The Panoz DP09 (commonly known as the Superleague DP09 ) was the sole spec open-wheel race car used in the Superleague Formula series. It was produced by Élan Motorsport Technologies at Braselton, Georgia , in the United States. Panoz and Èlan engineers developed the Panoz DP09 to be the exclusive chassis for the Superleague Formula series that began in 2008.
30-720: The DP09 was based on the 2007 Panoz DP01 Champ Cars, while in 2009 the cars were updated to become the DP09B. Since the series' closure midway through 2011 , DP09Bs have seen limited use in the BOSS GP Series . The DP09 featured a 750-horsepower 4.2-liter V12 engine designed by Menard Competition Technologies. It also featured underbody aerodynamics, a Hewland six-speed semi-automatic gearbox , and weighed about 1,650 lb (750 kg). The DP09 race cars also were sans traction control , launch control , and anti-stall technologies, making performance dependent on driver skill and
60-471: A naturally aspirated Menard 4.2 V12 engine. DP01s owned by most Champ Car teams were sold to privateers in the United States and elsewhere. Two examples of the cars in use during 2010 were in the BOSS GP Series , where the chassis was campaigned by Henk de Boer and by Peter Milavec. Former Atlantic Championship president Ben Johnston also owned multiple DP01s, which he intended to be raced in
90-431: A 3-time 12 Hours winner, said that one of the hardest parts about the original Sebring track was "finding the track to begin with." There had been many accounts of drivers retiring due to accidents at night, quite simply because they got lost on the runway sections and couldn't find the track again. Some drivers got lost even during the day, mostly because the track was poorly marked down with white lines and cones. Sebring
120-513: A new multi-class open-wheel racing series called GreenPrixUSA. However, the series was delayed due to track and possible engine issues. As of 2016, Johnston was forced to liquidate his racing assets due to divorce. See 2007 Champ Car season . ( key ) ^1 Non-points-paying, exhibition race. Information for this article was found in the October 2006 issue of Race Tech Magazine. Sebring Raceway Sebring International Raceway
150-580: A round called the 1000 Miles of Sebring , run concurrently with the famed 12 Hours. This race was first run in 2019 , with Toyota Gazoo Racing winning overall. On October 30, 2021, the first-ever 24-hour race at Sebring took place, hosted by the World Racing League, an amateur endurance championship series, with W2W Racing winning the overall race by four laps on the field in their #983 Porsche Motorsports type 981 Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR. Sebring International Raceway consists of three tracks:
180-543: Is a road course auto racing facility in the southeastern United States, located near Sebring, Florida . Sebring Raceway is one of the oldest continuously operating race tracks in the U.S., its first race being run in 1950. Sebring is one of the classic race tracks in North American sports car racing , and plays host to the 12 Hours of Sebring . The raceway occupies a portion of Sebring Regional Airport (an active airport for private and commercial traffic that
210-527: Is featured in the video games rFactor 2 , Pitstop II , iRacing , The Crew , Forza Motorsport 2 , Forza Motorsport 3 , Forza Motorsport 4 , Forza Motorsport 5 , Forza Motorsport 6 , Forza Motorsport 7 , Forza Motorsport (2023) , Le Mans Ultimate , Total Immersion Racing and Sports Car GT . There are also end-user created versions for rFactor , GTR2 , GTR Evolution , GT Legends , Grand Prix Legends and NASCAR Racing 2003 Season . In board gaming, Sebring
240-725: Is most notable for hosting the 12 Hours of Sebring , sanctioned by the FIA and IMSA , as part of many major endurance racing series, including the World Sportscar Championship , Intercontinental Le Mans Cup , ALMS , and now, the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship . This race is the second of four races in the Michelin Endurance Cup. It has also hosted the final round of the 24H Series in 2021. The track also hosts
270-523: The 2007 Champ Car World Series season , replacing the aging de facto-spec Lola chassis. The DP01 was introduced to the world at the 2006 Grand Prix of San Jose on July 28, 2006. Due to the February 2008 sale of Champ Car to the Indy Racing League , which uses its own spec equipment, the car is not currently used in a professional racing series in the United States. The final race for the car
