Sebring
International Speedway
50th
Anniversary
2002

Here
is the newly painted Panoz before she leaves the shop.
Please note the 15mm cannons on the front! They are also in the side pods.

Not
only did the car get a facelift, so did the pit cart.

For
a one week restoration she sure looks like an American Beauty.

This
is the logo that was used in World War II on the B-17. We recreated
the logo with a few changes, such as adding a few bombs to drop
on Bin Laden.

The
car is going through tech with out incident.

Gunnar
hopped in the car for the first practice in the B-17 look alike.

Car
owner, Wayne Jackson, is getting in the cockpit with the help
of Gunnar.

Martin
is making sure that Wayne is all strapped in and ready to go.

Chad
Block is now in the car about to take his very first spin in
this LMP-900.

After
a hard day of practice the car is coming in for some adjustments.
On loan from Panoz, Sirish Vissa, became a major asset to our
team. Thank you!!

Day
two of practice and Gunnar is ready to dominate the road.

Here
you can see that there are many things involved in a driver
change, such as the exchanging of seats.

Gunnar
plugs Chad in and he is ready to run the rest of practice, or
at least until he runs out of gas.

It
seemed only fitting to have an all American driving team.

What
other tricks could Kevin Jeannette possibly have up his sleeve?
Can you believe this a B-17 bomber? Kevin you have outdone yourself.

The
crew of the B-17 bomber including the Panoz drivers. Gunnar
was behind the controls during the flight to Sebring and during
the fly over the raceway.

From
left to right: Wayne, Kevin, Gunnar, Chad, Danny, Tyson, Andy,
Eli, Ike, Mark S., Martin, Mark B., and Jack. Thanks to all
of our guys who put in countless hours, you did great job!

Wayne
Jackson and his son Nicholas get in the B-17 and wave at the
crowd.

Here
it is our secret weapon, we installed machine guns to ward off
the competition.

Before
the race the B-17 did one last fly by. Six hours and fifteen
minutes into the race we had to call it quits. The carbon roters
were coming apart and the hardware was not holding up. We had
continuous brake problems and for safety reasons we decided
there was no need to continue.
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