When you think about automotive festivals, your imagination probably wanders to visions of flat brim hat-wearing electronic music-pumping social-media junkies who spend as much time, effort and money modifying their vape rigs as they do their lowered extremely cambered suspensions.
Way to stereotype, but… here’s where you’re wrong. GRIDLIFE has many moving parts: There’s a car show, nonstop on-track activities—a rotating mix of drifting, high-performance driving event/(Education) (HPDE) sessions for drivers with various skill levels and compete-against-the-clock time-attack races—plus two evenings’ worth of music and some great food trucks. And joining us tonight is Adam Jabaay co-founder and Motorsports Director for GRIDLIFE to explain how this petrol-filled multi-discipline weekend, festival and lifestyle works and where you fit in.
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00:00 What is Gridlife?
01:27 Origins of Gridlife
02:46 Evolution and Expansion
05:52 Festival Atmosphere
14:32 HPDE Program Insights
26:01 Gridlife Touring Cup (GLTC)
31:43 Data Analysis and Parity in Racing
32:25 Diverse Car Builds in GLTC
32:46 Adopting Bracket Racing
33:24 Excitement of Sprint Racing
35:16 Challenges for Spec Miata in GLTC
36:07 Building a Competitive GLTC Car
37:46 Driver Licensing and Accessibility
40:25 Time Attack Classing Explained
41:48 The Popularity of Sunday Cup
44:16 Drifting at Gridlife
48:47 Registering for Gridlife Events
50:46 Gridlife in the Virtual World
52:46 Volunteering at Gridlife
54:23 Slip Angle Podcast
56:52 Final Thoughts and Promotions
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