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You don’t have to be done with Checkeditout or your Porsche just yet. Join us, along with Checkeditout partners Autosport and LIQUI MOLY, on Sunday, October 4.

Checkeditout at Autosport
Sunday, October 4
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
801 East North St, Elburn, Illinois 60119

RSVP in our links, whether you are bringing a Porsche or spectating. All makes are welcome.

More details to come, along with a destination lunch.

Photos: Dan Halenza, Max Fliearman, Juan Hernandez, Let’s Drive Chicago, Digi Kühlt, Miller Sivak, & filmedbykap



Checkeditout supports Crushers Club.
(Donation site in links)




Check26 Presented by westmont_porsche, Porsche Downtown Chicago, & Porsche Service Center Naperville



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Checkeditout at Autosport

Sunday, October 4

9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Let’s catch up post Check26. Join us in Elburn at Autosport (Autosport Inc), It’ll be part Off The Map Tour, Porsches and coffee. Autosport and Liqui Moly will take us through some product demos.

Perfect Fall day for a drive West of the city. If can’t live without more Check26 merch, we’ll have select items on hand.

RSVP in our links, whether you are bringing a Porsche or spectating. All makes are welcome.

Photo Dom Westbury



Checkeditout supports Crushers Club.
(Donation site in links)




Check26 Presented by westmont_porsche, Porsche Downtown Chicago, & Porsche Service Center Naperville



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The idea is simple: Share the Porsche experience. Remove the boundaries between four-wheeled fantasy and reality. Bridge the gap between someday and today. And inspire people to chase their dreams. Checkeditout has always been about making the cars we love accessible to everyone.


Check26 accomplished this in a big way: With a 959 and multiple Singers on Fulton, a 904 Carrera GTS on Ada, and a 918 and 911R at the intersection, it was like walking through a series of bedroom wall posters from different eras. And that’s just a small piece of the four Fulton Market blocks the eighth Chicago Porsche Convergence took over last Saturday.


Seeing rare hero cars like those street-parked next to Boxsters, 944s, Macans, 914s, 356s, 911s of every vintage and style, and so much more—410 Porsches this year, a record—was something special. That kind of inclusion and accessibility is a big part of the Checkeditout ethos. Porsche is for everybody.


This year, thanks to EMBL, the stories behind the cars were more accessible than ever. A quick scan of an EMBL QR code on a windshield brought up a profile on each participating car, filling in the details. A lot easier than trying to track down a wandering owner, and a lot more aesthetically pleasing than a propped-up signboard bragging one-of-one status in comic sans.

Checkeditout is a team of dedicated people working behind-the-scenes year-round toward one special day each summer. Mentioning all of them here is beyond practical, but we’d like to shout out the Napleton Porsche Group for making the Chicago Porsche Convergence possible.

Finally, a big thank you to all the owners, caretakers, vendors, and sponsors who helped us remove the barriers between daily drivers and unobtanium, between seasoned enthusiasts and new fans, and between the kid clutching the Hot Wheels car and the real deal.




We were all kids like that once. Whether any of us have grown up is a matter of opinion. But it’s an honor and a pleasure to share our passion for these cars with so many people, year after year.

Photos: Alexa Giterman | Chicago Photographer
Words: Adam Wesconsin


Checkeditout supports Crushers Club.
(Donation site in links)




Check26 Presented by westmont_porsche, , & .service.naperville



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“’There is a moment of clarity when a space speaks out to me, then the vision comes in hot as driving into a corner at Road America,’ Dan Cubric types in a Slack message from his office overlooking the Chicago River. That vision is his mental blueprint for a unique annual gallery installation: a vivid super bloom of Porsches bursting through the cracked city streets like autobahn wildflowers. Where those bulbs sprout is up to Dan.








Part artist, part engineer, and total Porsche fanatic, Dan Cubric is the architect of the Checkeditout experience.








He thinks of the different sections of an event site like stages. The right site has a variety of stages to set. Different environments to place the Porsches in, with opportunities for interactions with natural and artificial light and juxtaposition with architectural details. Checkeditout is designed to be photographed. It’s also designed to inspire connection. Dan draws in space for that, too.”







To read the rest of “The Architect,” Adam Hurlburt’s profile on Dan Cubric, pick up your copy of Off The Map, the Checkeditout book, at Check26. Where you’ll see the polished product of Dan’s handy work. Meet Dan and other authors/creators at the Checkeditout Store for a 1pm Off The Map signing. All copies of OTM are welcomed.

Photos: josiahkwongphotos, Let’s Drive Chicago, Brenden Raspberry, ALEX HARKEY, & aryan_photography_1




Preview Party at Porsche Downtown Chicago on August 21.
All info found in our links.

Checkeditout supports Crushers Club.
(Silent auction and donation site live now.)




Check26 Presented by westmont_porsche, Porsche Downtown Chicago, & Porsche Service Center Naperville







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Check25 commenced with a cinematic opening. Mother Nature brought the drama.Thankfully, the rainfall was short-lived. But Milo was there with his camera to document it all.

Every person who registers a Porsche with Embl (Embl) earns an event T-shirt. Since 2019, the event shirt has celebrated an image from the prior year. Becoming a Checkeditout tradition. For Check26, Milo (Milo Pawlowski) gets the honors on the “Vintage Black” tee.

The registration window isn’t completely closed for you and your Porsche. Apply with Embl today.


Preview Party at Porsche Downtown Chicago on August 21.
All info found in our links.

Checkeditout supports Crushers Club.
(Silent auction and donation site live now.)




Check26 Presented by westmont_porsche, Porsche Downtown Chicago, & Porsche Service Center Naperville



Animoya Garage Autobahn Country Club Autosport Inc Barnaba Autosport Daniel Becker BeSpoke Motor Union Big Boost Performance BoschUSA Jason Newman Embl Crushers Club Euroquipe Saint Charles IL The Frunk Club Fulton Bond Giuseppe Buonsante Gearhead Kids
Geneva Seal Gallery Graham Rahal Performance Hagerty latent LIQUI MOLY Lowend Garage Midwest 356 Club motive_archive Midwest Performance Cars North Shore Auto Rebuilders One Drivers Club RIX AIRCOOLED Sim drive Singer Vehicle Design TP&B Trial Attorneys WCACHICAGOCHAMBER Woodside Credit

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Founded in 2018, the idea was simple, bring a Porsche event to the city. It’s named after Karsten Aufgebauer, known on Instagram as @checkeditout.io and has taken over the West Loop every year since (except in 2024 when it was held northside) This year the lineup include; - A Singer and a Graham Rahal Performance build straight from Monterey Car Week - 70 Porsches on display at center stage from Napleton’s Porsche - Free sim racing - Hagerty custom hat bar - Live BaT auction on an air cooled 911 Targa, - Independent Porsche shops from around the area - Book signing for Off The Map - And a house party later in the day with DJ Mario Gage. The West Loop Art and Music Fest runs right alongside it too. 📍Saturday, August 22nd. 9am to 3pm. Fulton Market from May to ADA. I’m David, your Chicagoland car culture guide. Follow for more! #ad