In order to meet homologation requirements which said that racing cars had to be based on production, road legal cars, Panoz built a single GTR-1 which featured full interiors and minor modifications to make it able to be legally registered.
In order to meet regulatory needs, which required racing cars to be based on production, road-legal vehicles, Panoz constructed a solitary GTR-1 with complete interiors and minor adjustments to make it eligible for registration.