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Formula Forza Merger Complete!
After many months of planning and development we here at llbm are extremely pleased to announce that we have officially completed the merger between LLBM and Formula Forza. Formula forza is one of the greatest online racing organizations on the planet and this merger will only help the development and growth of llbm and formula forza as a whole.
From now on, all LLBM activity will run through formulaforza.com. There is a new qualifying format on formulaforza.com that is quite similar to LLBM except there is live timing now! There are many other improvements including the overall structures of our leagues and many other details. Our websites will remain open for now and there will be further information on the website in the near future. As for the facebook page and our twitter feed, we will be releasing more details regarding those shortly.
From now on, all LLBM activity will run through formulaforza.com. There is a new qualifying format on formulaforza.com that is quite similar to LLBM except there is live timing now! There are many other improvements including the overall structures of our leagues and many other details. Our websites will remain open for now and there will be further information on the website in the near future. As for the facebook page and our twitter feed, we will be releasing more details regarding those shortly.
2013 Is Complete! Driver and Team Champions:
Congratulations drivers and teams on a highly successful 2013 LLBM Le Mans Series season which saw plenty of drama and great racing in a fantastic season! A long season review will be published in about a weeks time but for now we must congratulate 2013's class and team champions throughout all 4 classes.
Drivers Champions:
lmp1: BTR Villeneuve (2nd drivers title)
Gt: RRUK Shadow (1st drivers title)
Lmpc: CookieMahnster (1 drivers title
Gtc: The Bulin Wall5 (1st drivers title)
Team Champions:
lmp1: Red Bull Racing Acura (1 team championship)
Gt: Reddit Racing GT (1st team championship)
Lmpc: Clone Racing (1st team championship)
Gtc: RDT2 Racing (1st team championship)
We will be publishing the winnings for drivers and teams shortly so stay tuned!
March 17, 2013
Drivers Champions:
lmp1: BTR Villeneuve (2nd drivers title)
Gt: RRUK Shadow (1st drivers title)
Lmpc: CookieMahnster (1 drivers title
Gtc: The Bulin Wall5 (1st drivers title)
Team Champions:
lmp1: Red Bull Racing Acura (1 team championship)
Gt: Reddit Racing GT (1st team championship)
Lmpc: Clone Racing (1st team championship)
Gtc: RDT2 Racing (1st team championship)
We will be publishing the winnings for drivers and teams shortly so stay tuned!
March 17, 2013
Petit Le Mans Race Review: First Time Winners Take Centre Stage In Braselton
The stage was set for the fifth round of the LLBM Le Mans Series at Road Atlanta. It also marked the North American race of the season and our Petit Le Mans Race. Points were still oh so tight going into round 5 and it could only get better from here on and as saturday rolled in, the qualifying was complete for Petit Le Mans. In lmp, x InFlamess made his mark in his debut snatching pole by 4 tenths over BTR Blazin for his new formed team Toro Rosso Racing with fellow debutant BTR Snakie who claimed 4th on the grid behind BTR Villeneuve. We also had such a large amount of prototypes qualified that there was room for 5 lmp1's in the B lobby which included another debutant morbidtacos and Paladin Evans. In GT qualifying, Yohann1138 made it back to back pole positions when he claimed pole over ix Overtake xi. In lmpc, Drake Hellspawn was at it again claiming his third consecutive pole position over points leader CookieMahnster who was then followed by his rival Cyphon68. gtc was the same story again, The Bulin Wall5 extended his record to five consecutive pole positions. True robotic like driving skills from the gtc king. And then it was on to the race. Plenty of cars took the grid for the second annual LLBM Petit Le Mans race and after 2 restarts, the official race was underway! As predicted in lmp, x InFlamess stormed off to a great start but he was not expecting to see the other prototype drivers getting off to an equally great start behind him. It was a fierce battle for the lead in lmp in the early stages between x InFlamess, BTR Blazin, BTR Villeneuve, BTR Snakie and NickTy1996. But as the 01b of NickTy1996 was not mighty enough to keep up with the 02a's and both BTR Villeneuve and BTR Snakie ran wide in corner 1 on lap 7, it became an early battle between x InFlamess and BTR Blazin. Now on to the gt start. Yohann1138 and ix Overtake xi took off from the front row leaving the other drivers in their wake but for Yohann1138's Reddit Racing team mate Nebraska805, it was not such a great start. Lag between Nebraska and Precision Engineering driver exp1osive sam sent both of the Jaguar's into the sand trap in the first corner with major contact and Nebraska805 earning the worst of it, causing him to have his first retirement of the season while exp1osive sam was able to limp around back to the pits and continue on his race from the back of the grid. It was the second week in a row that Sam had been involved in an unfortunate and unavoidable incident. In lmpc, all drivers were aware that there was massive opportunity to pick up a win when pole sitter Drake Hellspawn did not show for the race. That meant that points leader CookieMahnster would be starting from the pole and he got off to a good start but his main combatant Cyphon68 got to an even better start, snatching the lead from CookieMahnster early. In GTC, The Bulin Wall5 had a 10% power restriction but was still managing to fend off adieshibbyin behind him in the early stages of the race.
