Sept. 4, 2021 - Today the FRL Board of Directors is please to roll out the announcement for Season 11 of the FRL. This season promises to bring some big changes to the series. First off, the schedule itself is being shifted from a fall schedule to a winter schedule. Starting in October and running into December. After a break during the holiday season, the action resumes with three more events, with the series champions being crowned in February.
Yes, you read that right, champions will be crowned at the end of the series. For the first time in FRL series history, two classes will take to the track at all 8 scheduled events. The first class will run the P-rated Ford and Chevrolet DP prototypes from 2015 and the 2014 Lola B12 chassis, powered by Mazda. The second class will feature some of the GTLM cars from the IMSA series as well. Those selected are the 2014 Corvette C7.R, the 2017 Porsche 911 RSR and the 2011 Ferrari 458 GTC. For both classes, each car will run its preset 'homologated' setup. This dictates what updates and weights are used on each car to balance them for their respective class. The P-rated prototypes will homologate to P949 at most while the GTLM cars will homologate between R829-R835. Each driver will be able to adjust tuning to suit their preferences.
The class competitors will be as follows:
Prototype:
Andrew Steppat Preston Liberatore
Travis Billingsley Ethan Maestri
The GTLM class competitors will be as follows:
Paul Maestri Nicholas Hargrove Blake Wild
Seth Jensen Tony Tyree Ghabe Stouffer
Additionally, other participants not listed will be classed in the GTLM field.
Full schedule as follows:
October 17th - Daytona International (Day) - 45 minutes
October 31st - Sebring - 40 minutes
November 14th - Long Beach - 30 minutes
November 28th - Watkins Glen - 40 minutes
December 12th - Road America - 40 minutes
January 16th - Circuit of the Americas - 35 minutes
January 30th - Laguna Seca - 40 minutes
February 13th - Road Atlanta - 45 minutes
An additional chance for this series will be that the race events themselves will be true timed endurance events and not "goal-lap" events as we have run before. Endurance will be the aim here and the furthest traveled car will be declared the winner for its class.
The prospect of having two points series in progress has the opportunity to create some great championship battles to watch as this season progresses! We hope to see you all on the track in October.
