sentences:  The Automobile Club de l'Ouest, wanting to create a new worldwide series, made an agreement with Don Panoz, owner of the Road Atlanta racing course.The ACO would agree to lend the Le Mans name out to Panoz for the creation of an event called the Petit Le Mans (French for "little Le Mans").The race would be similar to the 12 Hours of Sebring, in that it did not run a full 24 hours like Le Mans.