About half way through the race things started to get a bit ugly in the lmp1 and gt lobby. As the battle for the overall lead between x InFlamess and BTR Blazin was getting heated up, BTR Blazin literally ran into some gt traffic and unfortunately picked up enough aero damage that allowed x InFlamess to really blaze away from BTR Blazin (pun intended). The battle for third was also heating up between BTR Villeneuve and BTR Snakie as they were just a couple hundred feet away from eachother's bumpers. The battle for fifth in lmp was equally spectacular between cp sk8 and NickTy1996 and even the battle for seventh between ScholesySlash46 and MID LAND ZETA was becoming quite fierce but things changed quickly on lap 25 when BTR Villeneuve was going for an overtake on Hexis Racing driver spongebob186 on the back stretch when it seemed that lag struck spongebob186 and sent his Lamborghini Gallardo straight into BTR Villeneuve's Acura 02a causing a terrifying accident for both drivers as spongebob smacked the wall quite hard at top speed and BTR Villeneuve was sent on multiple barrel rolls across the back straight and propping himself up against the outside wall giving him his first retirement of the season which was quickly followed by lag outs from BTR Snakie and spongebob186 which moved everyone up positions in their respective classes with the exception of MXR SCH1WO who was involved in an accident and allowed exp1osive sam to get by. But the mid race carnage wasn't over just yet with BTR Raikkonen exiting the pits, he was hit hard in the back end by MID LAND ZETA in the lmp1 class which gave BTR Raikkonen his second consecutive retirement. Lady luck has not been on his side these past couple of weeks. Down in the challenge lobby though, it was much cleaner and the racing was getting intense. In lmpc the battle for the lead was getting even wilder as Cyphon68 had an off with CookieMahnster right up behind him and gave the Clone Racing driver his lead back but positions kept being exchanged between the two as CookieMahnster's tune setup seemed to have more straight line speed but Cyphon68's was much smoother in the corners which made for a wild race. Not even the pit cycles could separate the two as they had near identical pit stops. Pit stops also gave us a wild battle for third in lmpc as well between Fractal13 and AdamWatson99 as the two drivers were neck and neck after the pit cycles while in GTC something happened that had never happened in the first 4 races excluding overtaking during pit stop cycles. The Bulin Wall5 had been overtaken for the lead in gtc for the first time this season and the Briton adieshibbyin was the man to do it as he was driving a phenomenal race for RDT2 Racing. Unfortunately though further to the back was the wounded JamesHall94 who had picked up damage and had his first retirement of the season which moved LLBM JDX Racing driver WRC CAPE31 up into 6th position behind magnum278. Down in the B lobby, the battle for 9th place in lmp1 became a spirited tilt between morbidtacos and Paladin Evans but Paladin had a good run going in B lobby and managed to squeak past debutant morbidtacos and earn some valuable points for Muscle Milk Team Neon in the points standings.
At the end of the race, it was a dominant second half of the race for x InFlamess in lmp1 which netted him his first career victory in only his first career race and a first ever victory for brand new team Toro Rosso Racing. BTR Blazin followed in behind him with his battle worn Acura 02a while his Red Bull Racing team mate cp sk8 picked up a personal best an his first career podium finish in third place to round out the lmp1 podium. In gt, you couldn't have asked for a crazier finish as Yohann1138 battled it out for the entire race but with Yohann1138 having a bit of damage, ix Overtake xi was able to make his move on the final lap of the race after Yohann had lead for the entire race. Devastating for Yohann1138 as this is the second consecutive race where he has lost the lead late in the race and has had to deal with a second place finish while as for ix Overtake xi, it is his third race win of the season and Yohann1138 and ix Overtake xi are now as close as you get in the standings without a tie as Yohann leads the gt drivers championship by a single point over overtake. Also not to be forgotten this race was exp1osive sam who earned his first career podium and had a solid drive at Road Atlanta even with his aero damage and did a great job of getting his team Precision Engineering back onto the map in gt. In lmpc another wild last lap battle took place between CookieMahnster and Cyphon68. Astonishingly, 38 laps of racing could not separate these two as it came right down to the wire, but CookieMahnster managed to hold off Cyphon68 and beat him to the line by less than a second! CookieMahnster took his first career win in style. It was a world class battle between the 2. And to round out the podium another super tight battle took place but Fractal13 edged out AdamWatson99 by less than 2 seconds. And it was all praise for adieshibbyin in gtc as he became the first driver this year to take down The Bulin Wall5 and took his first win this season and the first win of his career. His team mate Th3 Dynamic Uno rounded out the gtc podium with a solid third place.
As we roll into Mugello, the standings are so tight and have set up a great second half of the season battle. The driver and team championships are fairly close in all classes and all drivers will be pushing just that extra bit now in the second half of the season to earn all the points they can. Until Mugello everyone!
