NEWS SECTION
HERE YOU CAN FIND THE LATEST NEWS REGARDING THE 8 HOUR ENDURANCE RACE, INCLUDING NEWS FROM THE ADMINS, TEAMS AND DRIVERS ABOUT INFORMATION REGARDING THE 8 HOURS OF THE AMERICAS. ALSO, HERE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FIND PRE/MID/POST-RACE SUMMARIES FROM THE ADMINS REGARDING THE RACE.
11/24/12 NEWS: STINT 1 COMPLETE
THE FIRST STINT OF THE 2012 EIGHT HOURS OF THE AMERICAS WAS VERY INTERESTING TO SAY THE LEAST. DUE TO PROBLEMS CONNECTING AS WELL AS A FEW LAG-OUTS, WE WERE FORCED TO START 15 MINUTES AFTER THE SCHEDULED START TIME, WHICH LED FOR A FIRST STINT THAT RAN SHORTER THAN SCHEDULED. NEVERTHELESS, THIS STINT WAS FILLED WITH EXCITEMENT. A TOUGH BREAK OFF THE START HIT THE #22 TEAM AS THEY LAGGED OUT AS WE WERE GOING GREEN, WHICH WILL PROBABLY PUT THEM OUT OF THE RUNNING FOR THE RACE. THE #0262 FERRARI DID NOT COMPETE IN THE FIRST STINT DUE TO CONNECTION ISSUES, AND THE #77 JAGUAR WILL NOT BE COMPETING TODAY. HOWEVER, FORTUNATELY FOR THE #002 FORD ENTRY, THEY HAD A FANTASTIC STINT AS ix Overtake xi DROVE AWAY WITH THE RACE GT CLASS ENTRY. GOOD BATTLES ACROSS THE WAY LED TO A GREAT 2nd AND 3rd PLACE FINISH GOING TO THE #6 AND THE #144 TEAMS RESPECTFULLY, AS THEY ARE STILL ON THE LEAD LAP. IN PRODUCTION GT, THE #01 PAGANI SPORT NORTH AMERICA WON THE STINT, DRIVEN BY I Capitalized, WITH THE #55 FCOA PORSCHE ENTRY FINISHING 2nd BY ABOUT 15 SECONDS AND STILL ON THE LEAD LAP. THE #13 PAGANI ZONDA LAGGED OUT AT 96 MILES, AND IS 2 LAPS OFF OF THE #0161 FERRARI, WHICH ALSO LAGGED OUT. A FIRST STINT FILLED WITH EXCITEMENT. THANKS TO ALL OF THE DRIVERS AND SPECTATORS WHO PARTICIPATED IN IT!
11/23/12 NEWS: #77 LLBM TEAM JAGUAR LATE ENTRY
LLBM TEAM JAGUAR HAS DECLARED THAT THEY WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE 8 HOURS OF THE AMERICAS WITH THE #77 JAGUAR XKR GT. This Is Despair WILL BE RACING ALONGSIDE cp sk8 AND HundredthTie70. SINCE THIS TEAM HAS JUST JOINED AND MISSED QUALIFYING, THEY WILL BE STARTING IN THE VERY BACK OF THE FIELD ON SATURDAY. NEVERTHELESS, WE WISH THE #77 ENTRY THE BEST OF LUCK TOMORROW ALONG WITH OUR OTHER COMPETITORS.
11/23/12 NEWS: QUALIFYING COMPLETE!
QUALIFYING FOR THE 2012 8 HOURS OF THE AMERICAS HAS FINALLY BEEN COMPLETED. IN RACE GT, THE #6 FCOA RACING BMW M3 GT-R HAS SECURED POLE WITH A FANTASTIC LAP BY SamuraiSlider41 OF 2:01.969. IN PRODUCTION GT, THE #01 PAGANI SPORT NORTH AMERICA TEAM HAS POLE WITH A LAP OF 2:10.011 DONE BY CAgrown805. CONGRATS TO BOTH OF THESE DRIVERS FOR THEIR FANTASTIC EFFORTS. VIEW THE FULL QUALIFYING RESULTS AND STARTING GRID ON THE QUALIFYING RESULTS PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE UNDER THE RESULTS TAB! THE NEXT EVENT WILL BE WARM-UPS, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW MORNING AT 10:00 AM ET. PLEASE MESSAGE NickTy1996 IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SHOWING UP TO THE WARM-UP SESSION. MORE THAN ONE DRIVER FROM A PARTICULAR TEAM WILL BE ALLOWED TO COMPETE IN THE WARM-UP SESSION. BEST OF LUCK TO ALL OF OUR COMPETITORS ON SATURDAY!
