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<body> <Table Width="550" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" cellpadding="0"><TR><TD Width="35"><IMG SRC="//www.totalmotorsport.com/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH="35" HEIGHT="1"></td><td> <CENTER><Table border="0" width="100%"> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="5">Le Mans</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">06/11/2003</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">Panoz Batmobile Hits The Track </FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">Testing Under Way</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="1">  </FONT></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2"><B>The Panoz Batmobile Hits The Track At Le Mans</B><BR> <BR> The sound of the Elan Power Products V8 may have had a familiar ring, but sportscar fans this week have been treated to the sight of the Panoz "Batmobile" for the first time since 1998.<BR> <BR> JML Team Panoz has completed two days testing on the Le Mans Bugatti circuit in preparation for this weekend's Le Mans 1000km.<BR> <BR> The American-based JML squad has teamed up with the French DAMS team, which is assisting in running the car this weekend.<BR> <BR> The French DAMS mechanics are very familiar with the American Coupe with the team having run the car during the 1997 and 1998 seasons in the FIA GT Championship.<BR> <BR> With extensive experience in sportscars and open wheel formulas including Formula 3000; DAMS recently claimed the European Formula Renault V6 championship.<BR> <BR> Their assistance proved vital in yesterday's session with the JML squad arriving late after having their flight cancelled from the US on Monday night. The team sat on the plane for four hours while repairs on an engine problem were undertaken. After the repair proved unsuccessful, their flight was postponed until the following night.<BR> <BR> After initially looking like the team would miss Wednesday's activities, David Saelens took to the track with only the DAMS crew and his usual engineer and engine man on-site.<BR> <BR> Olivier Beretta took over testing duties today with the full complement of JML and DAMS staff on hand.<BR> <BR> Wednesday and Thursday's three-hour testing sessions proved valuable in preparations for Saturday's two qualifying sessions and Sunday's 1000km event.<BR> <BR> The car ran faultlessly throughout both days with the only problem coming at the end of the second day when contact between Beretta and a slower car damaged the right hand side bodywork.<BR> </FONT></TD></TR> </TABLE><BR> </CENTER> <BR><CENTER><font size="1" color="#808080" face="Tahoma">Copyright ©2000-©2023 TotalMotorSport</font></CENTER> </td> </tr> </table> </body>