February 8, 2013
About half way through the race things started to get a bit ugly in the lmp1 and gt lobby. As the battle for the overall lead between x InFlamess and BTR Blazin was getting heated up, BTR Blazin literally ran into some gt traffic and unfortunately picked up enough aero damage that allowed x InFlamess to really blaze away from BTR Blazin (pun intended). The battle for third was also heating up between BTR Villeneuve and BTR Snakie as they were just a couple hundred feet away from eachother's bumpers. The battle for fifth in lmp was equally spectacular between cp sk8 and NickTy1996 and even the battle for seventh between ScholesySlash46 and MID LAND ZETA was becoming quite fierce but things changed quickly on lap 25 when BTR Villeneuve was going for an overtake on Hexis Racing driver spongebob186 on the back stretch when it seemed that lag struck spongebob186 and sent his Lamborghini Gallardo straight into BTR Villeneuve's Acura 02a causing a terrifying accident for both drivers as spongebob smacked the wall quite hard at top speed and BTR Villeneuve was sent on multiple barrel rolls across the back straight and propping himself up against the outside wall giving him his first retirement of the season which was quickly followed by lag outs from BTR Snakie and spongebob186 which moved everyone up positions in their respective classes with the exception of MXR SCH1WO who was involved in an accident and allowed exp1osive sam to get by. But the mid race carnage wasn't over just yet with BTR Raikkonen exiting the pits, he was hit hard in the back end by MID LAND ZETA in the lmp1 class which gave BTR Raikkonen his second consecutive retirement. Lady luck has not been on his side these past couple of weeks. Down in the challenge lobby though, it was much cleaner and the racing was getting intense. In lmpc the battle for the lead was getting even wilder as Cyphon68 had an off with CookieMahnster right up behind him and gave the Clone Racing driver his lead back but positions kept being exchanged between the two as CookieMahnster's tune setup seemed to have more straight line speed but Cyphon68's was much smoother in the corners which made for a wild race. Not even the pit cycles could separate the two as they had near identical pit stops. Pit stops also gave us a wild battle for third in lmpc as well between Fractal13 and AdamWatson99 as the two drivers were neck and neck after the pit cycles while in GTC something happened that had never happened in the first 4 races excluding overtaking during pit stop cycles. The Bulin Wall5 had been overtaken for the lead in gtc for the first time this season and the Briton adieshibbyin was the man to do it as he was driving a phenomenal race for RDT2 Racing. Unfortunately though further to the back was the wounded JamesHall94 who had picked up damage and had his first retirement of the season which moved LLBM JDX Racing driver WRC CAPE31 up into 6th position behind magnum278. Down in the B lobby, the battle for 9th place in lmp1 became a spirited tilt between morbidtacos and Paladin Evans but Paladin had a good run going in B lobby and managed to squeak past debutant morbidtacos and earn some valuable points for Muscle Milk Team Neon in the points standings.
At the end of the race, it was a dominant second half of the race for x InFlamess in lmp1 which netted him his first career victory in only his first career race and a first ever victory for brand new team Toro Rosso Racing. BTR Blazin followed in behind him with his battle worn Acura 02a while his Red Bull Racing team mate cp sk8 picked up a personal best an his first career podium finish in third place to round out the lmp1 podium. In gt, you couldn't have asked for a crazier finish as Yohann1138 battled it out for the entire race but with Yohann1138 having a bit of damage, ix Overtake xi was able to make his move on the final lap of the race after Yohann had lead for the entire race. Devastating for Yohann1138 as this is the second consecutive race where he has lost the lead late in the race and has had to deal with a second place finish while as for ix Overtake xi, it is his third race win of the season and Yohann1138 and ix Overtake xi are now as close as you get in the standings without a tie as Yohann leads the gt drivers championship by a single point over overtake. Also not to be forgotten this race was exp1osive sam who earned his first career podium and had a solid drive at Road Atlanta even with his aero damage and did a great job of getting his team Precision Engineering back onto the map in gt. In lmpc another wild last lap battle took place between CookieMahnster and Cyphon68. Astonishingly, 38 laps of racing could not separate these two as it came right down to the wire, but CookieMahnster managed to hold off Cyphon68 and beat him to the line by less than a second! CookieMahnster took his first career win in style. It was a world class battle between the 2. And to round out the podium another super tight battle took place but Fractal13 edged out AdamWatson99 by less than 2 seconds. And it was all praise for adieshibbyin in gtc as he became the first driver this year to take down The Bulin Wall5 and took his first win this season and the first win of his career. His team mate Th3 Dynamic Uno rounded out the gtc podium with a solid third place.
As we roll into Mugello, the standings are so tight and have set up a great second half of the season battle. The driver and team championships are fairly close in all classes and all drivers will be pushing just that extra bit now in the second half of the season to earn all the points they can. Until Mugello everyone!
