GRIDLIFE Announces Nationwide Expansion, Additional Festivals for 2023
GRIDLIFE Announces Nationwide Expansion, Additional Festivals for 2023
(Chicago, IL) - GRIDLIFE announced its tentative schedule for the 2023 GRIDLIFE Season last Friday, December 10th at the “State of the Grid” meeting at the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) show. The GRIDLIFE competition schedule features three new tracks for 2023, and includes hallmark events like the original GRIDLIFE Midwest Festival and a return of the popular Circuit Legends event at Lime Rock Park.
The schedule is split into “Festival Tour” events, which will feature an elevated fan and spectator experience, GRIDLIFE Touring Cup (GLTC) points rounds, and the popular GRIDLIFE Live broadcast, while the rest of the year’s events fall into the “Club Series” category, designed to enhance the track time, driver community, and paddock experience for competitors.
The six-round Festival Tour schedule features all three of the new facilities on the 2023 GRIDLIFE calendar, and spans the United States from coast to coast in a true national championship for GRIDLIFE Touring Cup and TrackBattle Time Attack. Pending further agreements, fans can expect to see drift at most, if not all, of the Festival Tour events, including the full WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca circuit with decibel restrictions lifted for the weekend.
The Festival Tour will feature the GRIDLIFE Live broadcast at all six events, paired with a focus on the fan experience. Spectators will be able to visit the GRIDLIFE Arcade, a vendor village, and roam the paddock when they’re not trackside watching the action or participating in ride-alongs on track. The Festival Tour season starts in March with a trip to Carolina Motorsports Park (CMP) before heading to Watkins Glen International in Upstate New York. June brings the return of the annual GRIDLIFE Festival at GingerMan Raceway, before a July break and August return to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and Circuit Legends at Lime Rock Park. The season will come to a close with a new festival, GRIDLIFE Laguna, at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in October.
2023 GRIDLIFE FESTIVAL TOUR AND CLUB WEEKEND SCHEDULES
See the full list of dates and locations below.
GRIDLIFE’s Club Series calendar focuses on TrackBattle Time Attack, High Performance Driving Environment (HPDE), and the new SuperGrid Endurance series, at some of the staple facilities from past GRIDLIFE schedules. Autobahn Country Club, Heartland Motorsports Park, New Jersey Motorsports Park, GingerMan Raceway, and Willow Springs International Raceway will feature Club Series rounds in 2023. These events are designed to supplement the driver community and retain the paddock vibes that GRIDLIFE strives to build, without the outside pressures of fans, music, and GRIDLIFE Live broadcasts that the Festival Tour events bring.
The State of the Grid meeting at PRI also covered the successes of 2022, and illustrated how strong partnerships with tracks like Lime Rock pioneered the “motorsports festival” experience that guided the schedule strategy for next season. Dicky Riegel, President and CEO of Lime Rock Park, spoke during the meeting with competitors and teams about the event.
“It was the very best event that we had at Lime Rock Park in all of 2022, and right after this, we’re going to be signing a three-year extension.”
The contract, bringing Circuit Legends to Lime Rock Park through 2026, is the first of its kind for GRIDLIFE, which typically builds a schedule on a yearly basis.
“If the event was measured in vibes, Lime Rock was off the charts,” said GRIDLIFE co-founder Chris Stewart.
The 2023 GRIDLIFE schedule spans from coast to coast, visiting some of the most prestigious road courses in North America, with two unique weekend experiences for drivers to select. Tickets for drivers and spectators go on sale in early 2023.
GRIDLIFE 2023 SCHEDULE
3/11 - 3/12 Super Lap Battle - GLTC Special (COTA, TX) - SPECIAL EVENT
3/30 - 4/2 GRIDLIFE SPRING KICK OFF - (Carolina Motorsports Park, SC) - FESTIVAL TOUR
4/28 - 4/30 GRIDLIFE AT THE GLEN - (Watkins Glen Intl., NY) - FESTIVAL TOUR
5/20 - 5/21 MIDWEST REV-UP - (Gingerman Raceway, MI) - CLUB WEEKEND
6/2 - 6/4 GRIDLIFE Festival (Gingerman Raceway, MI) - FESTIVAL TOUR
6/24 - 6/25 GRIDLIFE Chicago (Autobahn Country Club, IL) - CLUB WEEKEND
7/22 - 7/23 GRIDLIFE NJMP (New Jersey Motorsports Park, NJ) - CLUB WEEKEND
8/4 - 8/5 GRIDLIFE Mid-Summer Meet (Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, OH) - FESTIVAL TOUR
8/18 - 8/19 GRIDLIFE CIRCUIT LEGENDS (Lime Rock Park, CT ) - FESTIVAL TOUR
9/23 - 9/24 GRIDLIFE Heartland (Heartland Motorsports Park, KS) - CLUB WEEKEND
9/30 - 10/1 GRIDLIFE Streets Special (Willow Springs Intl. Raceway, CA) - CLUB WEEKEND
10/20 - 10/22 GRIDLIFE Laguna (Weathertech RacewayLaguna Seca, CA) - FESTIVAL TOUR
For additional information and updates; including ticket on sale dates, festival announcements, special offers and more, visit GRIDLIFE on the following platforms:
WEBSITE: www.grid.life
FACEBOOK: @gridlifeofficial
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YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/gridlife
TWITCH: www.twitch.tv/gridlifeofficial