It’s hard to deny the appeal of a potential repeat of last year’s to-the-wire battle between Ian James, Michael Cooper and Spencer Pumpelly for GT4 America Sprint honors. One of the best contests in American sports car racing in 2019, the fight between James’ Panoz Avezzano, Cooper’s Blackdog Speed Shop...

Preston Calvert has returned to his roots in GTS, running the second Panoz Avezzano in the Pirelli World Challenge GTS-Am category. For the man who entered the series in a Mustang Boss 302 in the class before it became all-GT4 and was Rookie of the Year in 2015, it completes...

WC Vision, producers of the Pirelli World Challenge, announced a partnership today with Forgeline Motorsports, the custom race wheel experts, as an official sponsor of the 2018 10-weekend Pirelli World Challenge racing series, North America's top GT production-based road racing campaign.Forgeline Motorsports, with a long-term involvement with PWC and many...

Ian James returns to Team Panoz Racing. Preston Calvert signs on for 2018 season. Braselton,...The post Panoz Announces Second Season of GT-Class Racing with Two-Car Panoz Avezzano Program in 2018 appeared first on Pirelli World Challenge. Read full article on Press Room Pirelli World Challenge

Team Panoz Racing will field two Panoz Avezzano GT4-homologated cars next year, with returning driver Ian James once again driving the No. 50 car and Preston Calvert joining the team to drive the sister No. 51 Panoz Avezzano.Panoz also confirmed it is undergoing the necessary steps to homologate the Panoz...

Veteran sports car star says development of new Panoz working well now ELKHART LAKE, Wis....The post James Scores First GTS Pole for Panoz Avezzano in GTS Rd.9 Qualifier appeared first on Pirelli World Challenge. Read full article on Press Room Pirelli World Challenge

Certainly one of the bigger pre-season surprises in Pirelli World Challenge was that Panoz Auto Development would be bringing its Avezzano to the series' GTS class with a team run by motorsports veteran Tom Milner. While Panoz had a long history of racing both prototypes and its road cars, most...

The Pirelli World Challenge series that ended the 2016 championship in thrilling fashion at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in October will return for its curtain raiser this weekend in St. Petersburg as an organization that has undergone significant changes during the offseason.From a new sanctioning body to an influx of...

Panoz returns to GT racing in 2017 as Team Panoz Racing, kicking off its first season with Pirelli World Challenge. Led by motorsports veteran Tom Milner, Team Panoz Racing will field a two-car, full-season entry racing the new Panoz Avezzano sports car in the GTS class.Ian James has been named...

Don Panoz will commission tests to determine whether the new Panoz Avezzano road car would be suitable for a production-based racer that could compete in IMSA. The Avezzano (pictured), which was revealed earlier this week, is built on an aluminum frame, uses a supercharged Chevrolet engine, and is an extension...