February 8, 2013
Sonoma Grand Prix Race Review: Survival Of The Fittest in California
The third round of the LLBM le mans series took us to sunny Sonoma, California as the Infineon Raceway played host to the Sonoma Grand Prix. Many drivers were also making their race debuts including NickTy1996, TerKois TM, exp1osive sam, Drake Hellspawn, XPR Overdrive and JamesHall94. Qualifying was once again as tight as ever and there were some very fast times set by our pole sitters. in LMP, MXR Relentless snatched his second consecutive pole positions with a 1:15:717, beating LLBM Benetton Acura driver clementelithe by just over 4 tenths of a second. GT pole was once again as close as could be with MXR SCH1WO being the third different driver to claim pole position after the first three races in GT. He only managed pole over Reddit Racing driver Nebraska805 by .023 seconds! LMPC pole was taken by storm by new driver Drake Hellspawn driving for his own, Aces Wild Motorsports. And GTC was once again taken by The Bulin Wall5, just outclassing the rest of the competition. In to the race now. Right off the start you could tell that this was going to be a hectic race. NickTy1996, who was filling in for MXR Relentless took off in his acura 01b early while his Muscle Milk Team Neon team mate Paladin Evans got in to the rear end of clementelithe, giving both drivers damage very early on while GT managed to get off to a remarkably clean start with the exception of exp10sive sam who was making his race debut lagged out. There was equal madness in the challenge lobby when LLBM Verizon Racing driver Kinotsu555 stalled his car at launch and had gtc driver magnum278 plow in to the back of the lmpc car. In the early stages of the race, clementelithe was doing every thing in his power to keep his damaged Acura o2a in front of BTR Blazin (formerly known as TheOneNamedJack) but ten laps, clementelithe surrendered second to Blazin as the drivers were cycling through their pit stops. In GT, MXR SCH1WO still had the lead ahead of the two Reddit Racing Jaguars as fifth place ix Overtake xi took an interesting strategy and pitted fairly early, putting himself in last place. In LMPC, Drake Hellspawn had practically taken the race win half way through running ridiculously quick laps and leaving the competition in the dust. It was the same story in GTC with The Bulin Wall5 as the rest of the porsche cup cars duked it out for positions, The Bulin Wall5 was enjoying clean air and fast lap times.
Moving further in to the race it started to get tight as the prototypes were beginning to lap the GT's. The drivers had declared that Infineon would be the scariest overtaking track and that became a proven fact when GT leader MXR SCH1WO was blind sided by MID LAND ZETA as the prototype driver who was fifth at the time nailed the tail end of SCH1Wo's lamborghini and sent both of them spinning out of control in the esses and created a road block for the rest of the GT's coming up behind the leader. Both Reddit Racing Jaguars of Nebraska805 and Yohann1138 were forced off track to avoid the incident while Speedtech Motorsport driver STERLING SHARPE was not so lucky as he had no warning of the crash and no where to go and smashed in to MXR SCH1Wo. Both the Lamborghini Gallardo and the BMW M3 were nearly undriveable. The only driver who benefitted from this massive accident was ix Overtake xi whose early pit stop strategy paid off as he took the lead in GT gaining 4 positions. LLBM Team Ford driver BlazinLoudNLow also made it through the wreckage untouched. The overtaking process also hurt NickTy1996 as he surrendered the overall lead to BTR Blazin who absolutely stormed off with the victory after that. In the challenge lobby, rookie lmpc driver XPR Overdrive was having no problem working his way through the field as he had gone from seventh to third and was right up behind second place CookieMahnster. In GTC, the two RDT2 Racing drivers, Th3 Dynamic Uno and XxT3Rm1n80RxX were duking it out for second with Tech Life Racing driver TLR Eclipse when Eclipse unfortunately fell out of the race due to lag. Th3 Dynamic Uno made it passed his team mate and took second place.
At the end of the race on the final lap, clementelithe had pulled the gap from him to NickTy1996 to only a couple hundred feet as the battle for second raged on in lmp but going in to the final lap of the race in the first corner, the two were lapping 3 lmp drivers, MID LAND ZETA, ScholesySlash46 and fire dragon6685 who were duking it out for fifth position when last lap chaos struck. the three drivers who were battling for fifth went three wide into turn 1 right in front of second and third NickTy1996 and clementelithe. Of course three wide can never end well and the three lapped lmp drivers crashed with each other right in front of NickTy1996 and clementelithe. NickTy escaped the road block but clementelithe was not so fortunate as he plowed in to fire dragon6885. Thankfully for clem, it was the final lap and Paladin Evans in fourth was not close enough to try and overtake clement. BTR Blazin took a dominant lmp and overall victory making him the third different race winner in lmp in three races. On the final lap for GT, leader ix Overtake xi had to hold off a heavy attack from the two Reddit Jagaurs and managed to by taking the gt class victory as Nebraska805 and Yohann1138 followed behind him, creating the exact same ordered top 3 as the Laguna seca race in GT. In LMPC, Drake Hellspawn managed a remarkable race win to claim his first ever career win in his first race as Clone Racing's CookieMahnster won a spirited tilt with new LLBM Core Racing driver XPR Overdrive to claim second as Overdrive claimed third in his debut, well done to him! And in GTC, The Bulin Wall5 continued his class domination winning again from the front to earn his third consecutive victory while RDT2 Racing put in another great performance with Th3 Dynamic Uno taking second and XxT3rM1n80RxX taking third.
