Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokaci guda a cikin ci gaban Turai Le Mans Series, Don Panoz kuma ya ba da shawarar ra'ayin wani jerin. Asali ana kiranta da Asian Le Mans Series, daga baya aka san shi da Asia-Pacific Le Mans Series (APLMS). Kamar Turai Le Mans Series, wannan APLMS zai kawo jerin wasanni na ACO-goyon baya zuwa Asiya da Pacific. Ana iya ganin wannan a matsayin tashin All Japan Sports Prototype Championship (JSPC) wanda ya ƙare a 1992. ACO ta riga ta goyi bayan taron Japan guda ɗaya, Le Mans Fuji 1000km na 1999 wanda ya haɗu da motocin Le Mans tare da injunan JGTC don shigarwar atomatik zuwa 2000 24 Hours na Le Mans
Ka yi haƙuri. Wannan ra'ayin ya biyo bayan jerin Le Mans na Amurka tare da tseren 2000 na tseren shekaru dubu a Adelaide Street Circuit a Ostiraliya. Wadannan abubuwan guda biyu sun kasance masu gabatarwa ga jerin APLMS da aka tsara, kuma a lokacin da aka kirkiro ELMS, Don Panoz ya sanar da niyyarsa ta gudanar da gasar APLMS ta baje kolin a Sepang International Circuit a Malaysia a karshen shekara ta 2001.