Tuner Battlegrounds #TBGLIVE provides regional competing opportunities for event promoters and competitors. Competitors who wish to participate in #TBGLIVE must first be pre/advance registered to compete in the #TBGLIVE affiliated event(s). Online voting takes place on tunerbattlegrounds.com the week leading to the #TBGLIVE-affiliated event, narrowing the final competitors to two (2). On-site (at the event), the two finalists battle head-to-head by encouraging supporters to generate a new post on Instagram and/or Twitter with a dedicated hashtag (announced before the final stage of voting). The winner of the #TBGLIVE competition receives an exclusive print feature in PASMAG. Competitors have the opportunity to earn points for the Tuner Battlegrounds 9 Championship Playoffs.

Dec 12 | Hot Import Nights: Orlando (Orlando, FL) - Martin Claussen
Dec 19 | Hot Import Nights: Houston (Houston, TX) - Tony Nguyen

May 8 | Hot Import Nights (Uncasville, CT) - AJ Velasco
May 8 | Tuning 365 @ Formula DRIFT (Braselton, GA) - Johnny La
May 15 | Elite Tuner (Irwindale, CA) - Dan Huy Nguy
May 22 | Elite Tuner (Las Vegas, NV) - Sean Corbett
Jun 5 | Hot Import Nights (Dallas, TX) - Kris Floyd
Jun 19 | Tuning 365 @ Formula DRIFT (Englishtown, NJ) - Lester Donis
Jul 31 | Tuning 365 @ Formula DRIFT (Monroe, WA) - Cy Seigafo
Aug 28 | Tuning 365 @ Formula DRIFT (Madison, IL) - Dustin Mazzio
Aug 28 | Driven (Saskatoon, SK) - Jhed Zoleta
Sept 10-12 | Drive Festival (Bowmanville, ON) - Glenroy Griffiths
Sept 11 | Driven (Winnipeg, MB) - Ben Militar
Sept 11 | Tuned Originals (Lewisville, TX) - John Revell
Sept 18 | Driven (Toronto, ON) - Issam Beg
Sept 18 | Tuning 365 @ Formula DRIFT (Long Beach, CA) - Nick Lozada
Sept 25 | Driven (Montreal, QC) - Sébastien Burelle-Lebel
Sept 26 | RACEWARS (Leicester, NY) - Joseph Junn
Oct 2 | RACEWARS (Irwindale, CA) - Nicholi Whitter
Oct 20-29 | Product Battle: Dress Up Bolts - Anthony Lezada
Oct 23 | RACEWARS (Ennis, TX) - Justin Martinez

(Updated: Dec 22)
(*) TBGLIVE Winners automatically advance to Stage 2: Top 64 of the Tuner Battlegrounds 9 Championship Playoffs
(**) TBGLIVE competitors with sufficient points to automatically advance to Stage 2: Top 64 of the Tuner Battlegrounds 9 Playoffs 

The Ninth Annual PASMAG Tuner Battlegrounds Championship Playoffs presented by LIQUI MOLY provide automotive enthusiasts with an opportunity of a lifetime - to compete against other passionate enthusiasts in North America* for the ultimate award - the cover of PASMAG!

Seeding for the Championship Playoffs begins immediately, and inclusion and placement in the Top 64** depends on votes earned throughout the Tuner Battlegrounds 9 #TBGLIVE Season.

Between September TBD and October TBD, daily online voting in the Championship Playoffs will take place to narrow the competitors to 64 in an elimination round. On September TBD, the competitors will be matched-up and battle for votes based on seeding in a single-elimination tournament until October TBD, and between November TBD and November TBD, the finalists will battle head-to-head to determine the Champion in the Ninth Annual PASMAG Tuner Battlegrounds Championship.

In addition to receiving the cover of PASMAG, the Champion will receive prizes from all the sponsors!

*Contiguous United States or any province in Canada
**The #TBGLIVE competitors will be seeded in relation to their results and total number of votes accumulated in the PASMAG Tuner Battlegrounds 9 presented by LIQUI MOLY Season, while the remaining competitors will be decided in Stage 1: Elimination.