Multimatic Motorsports Team Panoz has its sights set on providing the Panoz brand with its third Mid Ohio victory when the American Le Mans Series visits the classic sports car course this weekend.
With a Sebring win already in the record books in 2006, Panoz driver David Brabham is looking to return to victory lane at Mid Ohio. He scored an outright win in 2001 with Jan Magnussen in ALMS competition for Panoz as well as a 1998 U.S. Road Racing Championship victory with Andy Wallace.
The Toronto-based squad is also out to bounce back following a challenging weekend in Houston last weekend when both Panoz Esperante GTLM GT2 entries experienced problems.
The #51 car of Tom Milner and Gunnar Jeannette broke a valve spring after only a handful of laps, while a poor tire selection by the team and a subsequent late race suspension problem pushed the Scott Maxwell/David Brabham car back to a sixth place GT2 class finish.
However, despite the Texan woes, Multimatic Motorsports Team Panoz still holds second place in the Team's and Manufacturer's Championships while Scott Maxwell and David Brabham are two of five drivers holding equal second place in the GT2 driver's standings – only six points behind Porsche driver, Johannes van Overbeek.
"The entire team is really looking forward to this weekend because Mid Ohio is a track where the Panoz has shown good speed before," said Larry Holt, Multimatic Vice President and Motorsports Technical Director.
"It is going to be interesting because the entire track has been resurfaced and our set-up data from previous years may not be as relevant.
"Houston was a tough weekend for us, but we still finished with a handful of points. Gunnar and Tom will also be looking for a change of luck this week – hopefully they have got all their misfortune out the way in the first two races. Both those guys are very quick and they are very keen to get a good result under their belt.
"This will be our final hit-out in North America before leaving for Le Mans. Our target is to head to France with a good solid result under our belt."
