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Panoz, LLC. returns to Motul Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia, not to race, but to pay tribute to the late Don Panoz. A visionary entrepreneur, Panoz was most famous for reviving North American sports car racing by founding the American Le Mans Series. The series ran its first season in 1999 which included the Petit Le Mans race, but the inaugural Petit Le Mans was in 1998 at the Panoz-owned Road Atlanta. In 1998, after catching the endurance racing bug at Le Mans, Panoz created a partnership with the Automobile Club de l’Ouest, the organizers of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and began a 10-hour race in the spirit of Le Mans. For these reasons, there couldn’t be a better track or race to celebrate the significance of Panoz’s racing endeavors and achievements.