11/22/12 NEWS: DEADLINE FOR QUALIFYING TODAY
TODAY IS THE FINAL DAY THE TEAMS CAN SUBMIT THEIR QUALIFYING REPLAYS. THE TEAMS MUST SEND THESE REPLAYS TO EITHER NickTy1996 OR clementelithe. THE STARTING GRID WILL BE RELEASED AND PUT ON THE WEBSITE ON FRIDAY AT 5:00 PM ET. IN ADDITION, IF YOUR TEAM HAS NOT SUBMITTED THEIR RACE ORDER FOR SATURDAY, THEY NEED TO DO SO. PLEASE ALSO SEND THESE IN XBOX LIVE MESSAGE FORM TO EITHER NickTy1996 OR clementelithe. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A GREAT RACE THIS SATURDAY WITH ALL OF OUR COMPETITORS. HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING AND BEST OF LUCK ON SATURDAY!
11/20/12 NEWS: RACE WEEK!
RACE WEEK FOR THE EIGHT HOURS OF THE AMERICAS IS FINALLY HERE. WE NEED ALL OF THE TEAMS TO SUBMIT THEIR QUALIFYING REPLAYS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE DEADLINE FOR THIS IS THURSDAY NIGHT AT 11:59 PM ET. ALSO, TEAMS NEED TO SUBMIT THEIR PAINT SCHEMES TO EITHER clementelithe OR NickTy1996 IF THEY HAVE NOT DONE SO ALREADY. IN ADDITION, WE NEED THE TEAMS TO SUBMIT THEIR DRIVER RACE ORDERS TO EITHER NickTy1996 OR clementelithe. WE UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF THE TEAMS ARE HAVING TO FIND REPLACEMENT DRIVERS DUE TO SOME DRIVERS NOT BEING ABLE TO MAKE THE RACE, BUT FOR OUR CONVENIENCE, WE NEED THESE DRIVER LINEUPS SUBMITTED. THANKS TO ALL DRIVERS FOR THEIR COOPERATION.
11/08/12 NEWS: #1 PAGANI SPORT NORTH AMERICA
PAGANI SPORT NORTH AMERICA HAS ANNOUNCED THEIR ENTRY INTO THE 2012 8 HOURS OF THE AMERICAS. THIS TEAM WILL BE FIELDING A PAGANI ZONDA C12 IN PRODUCTION GT WITH CO-DRIVERS I Capitalized, CAgrown805 AND Dead Last Don. BEST OF LUCK TO PAGANI SPORT NA IN PRODUCTION GT.
11/08/12 NEWS: #13 GTS MOTORSPORTS PROD GT
GTS MOTORSPORTS HAS ANNOUNCED ITS ENTRY INTO THE 2012 8 HOURS OF THE AMERICAS. THIS TEAM WILL BE COMPETING IN THE CLUBMAN CATEGORY, WITH DRIVERS pointblank1824, posixmosh AND jd896. THIS TEAM WILL BE FIELDING THE #13 PAGANI ZONDA C12 AND WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH TEAM BUMPDRAFT, WHO ALSO DRIVES A ZONDA IN PRODUCTION GT. THIS TEAM WAS ORIGINALLY SIGNED UP FOR CLUBMAN, BUT HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED ITS SWAP TO PRODUCTION GT. BEST OF LUCK TO GTS MOTORSPORTS IN NOVEMBER.
10/8/12 NEWS: CLUBMAN CLASS ELIMINATED
DUE TO A DECISION BY THE ADMINS, THE CLUBMAN CLASS HAS BEEN ELIMINATED FROM THE 8 HOURS OF THE AMERICAS. THIS IS GOING TO LEAVE MORE SPOTS AVAILABLE IN THE PRODUCTION GT AND RACE GT CATEGORIES. THE TWO TEAMS WHO WERE PREVIOUSLY SIGNED UP FOR THE CLUBMAN CLASS WILL BE ALLOWED TO SWITCH TO THE CLASS OF THEIR CHOOSING. THE ELIMINATION OF THE CLASS IS BITTERSWEET, BUT IT IS SURE TO MAKE THE RACE MUCH MORE COMPETITIVE FOR ALL OF ITS PARTICIPANTS.
10/7/12 NEWS: RACE DATE SWITCHED!!!
THE RACE DATE FOR THE 2012 8 HOURS OF THE AMERICAS HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN SWAPPED FROM SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25th, TO SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24th. THE SAME RACE STINT TIMES WILL STILL REMAIN CONSTANT. HOWEVER, THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING A QUALIFYING LAP TO clementelithe HAS BEEN MOVED TO THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22nd AT 11:59 EST. QUALIFYING REPLAYS SENT AFTER THIS TIME WILL NOT BE SCORED.
