George "Pana" Panagiotidis

George successfully raced between 2003 and 2008. George's racing passion continues outside of the driver's seat, providing driver instruction and car development.

George owns and runs TeamPana, prepares the cars for team drivers and is the perfect pit crew during race events, providing advice and data analysis.

Left: On the Hume Highway, heading towards Bathurst.

Fotini Panagiotidis

George's sister Fotini, (also known as Fo, Foey, Fofs) kindly provides half of her garage (and all of it when she isn't there) for the team's workshop. She has been known to provide food and drink to hungry team members and puts up with the smell of Fiberglas, noisy grinders and engine starting at any hour of the day (and night!).

Nik "Maratunga" Gountaras

Nik's provision of jokes and duco polishing ability proved to be very helpful throughout the race season. The occasional heavy lifting is offset with lots of Southern Comfort bourbon. Keeping him away from the pit girls is sometimes a challenge, but who can blame him!

Nik likes lifting heavy stuff.

Michael Kirsch

Michael is the 2009 Hill Climb Team Pana driver. A previous national Hill Climb champion, Michael will be contesting the Victorian and Australian Hill Climb Championships. Michael has a long history with the Team Pana race car, assisting with its original build in 1992 and winning the 1998 National Hill Climb title in the same car.

 

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