DeltaWing Racing Road Atlanta Pre-Race Report

Carrying the momentum of three straight race finishes, the Claro/TracFone DeltaWing Racing Cars team heads to their home race, Petit Le Mans Powered by Mazda at Road Atlanta, with one goal in mind: a podium finish for the DeltaWing Coupe. The team hopes to improve upon last year’s race finish that saw them run in the top five most of the race and finish in fourth at the end of the endurance classic’s 10 hours. Katherine Legge and Memo Rojas will be joined by Andy Meyrick for the 18th running of the Petit Le Mans, the final race of the Tequila Patrón North American Endurance Cup. With three straight solid finishes (eighth at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in July, sixth at Road America in August and seventh two weeks ago at Circuit of the Americas), the team has improved the coupe’s reliability and its performance ahead of what they consider to be the most important race of the year. Hometown HeroesThe DeltaWing team shop is a mere 6.5 miles from the Road Atlanta front gates. Don and Nancy Panoz settled in the area 35 years ago and Braselton has long been home base for many Panoz companies, including DeltaWing Technology Group, Panoz, Élan Technologies and Élan Motorsports, as well as the world-renowned Chateau Élan Resort and Winery. The team’s family and friends will surround Road Atlanta’s 2.54-mile circuit to see the results of the team’s hard work first hand. “The team does such a great job,” said Rojas, “The families of our crew know how much work they put all year long, so it’s great to have them come see the team in action. Add to that everyone from Élan and Panoz and that’s a good rooting section! We also have many fans in the area because of Dr. P’s history, owning the track and all the businesses. We really look forward to that. It means a great deal to have all the local support.”