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Index Gridlife (festival)

GRIDLIFE is a motorsports sanctioning body that hosts a series of music and motorsports festivals at racetracks across the United States.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 44 relations: Anti-lock braking system, Atlanta Motorsports Park, Autobahn Country Club, Blackhawk Farms Raceway, BMW M3, Chevrolet Corvette, Chris Forsberg, COVID-19 pandemic, Drifting (motorsport), Dynamometer, Electronic dance music, Ferrari Challenge, Flosstradamus, Formula D, Gingerman Raceway, GT World Challenge America, Heartland Motorsports Park, High Performance Driver Education, Honda Civic, Honda S2000, Horsepower, Keys N Krates, Laguna Seca, Lime Rock Park, Mazda MX-5, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Motorsport, Music festival, NASCAR Xfinity Series, National Corvette Museum, New Jersey Motorsports Park, Nitrocross, NOLA Motorsports Park, Pikes Peak International Raceway, Pretty Lights, RJD2, Road America, Road Atlanta, Road racing, Ryan Tuerck, Super Lap Battle, The Hood Internet, Time trial, Watkins Glen International.

  2. Drifting (motorsport)
  3. Music festivals established in 2014

Anti-lock braking system

An anti-lock braking system (ABS) is a safety anti-skid braking system used on aircraft and on land vehicles, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, and buses.

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Atlanta Motorsports Park

Atlanta Motorsports Park (AMP) is an American auto racing facility that contains two driving circuits in the North Georgia mountains.

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Autobahn Country Club

Autobahn Country Club is an auto racing road course located in Joliet, Illinois, operated as a country club, while also hosting many outside events.

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Blackhawk Farms Raceway

Blackhawk Farms is a private circuit racetrack located outside South Beloit, Illinois, on a farm on the border between Wisconsin and Illinois.

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BMW M3

The BMW M3 is a high-performance version of the BMW 3 Series, developed by BMW's in-house motorsport division, BMW M GmbH.

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Chevrolet Corvette

The Chevrolet Corvette is a line of American two-door, two-seater sports cars manufactured and marketed by General Motors under the Chevrolet marque since 1953.

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Chris Forsberg

Christopher Forsberg (born April 6, 1982), is an American Formula D driver from Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

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COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.

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Drifting (motorsport)

Drifting is a driving technique where the driver intentionally oversteers, with loss of traction, while maintaining control and driving the car through the entirety of a corner or a turn.

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Dynamometer

A dynamometer or "dyno" for short, is a device for simultaneously measuring the torque and rotational speed (RPM) of an engine, motor or other rotating prime mover so that its instantaneous power may be calculated, and usually displayed by the dynamometer itself as kW or bhp.

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Electronic dance music

Electronic dance music (EDM), also referred to as club music, is a broad range of percussive electronic music genres originally made for nightclubs, raves, and festivals.

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Ferrari Challenge

The Ferrari Challenge is a single-marque motorsport championship that was created in 1993, initially catering to owners of the 348 Challenge who wanted to race their cars.

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Flosstradamus

Flosstradamus is the stage name of American DJ and musician Curt Cameruci.

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Formula D

Formula DRIFT (also known as Formula D or 'FD’) is a United States-based motorsport drifting series.

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Gingerman Raceway

GingerMan Raceway is a road racing course located east of the town of South Haven in southwest Michigan, United States.

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GT World Challenge America

The GT World Challenge America is a North American auto racing series launched in 1990 by the Sports Car Club of America.

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Heartland Motorsports Park

Heartland Motorsports Park, formerly known as Heartland Park Topeka, was a multi-purpose motorsports facility south of downtown Topeka, Kansas near the Topeka Regional Airport.

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High Performance Driver Education

High Performance Driver Education (HPDE) refers to driving schools held on dedicated race tracks designed to teach drivers proper high-speed driving techniques.

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Honda Civic

The is a series of automobiles manufactured by Honda since 1972.

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Honda S2000

The Honda S2000 is a front-mid engine open top sports car that was manufactured by Japanese automobile manufacturer Honda, from 1999 until 2009.

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Horsepower

Horsepower (hp) is a unit of measurement of power, or the rate at which work is done, usually in reference to the output of engines or motors.

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Keys N Krates

Keys N Krates is a Canadian electronic music band formed in 2008 out of Toronto, Ontario.

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Laguna Seca

Laguna Seca Raceway (branded as WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, and previously Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for sponsorship reasons) is a paved road racing track in central California used for both auto racing and motorcycle racing, built in 1957 near both Salinas and Monterey, California, United States.

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Lime Rock Park

Lime Rock Park is a natural-terrain motorsport road racing venue located in Lakeville, Connecticut, United States, a hamlet in the town of Salisbury, in the state's northwest corner.

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Mazda MX-5

The Mazda MX-5 is a lightweight two-person sports car manufactured and marketed by Mazda with a front mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout.

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Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course is a road course auto racing facility located in Troy Township, Morrow County, Ohio, United States, just outside the village of Lexington.

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Motorsport

Motorsport(s) or motor sport(s) are sporting events, competitions and related activities that primarily involve the use of automobiles, motorcycles, motorboats and powered aircraft. Gridlife (festival) and Motorsport are racing.

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Music festival

A music festival is a community event with performances of singing and instrument playing that is often presented with a theme such as musical genre (e.g., rock, blues, folk, jazz, classical music), nationality, locality of musicians, or holiday.

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NASCAR Xfinity Series

The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR.

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National Corvette Museum

The National Corvette Museum showcases the Chevrolet Corvette, an American sports car that has been in production since 1953.

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New Jersey Motorsports Park

New Jersey Motorsports Park is a road course "Motorsports Entertainment Complex" located in Millville, Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States.

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Nitrocross

Nitrocross is an American rallycross racing series.

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NOLA Motorsports Park

NOLA Motorsports Park is a full service motorsports facility in Avondale, Louisiana approximately twenty minutes from downtown New Orleans.

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Pikes Peak International Raceway

Pikes Peak International Raceway (PPIR) is a racetrack in the Colorado Springs area within the city limits of Fountain, Colorado, that by October 12, 1997, was "the fastest 1-mile paved oval anywhere".

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Pretty Lights

Derek Vincent Smith (born November 25, 1981), known by his stage name Pretty Lights, is an American electronic music producer.

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RJD2

Ramble Jon Krohn (born May 27, 1976), better known by his stage name RJD2, is an American musician and record producer based in Columbus, Ohio.

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Road America

Road America is a motorsport road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Wisconsin Highway 67.

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Road Atlanta

Road Atlanta (known for sponsorship reasons as Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta) is a road course located just north of Braselton, Georgia, United States.

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Road racing

Road racing is a North American term to describe motorsport racing held on a paved road surface.

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Ryan Tuerck

Ryan Tuerck (born April 10, 1985) is an American professional drifter from Derry, New Hampshire who currently competes in the U.S. Formula Drift series.

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Super Lap Battle

The Super Lap Battle Finals are a time attack event held at Buttonwillow Raceway Park near Bakersfield, California.

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The Hood Internet

The Hood Internet is an American record production duo based in Chicago, Illinois, specializing in mashups.

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Time trial

In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. Gridlife (festival) and time trial are racing.

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Watkins Glen International

Watkins Glen International, nicknamed "The Glen", is an automobile race track in the northeastern United States, located in Dix, New York, just southwest of the village of Watkins Glen, at the southern tip of Seneca Lake.

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See also

Drifting (motorsport)

Music festivals established in 2014

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gridlife_(festival)