This upcoming sunday the Road Race Showcase takes place at the famed Road America circuit in Elkhart lake, Wisconsin which has played host to some great LLBM racing in the past including last years wild last lap battle between BTR Blazin and clementelithe which was won by clementelithe in the final turn. Can BTR Blazin redeem himself this year, will ix Overtake xi make it three race wins in a row in gt, will Drake Hellspawn's consistency carry on, and will The Bulin Wall5 set a record for most consecutive race wins ever in an llbm series? All these questions will be answered this Sunday, January 27.
January 22, 2013
Moving further in to the race it started to get tight as the prototypes were beginning to lap the GT's. The drivers had declared that Infineon would be the scariest overtaking track and that became a proven fact when GT leader MXR SCH1WO was blind sided by MID LAND ZETA as the prototype driver who was fifth at the time nailed the tail end of SCH1Wo's lamborghini and sent both of them spinning out of control in the esses and created a road block for the rest of the GT's coming up behind the leader. Both Reddit Racing Jaguars of Nebraska805 and Yohann1138 were forced off track to avoid the incident while Speedtech Motorsport driver STERLING SHARPE was not so lucky as he had no warning of the crash and no where to go and smashed in to MXR SCH1Wo. Both the Lamborghini Gallardo and the BMW M3 were nearly undriveable. The only driver who benefitted from this massive accident was ix Overtake xi whose early pit stop strategy paid off as he took the lead in GT gaining 4 positions. LLBM Team Ford driver BlazinLoudNLow also made it through the wreckage untouched. The overtaking process also hurt NickTy1996 as he surrendered the overall lead to BTR Blazin who absolutely stormed off with the victory after that. In the challenge lobby, rookie lmpc driver XPR Overdrive was having no problem working his way through the field as he had gone from seventh to third and was right up behind second place CookieMahnster. In GTC, the two RDT2 Racing drivers, Th3 Dynamic Uno and XxT3Rm1n80RxX were duking it out for second with Tech Life Racing driver TLR Eclipse when Eclipse unfortunately fell out of the race due to lag. Th3 Dynamic Uno made it passed his team mate and took second place.
At the end of the race on the final lap, clementelithe had pulled the gap from him to NickTy1996 to only a couple hundred feet as the battle for second raged on in lmp but going in to the final lap of the race in the first corner, the two were lapping 3 lmp drivers, MID LAND ZETA, ScholesySlash46 and fire dragon6685 who were duking it out for fifth position when last lap chaos struck. the three drivers who were battling for fifth went three wide into turn 1 right in front of second and third NickTy1996 and clementelithe. Of course three wide can never end well and the three lapped lmp drivers crashed with each other right in front of NickTy1996 and clementelithe. NickTy escaped the road block but clementelithe was not so fortunate as he plowed in to fire dragon6885. Thankfully for clem, it was the final lap and Paladin Evans in fourth was not close enough to try and overtake clement. BTR Blazin took a dominant lmp and overall victory making him the third different race winner in lmp in three races. On the final lap for GT, leader ix Overtake xi had to hold off a heavy attack from the two Reddit Jagaurs and managed to by taking the gt class victory as Nebraska805 and Yohann1138 followed behind him, creating the exact same ordered top 3 as the Laguna seca race in GT. In LMPC, Drake Hellspawn managed a remarkable race win to claim his first ever career win in his first race as Clone Racing's CookieMahnster won a spirited tilt with new LLBM Core Racing driver XPR Overdrive to claim second as Overdrive claimed third in his debut, well done to him! And in GTC, The Bulin Wall5 continued his class domination winning again from the front to earn his third consecutive victory while RDT2 Racing put in another great performance with Th3 Dynamic Uno taking second and XxT3rM1n80RxX taking third.
This upcoming sunday the Road Race Showcase takes place at the famed Road America circuit in Elkhart lake, Wisconsin which has played host to some great LLBM racing in the past including last years wild last lap battle between BTR Blazin and clementelithe which was won by clementelithe in the final turn. Can BTR Blazin redeem himself this year, will ix Overtake xi make it three race wins in a row in gt, will Drake Hellspawn's consistency carry on, and will The Bulin Wall5 set a record for most consecutive race wins ever in an llbm series? All these questions will be answered this Sunday, January 27.
