Teams Begin To Announce Lineups For FRL Season 8

 The past week has seen several FRL teams announce their manufacturer choice and driver lineups for the coming season of FRL racing, which kicks off September 9th at Yas Marina. A relatively short pre-season of preparation is rapidly reaching its conclusion with four teams announcing their lineups for this new season of racing.

 Maestri Brothers Racing return for Season 8 with their two drivers, Ethan Maestri in the #3 and Paul Maestri in the #33. MBR announced this past week their partnership with Mercedes AMG to run the GT R for the season. The #3 rolls out a livery reminiscent of AMG's glory days with McLaren F1, while the #33 carries on the Red Bull tradition in a strikingly bold livery.

 4 of 7 Racing, headed by driver Tony Tyree for nearly two years, now adds another driver to the stable becoming a two car effort for the coming season. Brandon Adkins leaves AFX Racing to join the 4 of 7 team in his #8 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 with Tony running the #47 number plate on his Z06.

 Chris Rader, and his notorious band of merrymakers and sycophants, return to the FRL garage area as well. They bring with them, not just the aroma of fine cognac and a light dusting of glitter, but a real challenge to the order in the form of a partnership with McLaren and an understated but regal looking 570S.

 Among the first drivers to announce for the season was Bryan Dean. He makes a return to American muscle with a rakish looking #808 Viper GTS. Gone are the hot pink and startling purples of past liveries, a maturing of design tastes is evident in his orange and green livery that promotes the legend of his cars nameplate.

 The season begins at Yas Marina and is less than two weeks away! We'll look forward to further announcements and keep you updated on them here.

FRL SEASON 8 ANNOUNCEMENT

It’s been a long 6 months since the announcement of a new governing structure to the FRL.  But now the time has come to dust off those fire suits and get ready for the first full FRL series under the new leadership, and the first to be run on the Forza 7 platform. With the recent updates to F7 the leader boards and time attack by class are back, making practice and credit accumulation easier.

  

So, beginning September 9, 2018 the FRL will start the Sport GT Championship Series.

 The eligible cars are as follows: 

2017 Aston Martin DB11

2013 Dodge Viper GTS

2015 McLaren 570S

2017 Mercedes AMG GT R

2015 Corvette Z06

2017 Acura NSX

2016 Porsche 911 GT3 RS

2015 Ferrari 488 GTB

2014 Lamborghini Hurricane

2010 Noble M600

  

Cars can be upgraded to S800, only upgrade restrictions are no drivetrain swaps allowed, community tunes are ok as well.

There will be 2 heats per race each lasting around 15 minutes. Results of first heat will be reversed for grid on second heat.

  

Below you will find the full schedule and track list.

9/9 Yas Marina Full (Night)

9/23 Sonoma Full

10/7 Mugello Full

10/21 Suzuka Full

11/4 Silverstone GP (Rain)

11/18 Nurburgring GP Circuit

12/2 Maple Valley Full

12/16 Spa Full

Series rules Thus far are:

1)      2 driver limit per garage (we encourage veteran and top tier drivers to pair with those wanting assistance.)

2)      Any race needing to be rescheduled will be run the following day.

3)      Qualifying will start at 8:45 pm CT Race will begin at 9:00 pm CT or shortly thereafter. Drivers not in the lobby at that time will forfeit the first heat.

Look for more rules and points system to be announced later. Also, we would like for you to have your cars and teams (if you choose to have one) registered by September 2, 2018 to have time to put together a preseason newsletter, any photos of liveries would be greatly appreciated.      

2018 1.4 Hours of LeMans Results

Congratulations go to Andrew Steppat for his second straight LeMans win, and Nick Hargrove on his come from behind GTLM win.

1. Andrew Steppat      3:25.221
2. Travis Billingsley   3:25.718
3. Ethan Maestri         3:32.764
4. Nick Hargrove        4:06.080 GTLM winner
5. Mathew Smith        4:04.138 !
6. Tony Tyree             4:04.542 !

1.4 Hours of LeMans set for June 24, 2018

The 2018 1.4 Hours of Le Mans will be ran in 3 segments  just like last year, 6 laps for the first segment, 12 laps for the night segment and 6 laps for the final segment in daytime or rain conditions depending on the weather roll.

Just like last year this will be a multi-class event.

  Prototype Class cars, R-998 is the max P.I. rating with open tuning.
Eligible cars: 2014 or 2012 Audi R-18, 2017 or 2015 Porsche 919, 2011 or 2009 Peugeot 908, 2015 Nissan GT-R LM NISMO

  GTLM cars, R-865 is the max P.I. rating with open tuning as well.
Eligible cars: 2014 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R, 2016 Ford GT (Le Mans), 2011 or 2017 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, 2014 Ferrari 458 GT

Drivers will be asked to drive in the class they were assigned last year, new drivers will be asked to drive in the GTLM class.

Please note that the deadline for registering your entry is 6/17/18. 

Indy 200 Results

Results
1 Andrew Steppat
2 Tony Tyree
3 Brandon Atkins 
4 Travis Billingsley 
5 Paul Maestri 
6 Nick Hargrove 

The 2018 Indianapolis 200 Anounced

The Indianapolis 500 is a race rich with tradition, from the opening ceremony singing of "Home again in Indiana", to the post-race celebratory drink of milk from the bottle.

This year the FRL will celebrate this historic race for the third time, with its third running of the Indianapolis 200, making this race the longest running annual One-Off event in the FRL.

This year marks some changes to the event, with the switch to Forza Motorsports 7 we have newer cars to race in, the 2017 Indy cars, also we now have the ability to run all 80 laps at once, which means for an even more grueling race. The race will be held on May 20^th 2018 qualifying will start at 8:45pm with the race beginning shortly after, approximately  9:00pm.

Here’s this year’s race requirements.

Car’s will be any of the 2 manufactures of the 2017 Indy cars, Honda and Chevrolet (pictured bellow).

   Cars will be ran as stock PI X999 Any part changes at all are illegal.

Self-made tunes as well as community tunes will be allowed if they meet the stock PI of X999.

The last 2 years has seen a field of 10 drivers lets make it a goal of toping that  this year!

Results For The Bathurst Super Car Challenge

A field of 8 showed up for the race down under, with Andrew Steppat once again showing why he's a 6 time FRL champion, with his come from behind charge that would net him first spot on the podium.

Results
1. Andrew Steppat
2. Travis Billingsley
3. Ethan Maestri
4. Paul Maestri
5. Brandon Adkins
6. Nick Hargrove
7. Matt Smith
8. Tony Tyree