300-715: The DP01 was retired from championship racing after approximately one year of racing service. The 2008 Grand Prix of Long Beach held in April 2008 served as a "Champ Car finale", and the DP01s were used by all participants. The Panoz DP01 is no longer being manufactured. However, Elan Motorsports Technologies did use the car as somewhat of a model for the Panoz DP09 chassis for the Superleague Formula series that houses
330-594: The Full Circuit, the Short Circuit, and the Club Circuit. The course of the track itself is 3.741 mi (6.021 km) long. It is a seventeen-turn road course with long straights, several high-speed corners, and very technical slower corners. Many of the turns and points along the track are named for the early teams and drivers. Due to Florida's flat nature there is very little elevation change around
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#1732787980510360-719: The Legends of Motorsport and Historic Sportscar Racing series, and is the winter home of the Skip Barber Racing School . Many IndyCar , sports prototype , and Grand Touring teams use Sebring for winter testing due to the warm climate. The track is used numerous times each year by the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and the National Auto Sport Association (NASA) for amateur events that draw participants from all over
390-414: The cars as they traverse them. Much of the track has intentionally been left with its original concrete runway surface. The 12 Hours of Sebring is renowned as a race that is even harder on machinery and drivers than Le Mans, and is seen as an ideal preparation run for the famed French race. The track surface has 3.04 mi (4.89 km) of asphalt and 0.7 mi (1.1 km) of concrete. Mario Andretti,
420-758: The country. Each February, the racetrack hosts the Bike Sebring 12/24 Hours, an ultra-distance cycling race organized by the Highlands Pedalers Bicycle Club and the Rotary Club of Highlands County. IndyCar regularly holds tests at the top half of the facility to simulate street circuits on its calendar. As of March 2024, the fastest official race lap records at the Sebring International Raceway for different classes are listed as: Sebring Raceway
450-504: The event of a failure at high speed. Another major change from the previous car was the raised nose, which was moved farther above the front wing and directing more air to the underbody aerodynamics . The raised nose also created a safer environment for the driver in the event of a head-on collision with a wall or another car. The driver sat more upright than in the Lola chassis, to reduce the chances of back injuries, and to better accommodate
480-414: The facility from Andy Evans in 1997. The track is often recognized for its famous, high-speed "Turn 17", a long, bumpy, fast right-hander that can make or break a car's speed down the front straight. The corner can fit up to three cars wide. Skip Barber Racing School held numerous programs at the facility, including a scholarship opportunity for young racers. The World Endurance Championship runs
510-466: The next U.S. Grand Prix to Riverside International Raceway in southern California . For much of Sebring's history, the track followed a 5.200 mi (8.369 km) layout. After a disastrous 1966 12 Hours with five fatalities, the track was widened in parts and also lengthened a total of 50 yd (46 m) for 1967 with the removal of the Webster Turn between the hairpin and the top of
540-406: The previous Lola car, including more downforce from the underbody. Approximately 60% of the car's 5,500 lb (2,500 kg) of downforce at 200 mph (320 km/h) came from the bottom of the car. This was done by directing the air in a way so as to create additional downforce on the car, thereby effectively sucking it to the racetrack. This put less dependency on the front and rear wings in
570-649: The price of a complete nose assembly was set at US $ 16k rather than US $ 33k. The DP01 was officially unveiled to the public at the Champ Car Grand Prix of Road America on September 24, 2006. Brazilian Roberto Moreno piloted the DP01 at the unveiling, putting down a few demonstration laps shortly before the feature Champ Car race that day. The first Champ Car open test of the DP01 took place January 23 to January 25, 2007, at Sebring International Raceway . The second open test occurred on February 12 and 13 at MSR Houston . The third and last open test before
600-612: The season took place March 9 and 10 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca . The Panoz DP01's race debut was at the Vegas Grand Prix on April 8, 2007. Team Australia 's Will Power won the inaugural pole and the first race with the DP01. In February 2008, the sale of Champ Car to the Indy Racing League (IRL) was consummated. Since the IRL used its own spec formula based around a chassis made by Italian manufacturer Dallara ,