January 22, 2013
Sebring Race Review: Bumpy Road To Victory For Class Winners In Season Opener
January 6th marked the return of the llbm le mans series and our most anticipated year to date. With 36 qualifiers for the season opener at Sebring, you just knew that this was going to be one hell of a race. In lmp, you had the front row locked out by the greatest rivalry we have seen to date in llbm le mans series. clementelithe was on pole followed by TheOneNamedJack both in Acura 02a's. Right off the hop Jack had the better start and got around clementelithe and took the lead early while cp sk8 who started third had to mash the brakes to avoid a collision and eventually spun which moved Paladin Evans up into third and fire dragon6685 who started in the back of lmp had moved up to fourth after the first lap! In the gt start, pole sitter STERLING SHARPE got a great start and held onto his lead but Nebraska805 in his Jaguar xkr gt was hot on his bumper. Lmpc had a safe start with Cyphon68 taking off and never looking back the entire race. The only changes that happened in lmpc was Wennaj overtaking Fractal 13 for third in class. Gtc was equally special. As we all know, The Bulin Wall5 dominated in the gtc class in qualifying and it was the same story in the race. He took off straight from the start leaving the other drivers in his wake.
About mid way through the race, it started to get nasty in lmp and gt. As lmp started to approach the lapped gt traffic, there were some incidents. As TheOneNamedJack and clementelithe were battling for the overall lead, they approached Huffy Motorsports driver Pipen629 in his corvette zr1. Miscommunication between clementelithe and Pipen629 caused a small collision and handed the lmp lead to TheOneNamedJack. fire dragon6685 also had his fair share of problems as he was battling for fifth place in the lmp class with MID LAND ZETA, contact between the two ultimately ruined fire dragon's race who sat in the pits for more then 5 laps. In gt, there was also contact up front. As the two front runners Nebraska805 and STERLING SHARPE were duking it out for the gt class lead, STERLING SHARPE went for a move to take the lead back from Nebraska when disaster struck. STERLING got into the back end of Nebraska just enough to send him spinning and give him a serious amount of damage. As Nebraska was recovering from his spin, he dropped positions to MXR SCH1Wo and Reddit Racing team mate Yohann1138 and eventually the rest of the gt class field. There were no problems in the challenge race except for an incident where rookie driver King Jareed in the lmpc class accidentally rear ended WRC CAPE31 from the gtc class when he was trying to overlap him but no real damage was dealt.
Nearing the end of the race, TheOneNamedJack had a fairly safe lead over rival clementelithe but as he was overtaking lapped traffic, clementelithe was gaining on him every lap. But it was with three laps to go when miscommunication between TheOneNamedJack and gt driver MXR SCH1Wo caused havoc. TheOneNamedJack moved one way to pass MXR SCH1WO and clementelithe shot for the gap on the left side but not knowing where SCH1Wo was going to go, TheOneNamedJack made a quick decision to go right. That's when clementelithe rammed hard into the back end of TheOneNamedJack. Both drivers had severe damage but TheOneNamedJack got the worst of the damage and clementelithe went on to take the win for LLBM Benneton Acura Racing while TheOneNamedJack trailed behind in second with a cloud of smoke behind him. Definitely not the way clementelithe would have wanted such a great battle to end but he took the win. Paladin Evans took the final podium spot in third in his Audi Sport Team NickTy r18. In GT, STERLING SHARPE managed to hold on for the class win in GT for Speedtech Motorsport who was followed by the Forza Unlimited Racing Lamborghini Gallardo of MXR SCH1WO and LLBM Team Ford driver BlazinLoudNlow rounded out the podium moving up four positions for a solid drive. Avery clean lmpc race was won by JET Caterham driver Cyphon68 who was followed by Clone Racing driver CookieMahnster and JET Caterham team mate Wennaj who managed to steal third place from Fractal 13. GTC was dominated by The Bulin Wall5 who took a spectacular victory for Flying Lizard Racing and was followed by TLR Eclipse and the Rdt2 racing reserve driver adieshibbyin who drive a phenomenal race.
Our next round takes place at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca under the California sun and should be an absolute doozy! Until next time folks!
January 11, 2013
About mid way through the race, it started to get nasty in lmp and gt. As lmp started to approach the lapped gt traffic, there were some incidents. As TheOneNamedJack and clementelithe were battling for the overall lead, they approached Huffy Motorsports driver Pipen629 in his corvette zr1. Miscommunication between clementelithe and Pipen629 caused a small collision and handed the lmp lead to TheOneNamedJack. fire dragon6685 also had his fair share of problems as he was battling for fifth place in the lmp class with MID LAND ZETA, contact between the two ultimately ruined fire dragon's race who sat in the pits for more then 5 laps. In gt, there was also contact up front. As the two front runners Nebraska805 and STERLING SHARPE were duking it out for the gt class lead, STERLING SHARPE went for a move to take the lead back from Nebraska when disaster struck. STERLING got into the back end of Nebraska just enough to send him spinning and give him a serious amount of damage. As Nebraska was recovering from his spin, he dropped positions to MXR SCH1Wo and Reddit Racing team mate Yohann1138 and eventually the rest of the gt class field. There were no problems in the challenge race except for an incident where rookie driver King Jareed in the lmpc class accidentally rear ended WRC CAPE31 from the gtc class when he was trying to overlap him but no real damage was dealt.
