What is GRIDlife? (Adam Jabaay) #grid.life

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.

This episode is part of our ROAD TO SUCCESS SERIES - inspiring stories that help shape the future of the autosphere.

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00:00 Introduction to BreakFix Podcast

00:27 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