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Race Report: Mid-Ohio Meet

Taking place just three short weeks after Midwest Fest at Gingerman Raceway, our team returned to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course at the end of June for another Gridlife Touring Cup sprint race weekend. Mid-Ohio, while an enjoyable race track to drive, has a staff that seems oddly combative towards Gridlife....

Can Gridlife Grow Without Losing Its 'Vibe'?

The 2025 Gridlife season introduced a slew of changes aimed at long-term stability for an organization that was gaining momentum a decade after its creation. Unprecedented growth in recent years reached a tipping point in 2024, when Gridlife hired a new CEO intent on the "...continuation of the organization&...

Race Report: Midwest Festival

The third stop on our Gridlife Touring Cup race schedule brought us to Gingerman Raceway in South Haven, Michigan, back in early June. Midwest Festival is a massive event that is packed into a small, rural race track. It is one of the highest-attended events on the Gridlife schedule, with...

Race Report: Gridlife Special Stage

Gridlife returned to Road Atlanta for the first time since an infamous 2019 festival that apparently got really out of control. I wasn't there, but you can find stories online and on YouTube. Adding this event to our schedule was a no-brainer for us southerners. Road Atlanta is...

Race Report: Gridlife South Carolina

The racing season has begun! Earlier in April, our team descended upon Carolina Motorsports Park in Kershaw, South Carolina, for the inaugural Gridlife event of the 2025 season. It was a rollercoaster of an event. Let's dig into it! Kicked Off With A Literal Bang Preseason testing ended...

What I Learned in Pre-Season Testing

Well, the off-season is officially over. After over five months on the sidelines, I dusted off the cobwebs (literally and figuratively) at Carolina Motorsports Park a couple weeks ago. Here are a few thoughts and lessons on my test day. The Rust Is Real This was the most extended break...

On The Grid: Our 2025 GLTC Season Schedule

The off-season (also known as sim racing season) is winding down, and we've secured the bag with a packed Gridlife Gold Pass. We hope you'll come out and say hello if you're near these events! Gridlife festival events are sensory overload for car nerds....

Wrapped: Our GLTC Season By the Numbers

2024 was an exceptional year: it was my first full season w2w racing, and I got to do it with my best friends while traveling the country with a remarkable series called GLTC. We're doing it again in 2025, so we wanted to document some notable statistics and...

GLTC Mid-Season Musings

We've competed in several rounds of the Gridlife Touring Cup season, with our E90 race cars proving reliable despite minor issues. We're continuously improving our racecraft and vehicle performance. While GLTC's growth is exciting, contact incidents have been a concern.

Testing & Racing at CMP

NASA Southeast hosted a 3-day test and race weekend at Carolina Motorsports Park (CMP) in February. I had convinced Carlos to drive up from Florida since our first Gridlife event of the season is at CMP in April. The plan was to test and develop our GLTC cars and improve...

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