21 |
Joey Hand |
21 |
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21 |
Tom Sutherland |
21 |
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Classification in GT2 cars is noted in brackets
Car entry, chassis number |
Car number, result |
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Sebring |
Cata lunya |
Spa |
Le Mans |
Algrave |
Nurburg |
Silver stone |
Petit Le Mans |
Okayama |
Date |
21/3 |
5/4 |
10/5 |
14/6 |
2/8 |
23/8 |
13/9 |
26/9 |
1/11 |
Duration |
12h |
1000km |
1000km |
24h |
1000km |
1000km |
1000km |
1600km |
1000km |
Team\ Championship |
ALMS |
LMS |
LMS |
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LMS |
LMS |
LMS |
ALMS |
JLMS |
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Panoz Team PTG, IP9PB48303B213012 (EGTLM 003b) |
#21, 10th (3rd) |
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#21, 18th (9th) |
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Statistics |
Works Starts/finishes 2/2 |
1/1 |
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1/1 |
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Teams and drivers entries
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Sebring |
Cata lunya |
Spa |
Le Mans |
Algrave |
Nurbu rgring |
Silver stone |
Petit Le Mans |
Okayama |
Dominik Farnbacher |
21 |
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21 |
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Ian James |
21 |
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21 |
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Total points
10 |
8 |
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2 |
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PTG team in 2009 season
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