The third time proved to be a nice charm, a reported 250 (yes, there were people counting) cars of all varieties were in attendance. From the meet up in River Forest to the drive down to the Museum of Science and Industry, everyone started their Thanksgiving Day right, honoring the first auto race in America. Speeds were spirited, but not unusual for the Wild West side’s Eisenhower. Shout out to River Forest police for the escort down southbound Harlem. ✌🏼 Saturday, the 'Toy Drive, Drive.' Check our bio for details and be sure to go toy shopping for the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation. Photos by @adammkern #sema2022 #derordie #porsche #aircooled #motivation #motorsport #radical #trackday #tracklife #lifestyle #carphotography #takethecar #lowendontheroad #guestspot #check22 #checkeditout #Checkeditoutchicago #chicago #carparty #autobahncc #westernresidency (at Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago) https://www.instagram.com/p/CljW-apJ8vQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Bid or Barn Find? Last week, we showed day one of the 1967 912 that our guy @ablock968 pulled from a garage in the Western suburbs. By the comments the post generated, a great majority of you want to see the car resurrected to its lightweight roots. We could not agree more. And don’t forget, it came from the factory in Slate Gray over Red. If you like your satisfaction more immediate, our friend’s at @broadarrow_auctions will have something for you. An auction where the listing states ‘Kardex, be damned!’ is certainly our kind of auction. And we would expect nothing less from our enthusiast friends at @Hagerty Take a look at this 'outlaw' 1961 356 B. Broad Arrow’s West Palm Beach auction starts this Friday to Saturday. Register online, call in or be a baller with absentee bidding. We recommend you peep the orange street legal 1981 BMW M1 represented by Mr. @ramseypotts. Flashback to the race M1 from @Mouse_motors we saw at our recent visit to @tstradale at Autobahn. There's also our 993 of choice, the @4frcars spec RS. Link in bio. ✌🏼 #sema2022 #derordie #porsche #aircooled #motivation #motorsport #radical #trackday #tracklife #lifestyle #carphotography #takethecar #lowendontheroad #guestspot #check22 #checkeditout #Checkeditoutchicago #chicago #carparty #autobahncc #westernresidency https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck_PrInLV30/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
The Western residency continued for Candy the 3.2, not only is the car back in the capable hands of @duanewik we got to spend a few days driving Vegas, visiting the original Downtown Vegas cars & coffee: @carsundkaffee Then Tuesday it was @SEMAshow time. Lowend is now an official SEMA member, thanks to everyone who supports the events, content and our merch. We caught up with long time Porsche peeps and met plenty of new folks who we plan to bring into our 2023 Chicago events (the calendar is already getting full, btw). Before we got out of Dodge, Lowend founder Adam Kern was invited on @derfaszination's ‘Der or Die’ Podcast to not only talk about the 3.2’s Western Residency, the history of Checkeditout and dish some dirt on all the @Porsche Podcasts he has been on. Apologies to @firstdibspodcast's @johndyste and @jts911 for keeping their show dirt free. AK joining Producer John and Duane Wik on ‘Der or Die,’ the undisputed best Porsche podcast in Las Vegas’ Container Park (link in bio). SEMA photos will continue in our feed and story. Plus this Thursday, we will post a garage find we photographed, 30 years in the making. Photo by @adammkern #sema2022 #derordie #porsche #aircooled #motivation #motorsport #radical #trackday #tracklife #lifestyle #carphotography #takethecar #lowendontheroad #guestspot #check22 #checkeditout #Checkeditoutchicago #chicago #carparty #autobahncc #westernresidency (at The Good Wolf Lifestyle Co.) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ckq0iRwpUdl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Follow the link in the bio to the @autobahncc #lemonswrapup. #doingtimeinjoliet #autobahncc #joliet #midwest #lemons #baconwrappedbratwurst #honkout #rebody #replicar #hellasweet #buttturrible #judgebasedsuggestion #disaster #oldsmobile #unmentionablecatbribe#waterballoons #lemonsworld
For the second year in a row, GridLife Track Battle returns to Autobahn Country Club! The track is beautiful, with three different layouts available to run; North, South, and Full. Saturday was dedicated to Time Attack and other track activities, while Sunday added a drifting demo in as well as a change of course running.
This GridLife marks the third track event that our 5.0 Mustang has seen, each time running a different wheel set up.
We opted for a more track friendly set up with the new SSR GTX01 on the front and the AdvanRS for the rear. The TE37 Ultras that were on the car for GridLife Round 1 rubbed the fenders a bit and were starting to affect the paint (but they looked phenomenal) so the 20×10.5 +22 wheels were replaced with a cautious 19×10.5+22 and a 19×10+35.
TF frequent Devin Giles finished his S2000 in time for the event, he was on fire the whole event and made it to the final grid.
There was an invasion of white Evo’s at the event.
Seriously, these were everywhere.
Andy Smedegard was laying down some insane lap times in his RS Motors Evo, he ended up finishing first in Unlimited AWD.
It’s only a matter of time until we see more and more of these C5 and even C6 Corvettes out at these track events. As the price drops, the platform will be almost unbeatable for the money.
It was a busy track for much of the event, but it went smoothly with very few hiccups.
Puppy!
This EcoTec powered Datsun 510 made its first appearance on the TF Blog covering GridLife Round 1, expect a full write up on this car later this year when it visits TF!
We saw the return of Fish’s BOSS kitted LS S14 to TF to receive built heads and a supercharger from Magnuson Superchargers and it saw it’s first track event on the new set up this event. The car sounds absolutely insane, we can’t wait to see him and his team Risky Devil at Final Bout: Special Stage Central at the end of this month!
Always cool to see big body JZ sedans sideways.
Josh M. lost his rare aero Ikeya Formula bumper on track chasing his team mate and was dragging it around for a bit. When it was returned to him, he was a little bit excited that it was barely damaged and in one piece.
Not so ugly Ed!
This thing puts out immense smoke and the supercharger whine is loud even over the sound of the exhaust.
More Mustang pictures!
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That wraps up our small coverage of the Track Battle aspect of GridLife, be sure to check out the car show portion HERE !