630-416: The team setup. This Auto racing-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a modern automobile produced after 1975 is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Panoz DP01 The Panoz DP01 is an open-wheel race car that was produced by Élan Motorsport Technologies at Braselton, Georgia , United States. It was developed for use in
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#1732787980510660-412: The track and little camber on the surface, providing a challenging track for drivers, especially when it rains. Sebring is renowned for its rough, bumpy and changing surfaces. The course still runs on old sections of World War II-era landing fields that were constructed of concrete sections with large seams. The transitions between sections are quite rough and often, sparks fly from the undercarriages of
690-427: The track and replacement with the faster Green Park Chicane, further down the track. This was closer to the hairpin and allowed a flat-out run through a very fast corner to the top of the track and the runway. This was done to move the track off the dangerous Warehouse Straight and the warehouses, hangars and airplanes flanking it; a crash during that 1966 12 Hours involved a privately-entered Porsche that went into one of
720-546: The use of the HANS device . Champ Car intended to lower the purchasing cost of the chassis and spare parts to ease the financial pressure on the teams, who had to purchase a brand new car and were not able to reuse their existing chassis. Whereas the outgoing Lola chassis cost approximately US $ 450k, the DP-01 cost US $ 295k. Spare parts were also priced at about 30 percent cheaper, with a gearbox costing US $ 45k rather than US $ 110k and
750-556: The war, Russian-American aeronautical engineer Alec Ulmann was seeking sites for converting military aircraft to civilian use when he discovered potential in Hendricks' runways and service roads to stage a sports car endurance race similar to the 24 Hours of Le Mans , a race Ulmann was inspired to somewhat re-create in the United States. Sebring's first race was held on New Year's Eve of 1950, attracting thirty race cars from across North America . The Sam Collier 6 Hour Memorial race
780-503: The warehouses (this area was off-limits to non-track personnel) and into a crowd, killing four spectators. The circuit was changed and shortened in 1983 to allow simultaneous use of the track and one of the runways, and major changes in 1987 allowed use of another runway. Further changes in 1991 accommodated expansion of the airport's facilities, allowing the entire track to be used without interfering with normal airport operations and bringing it close to its current configuration. The hairpin
810-524: Was originally built as Hendricks Army Airfield , which was a World War II training base for the United States Army Air Forces ). Sebring Raceway occupies the site of Hendricks Army Airfield (a training base for B-17 pilots in operation from 1941 to 1946), in the middle of southern Florida, 70 mi (110 km) south and southeast respectively of Orlando and Tampa , and 140 mi (230 km) northwest of Miami . After
840-602: Was removed in 1997 due to a lack of run-off, and replaced with what became known as the "safety pin". Gendebien Bend was also re-profiled to slow the cars' entry to the Ullman straight. The track is currently owned by IMSA Holdings, LLC through its subsidiary Sebring International Raceway, LLC via its purchase of the Panoz MSG in September 2012. It is currently leased by the Sebring International Raceway, LLC, which acquired
870-552: Was the 2008 Grand Prix of Long Beach . The Panoz DP01 was developed to be safer, and less aero-dependent while racing closely with other cars than previously existing Champ Cars. At a weight of 1460 pounds, the DP-01 was 105 pounds lighter than the outgoing Lola and approximately 9 inches shorter. It featured a 950- horsepower Cosworth XFE 2.65-liter turbocharged V8. The DP01 could go from 0-60 mph in 2.2 seconds, 0-100 mph in 4.2 seconds, and had an approximate top speed of 240 mph. The Panoz had numerous changes from
900-487: Was won by Frits Koster and Ralph Deshon in a Crosley Hot Shot that had been driven to the track by Victor Sharpe. The first 12 Hours of Sebring was held on March 15, 1952, shortly growing into a major international race. In 1959, the track hosted the U.S.' first Formula One race (the successor to historic European Grand Prix motor racing ), held as that year's installment of the historic United States Grand Prix competition. However poor attendance and high costs relocated
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