THE STARTING GRID WILL NOW BE ANNOUNCED ON FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 23rd AT 8:00 PM EST, WITH THE RACE WARM-UP BEING MOVED TO SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24th AT 10:00 PM EST.
THE STARTING GRID WILL NOW BE ANNOUNCED ON FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 23rd AT 8:00 PM EST, WITH THE RACE WARM-UP BEING MOVED TO SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24th AT 10:00 PM EST.
10/30/12 NEWS: #002 LLBM FORD GT RACING
LLBM MOTORSPORTS HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE LLBM FORD GT RACING TEAM WILL BE OWNED BY LLBM CO-OWNER Pipen629. THIS TEAM WILL BE COMPETING IN RACE GT IN THE #002 FORD GT-R WITH DRIVERS Kinotsu555, Jr Anxiety and ix Overtake ix. BEST OF LUCK TO THE #002 LLBM TEAM.
10/24/12 NEWS: #0262 TEAM GEARHEAD-SLIPSTREAM TEAM 2
TEAM GEARHEAD-SLIPSTREAM HAS NOW ANNOUNCED THEIR INFORMATION REGARDING THEIR 2nd TEAM. THE 2nd TEAM WILL ALSO BE IN A FERRARI 458, BEARING THE #0262 WITH A SIMILAR LIVERY TO THE SISTER CAR. THE DRIVER LINE-UP HAS ALSO BEEN CONFIRMED, WITH TannerJohnson23, RACERX8829 AND CanucksLegend ROUNDING OUT THE TEAM. WE WISH TEAM GEARHEAD THE
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10/23/12 NEWS: #0161 TEAM GEARHEAD-SLIPSTREAM TEAM 1
TEAM GEARHEAD-SLIPSTREAM, HEADED BY DRIVER DecepticonGH48 HAS ANNOUNCED THEY WILL BE FIELDING TWO CARS IN THE PRODUCTION GT CATEGORY FOR THIS YEAR'S 8 HOURS OF THE AMERICAS. BOTH ENTRIES WILL BE RUNNING FERRARI 458's. THE DRIVER LINE-UP FOR THE FIRST TEAM INCLUDES HELLFIRE463 AND godass3d3plomb TO RACE ALONGSIDE CanucksLegend IN THE #0161 FERRARI IN PRODUCTION GT. BEST OF LUCK TO THESE GUYS!
10/22/12 NEWS: #55 FCOA RACING PRODUCTION GT TEAM
FCOA HAS ANNOUNCED THE CONFIRMATION OF THEIR FIRST PRODUCTION GT RACING TEAM. DRIVERS RidinSideways, Nuguu, and Punkers82 HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED TO DRIVE AS FCOA'S PRIMARY TEAM IN PRODUCTION GT. FCOA RACING HAS CONFIRMED THIS TEAM WILL BE IN A 2004 PORSCHE 911 GT3, BUT HAS NOT YET CONFIRMED A NUMBER. STILL, WE WISH THIS TEAM THE BEST OF LUCK IN THE 2012 8 HOURS OF THE AMERICAS.
10/21/12 NEWS: #22 TEAM BUMPDRAFT
TEAM BUMPDRAFT HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN SIGNED UP FOR THE PRODUCTION GT CATEGORY, WITH 3 OF THE CO-OWNERS OF FORZA FIA WEC IN TheOneNamedJack, BennyH33 AND cp sk8. THEY HAVE ANNOUNCED THEY WILL BE RACING THE #22 PAGANI ZONDA C12 IN PRODUCTION GT. WE WISH THESE GUYS THE BEST IN NOVEMBER!
10/19/12 NEWS: #144 LLBM MOTORSPORTS GT RACING
LLBM MOTORSPORTS GT RACING HAS ANNOUNCED IT'S TEAM, WHICH WILL BE HEADED BY THE CO-OWNER OF LLBM clementelithe. HE WILL BE RACING ALONGSIDE HIS FELLOW CO-DRIVERS FMS SENNA AND NickTy1996, THE OWNER OF THE FORZA FIA WEC, IN THE #144 FERRARI F430GT RACECAR IN THE GT CATEGORY. BEST OF LUCK TO THESE GUYS!
10/19/12 NEWS: #6 FCOA RACING RACE GT
FCOA RACING WILL JOIN THE HUNT IN THE 8 HOURS OF THE AMERICAS UP IN THE RACE GT CLASS, WITH FELLOW DRIVERS BERAD1, SamuraiSlider41, and OHDUDE A2M. FCOA WILL BE FIELDING A BMW M3 GTR IN RACE GT, BEARING THE #6. WE WISH THESE DRIVERS THE BEST OF LUCK IN NOVEMBER!