In what is sure to create some of the most stunning photos to come from Goodwood in the modern era, the cars will run into the dusk on Saturday night, transporting spectators from the Lavant Straight to the Mulsanne.
The earliest appearance of the Le Mans Prototype name came at the 1993 Le Mans 24 Hours, albeit effectively as a retirement home for modified Group C cars, after rising costs begun to kill off the popular predecessor.
Slowly but surely LMP began to take over the sportscar world, and the first European series based around Le Mans Prototypes was launched in 1997 – the International Sports Racing Series.
With the IMSA GT Championship folding at the end of 1998, the custodian of the Le Mans 24 Hours, the Automobile Club de L’Ouest, gave its blessing for Don Panoz to head up the creation of the American Le Mans Series, based around the Le Mans 24 Hours class structure. As such, the first championship to use the LMP name was born, a European version followed and the European Le Mans Series still continues to race LMP cars to this day.