This off season has been a whirlwind of activity. We’ve been VERY busy with little time to post, so here are the winter highlights.   The Community Garage and The Trade Collective have been working with our local high school to promote trades as additional career pathways. For February, we focused on automotive-related trades. Our “ Automotive Month ” kicked off with a bang as we snuck a car into the halls of the high school! Dr. John and Patrick Hughes (co-founder of The Tr

For the third year in a row The Community Garage hosted another group to witness the greatest race in North America, the iconic Rolex 24Hrs of Daytona! On the front straight banking of Daytona International Speedway The Rolex never disappoints. Come for the race, stay for the community, and stay up as looooong as you can! Of course, the cars were once again magnificent! Riley Motorsports brought their Mustang with a tribute livery inspired by Bud Moore's vintage Trans Am Mus

A few weeks ago, we made our first Fall trek to Gingerman Raceway ! A great group of kids came out to support the racers…and boy did we need it!   Early in the weekend we had trouble with braking instability – it got so bad that it led to an off-track incident that took out both passenger-side tires and the front bumper. Zip ties fix just about anything at the track Much later we would find out that all this started with a single bolt backing out. That one bolt had just one j

We headed into a weekend promising fun and got more than we counted on!   The Community Garage is very grateful we could host a slew of...

The kids of The Community Garage got in on vinyl wrapping a racecar!   Last year we picked up a Spec Iron Mustang that arrived with an...

Summer days at the track We headed to Gingerman Raceway last weekend for our traditional mid-summer event, bringing along a host of...

The kids from The Community Garage went to town on our little Ford 302!   We had a great time last weekend tearing down our engine in...

Victory! We were thrilled to have a group of kids come out this past weekend to help pull an engine from a 1970 Mustang. You got this...

Our trip to Daytona was once again a fantastic time. For the second year in a row The Community Garage took a group of kids to see one...

The Community Garage came out to race a 4-hour endurance race at the Autobahn Country Club! This was a very special treat as it was our...

HUGE NEWS: The Community Garage has teamed up with the Trade Collective in Evanston, IL to support their mission of promoting the trades...

We headed out for a 2,100 mile long road trip to visit some of the South’s most iconic roads. If you don’t know already, Tennessee and...

We head back to the tracks for 2024! During the off-season, we had time to work on an overheating condition that would come up when we...

The road trip to Daytona was a blast! The Community Garage took a group of kids to experience the spectacle of the Rolex 24 Hours of...

The road trip to Indy to see the headquarters of Rahal Letterman and Lannigan Racing was awesome. The work done at this level of racing...

Our sim racers had a blast at Sim Racing Chicago! The Community Garage brought a group of 15 drivers out to enjoy hours of virtual track...

Two of The Community Garage drivers descended upon Joliet to drive the Autobahn Country Club! Jerry once again took the wheel of Zsa Zsa...

You are invited to join The Community Garage at the Autobahn Country Club this weekend to check out awesome cars driven at full speed in...

The Community Garage members headed to the cheese-filled land of Wisconsin to visit one of the most iconic tracks in North America, the...

Late this June we had THREE sponsored drivers from The Community Garage tackle Gingerman Raceway! Making the 2+ hour drive from Chicago,...