A few interesting quotes:
""All victories are great, and all victories are earned because you can't win any race without showing up and being prepared. You have to be in a place that when Lady Luck smiles at you or breaks come your way that you can take advantage of it."
That's the same philosophy Panoz has used in building Petit Le Mans and American Le Mans Series to the level at which they are now.
The number of premium auto manufacturers, elite teams and world-class corporate partners can't be matched by any other form of motorsport."
Source:
http://www.americanlemans.com/News/Article.aspx?ID=3657
"What I like about it is that the manufacturers are involved and there is a technical freedom that doesn't exist very much in racing any more. You have multiple tire companies involved in the Series, multiple engines and multiple chassis manufacturers.
Just about every other form of racing in the world is spec engines, spec tires, spec this and spec that. It is still good racing but it doesn't have to me the level of interest. This also is a place with the great names like Porsche and Ferrari and Corvette and Audi. This is where they come to compete."
Bobby Rahal
Co-owner, Rahal Letterman Racing
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