Nearing the end of the race, TheOneNamedJack had a fairly safe lead over rival clementelithe but as he was overtaking lapped traffic, clementelithe was gaining on him every lap. But it was with three laps to go when miscommunication between TheOneNamedJack and gt driver MXR SCH1Wo caused havoc. TheOneNamedJack moved one way to pass MXR SCH1WO and clementelithe shot for the gap on the left side but not knowing where SCH1Wo was going to go, TheOneNamedJack made a quick decision to go right. That's when clementelithe rammed hard into the back end of TheOneNamedJack. Both drivers had severe damage but TheOneNamedJack got the worst of the damage and clementelithe went on to take the win for LLBM Benneton Acura Racing while TheOneNamedJack trailed behind in second with a cloud of smoke behind him. Definitely not the way clementelithe would have wanted such a great battle to end but he took the win. Paladin Evans took the final podium spot in third in his Audi Sport Team NickTy r18. In GT, STERLING SHARPE managed to hold on for the class win in GT for Speedtech Motorsport who was followed by the Forza Unlimited Racing Lamborghini Gallardo of MXR SCH1WO and LLBM Team Ford driver BlazinLoudNlow rounded out the podium moving up four positions for a solid drive. Avery clean lmpc race was won by JET Caterham driver Cyphon68 who was followed by Clone Racing driver CookieMahnster and JET Caterham team mate Wennaj who managed to steal third place from Fractal 13. GTC was dominated by The Bulin Wall5 who took a spectacular victory for Flying Lizard Racing and was followed by TLR Eclipse and the Rdt2 racing reserve driver adieshibbyin who drive a phenomenal race.
Our next round takes place at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca under the California sun and should be an absolute doozy! Until next time folks!
January 11, 2013
Precision Engineering Join GT Class For Rest of Season
It was announced later last night that we would see the return of a very successful gt team in world of forza motorsport. Precision engineering will be our ninth gt class entry into the 2013 season. exp1osive sam will captain the team through the rest of the season and the drivers are currently undecided. Whoever they are though, you can expect them to be some world class drivers as Precision Engineering are known for producing some world class drivers. For example STERLING SHARPE who drove for the team last year in a ford gt won 1 race and got a podium in another in just 4 races! He is also our current GT class leader after the first race of this season. This year, Precision Engineering will enter two Jaguar XKR Gt's, our third Jaguar entry this year. It is unknown yet if Precision will mark their return to the series in this weekend's race at Laguna Seca but team principal exp1osive sam has already stated that they will be ready by Infineon, making the fans very pleased and happy for the much anticipated return of Precision Engineering.
January 11. 2013
January 11. 2013
Tech Life Racing Make It Five For GTC Class
We have just received our fifth entry into the gtc class for the upcoming season which starts in less than a week. Tech Life Racing, owned and operated by TLR Eclipse are the latest entry into the LLBM le mans series. The team will field one porsche gt3 cup car driven by TLR Eclipse who has already proven himself in other championships such as the formula forza r1 championship and is a complete speed demon and a force to be reckoned with. More details on the team will be released shortly.
December 29, 2012
December 29, 2012
Previewing The New Season... Huffy Style! Interview With HuffyHuffman83
Well folks, to kick off the new season, we thought we would talk to an LLBM legend who is entering the new season as team owner and driver for his iconic team, Huffy Motorsports. Check out the full interview below!
INTERVIEW WITH HuffyHuffman83 INTERVIEWER: clementelithe
clementelithe: "So we are here to get some insight on the Huffy Motorsports team from the one and only HuffyHuffman83. So for starters Huffy, How do you feel about the team this year? The drivers you and Pipen and the new Corvette zr1?"
HuffyHuffman83: "I feel pretty good! I mean, sure me and Pipen have a little history between each other from some past LLBM races but I think we'll do great. The Corvette is a beautiful machine and is capable of running quick. With mine and Pipen drivin style we can be dominant and win this year!"
clementelithe: "Nice take Huffy. So a bit of a rhetorical question here for anyone who knows you, but what was the deciding factor to go corvette this year?"
HuffyHuffman83: " I'm a Chevy guy born and raised! I drive a Malibu right now, and grandpa owns a yellow Vette. And I'm glad Pipen was ok to drive it with me."
clementelithe: "A Chevy guy you are Huffy! And what about the competition? There are some really good teams this year. Who do you think will be your biggest competition in this years gt battle as a team?"
HuffyHuffman83: "I have no real idea to that yet Kyle (clementelithe)... I mean most of these guys are new to me. Interview me later on in the year and Ill tell you who is But for now I believe it'll be the team who can run consistent laps cleanly and manage to stay out of all trouble and in front of this team."
clementelithe: "Fair answer huffy. And just one last question, of course you and pipen will have that team mate support but do you think we will see some team mate battles between you two considering the amazing battles we have seen in the past?"
