Panoz Motor Sports Petit Le Mans Night Practice

ROUND EIGHT, AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES
AUDI PRESENTS PETIT LE MANS, ROAD ATLANTA

NIGHT PRACTICE - Thursday, 4th October 2001

PANOZ MOTOR SPORTS UPDATE

The Panoz LMP-1 Roadster #50 will not take part in tonight's practice session.

At the end of this afternoon's practice, the team was alerted to a safety issue on the car which needed attention before the car could be driven again.   The length of time it will take to effect this work will prevent the car from running tonight.

The Stewards of the Meeting have given David Brabham and Jan Magnussen permission to not take part in the night running, taking into consideration their experience of the Road Atlanta track both at this event in previous years and the number of miles they
have carried out in testing.

It is planned that the Panoz #51, which was damaged in an accident this morning, will run therefore allowing Franck Lagorce and Klaus Graf to complete their night laps.

**  CORRECTION TO PREVIOUS RELEASE - PANOZ PRACTICE, THURS, 4TH OCT   **

Klaus Graf set the second quickest time of the first practice session early on, but later tangled with two slower cars and was forced off the track headfirst into a tire wall.