Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Don Panoz ne ya fara tsara shirye-shiryen sabon gasar tseren jimiri kuma ACO ta goyi bayansa a 2000 tare da shirye-shiryen jerin Le Mans na Asiya-Pacific, wanda aka tsara bayan jerin Le Mans na Amurka da kuma shirin Turai Le Mans Series don 2001. An gudanar da zanga-zanga biyu na wannan taron. 1999 Le Mans Fuji 1000km a Fuji Speedway a Japan sun haɗu da motocin Le Mans tare da injunan JGTC don shigarwa ta 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.