HuffyHuffman83: "Yes, yes we will! I don't think me and Pipen have ever gone a race without some good hard racing. Sure a couple shots to the ass end of the cars. But hey, spectator value goes up with the more excitement. We kno each other well and the limits we have. But we'll exceed expectation And have a dandy year hopefully and be atop all the podiums that are possible to achieve. We will show up to race, but I'm here to have fun."
clementelithe: "Awesome! We really can't wait to see Huffy Motorsports in this years le mans series and the excitement that you and pipen will bring to all of the races. The gt championship is very strong with you two and we are just counting down the days to Sebring! Thanks for doing this interview Huffy and we will all see him on the track come January! He won't be hard to miss!
December 16, 2012
INTERVIEW WITH HuffyHuffman83 INTERVIEWER: clementelithe
clementelithe: "So we are here to get some insight on the Huffy Motorsports team from the one and only HuffyHuffman83. So for starters Huffy, How do you feel about the team this year? The drivers you and Pipen and the new Corvette zr1?"
HuffyHuffman83: "I feel pretty good! I mean, sure me and Pipen have a little history between each other from some past LLBM races but I think we'll do great. The Corvette is a beautiful machine and is capable of running quick. With mine and Pipen drivin style we can be dominant and win this year!"
clementelithe: "Nice take Huffy. So a bit of a rhetorical question here for anyone who knows you, but what was the deciding factor to go corvette this year?"
HuffyHuffman83: " I'm a Chevy guy born and raised! I drive a Malibu right now, and grandpa owns a yellow Vette. And I'm glad Pipen was ok to drive it with me."
clementelithe: "A Chevy guy you are Huffy! And what about the competition? There are some really good teams this year. Who do you think will be your biggest competition in this years gt battle as a team?"
HuffyHuffman83: "I have no real idea to that yet Kyle (clementelithe)... I mean most of these guys are new to me. Interview me later on in the year and Ill tell you who is But for now I believe it'll be the team who can run consistent laps cleanly and manage to stay out of all trouble and in front of this team."
clementelithe: "Fair answer huffy. And just one last question, of course you and pipen will have that team mate support but do you think we will see some team mate battles between you two considering the amazing battles we have seen in the past?"
HuffyHuffman83: "Yes, yes we will! I don't think me and Pipen have ever gone a race without some good hard racing. Sure a couple shots to the ass end of the cars. But hey, spectator value goes up with the more excitement. We kno each other well and the limits we have. But we'll exceed expectation And have a dandy year hopefully and be atop all the podiums that are possible to achieve. We will show up to race, but I'm here to have fun."
clementelithe: "Awesome! We really can't wait to see Huffy Motorsports in this years le mans series and the excitement that you and pipen will bring to all of the races. The gt championship is very strong with you two and we are just counting down the days to Sebring! Thanks for doing this interview Huffy and we will all see him on the track come January! He won't be hard to miss!
December 16, 2012
Audi Sport Teams Unveil Star Studded Line Ups for 2013
Well today marked the day that we saw two teams introduced to the series that both have great drivers on each team. Team principal for both Audi Sport teams announced today that his four Aston martin lolas will be piloted by some big names in the community. The first team, Audi Sport North America will feature MXR Relentless in the #7 and IRT Hakkinen in the #8. Now any driver who can make it into the MXR or IRT racing clubs must be a strong driving force but how about taking two of those drivers and making them team mates. It truly is a magnificent driver line up and absolute force to be reckoned with in the lmp class of the llbm le mans series. And now to the other team which is supposed to be a second team to the Audi Sport North America but could also be a first team. Audi Sport Team NickTy, which is also using two Aston lolas, will also feature two strong drivers. Orndorf73 will be in the #9 car while CancuksLegend will be in the #10. Both drivers have great speed and will definitely make their marks in the series come the new year. The two teams also have a very international line up of drivers that is being set to race in next years lmp championship with MXR Relentless in Brazil, IRT Hakkinen in England, Orndorf73 in Australia and CanucksLegend in the United States, the two Audi Sport teams will without doubt, be ready to take on all of the challenges that are thrown their way.
December 16, 2012
December 16, 2012
HuronDesolation Forms Silk Cut Jaguar Racing in Gt Class
Well our gt class just continues to grow. We have another team to report that will be entering the new season. HuronDesolation, a new driver to the series from Canada, has formed a new privateer team under an iconic name in motorsports. Silk Cut Jaguar is our eighth entry to the competition and will feature a sole Jaguar xkr gt with HuronDesolation acting as team owner and driver. HuronDesolation is part of the reddit wave we've featured over the past couple of weeks with plenty of drivers coming from the reddit le mans series, another le mans series like LLBM as they are in their off season. HuronDesolation was the runner up in the gt class in the reddit series and he will surely prove himself here at LLBM as well.
December 15, 2012
December 15, 2012