What is Gatsby’s Garage?

Gatsby’s Garage is a family-driven motorsport, automotive education, and creative engineering brand built by Shane, Tiara, and Gatsby. It brings together racing history, automotive storytelling, slot car racing, RC builds, custom design work, road trips, events, and hands-on education. Think of it as our garage, paddock, archive, studio, and invitation into the car culture we love. Here, racing meets creativity.

How do I find my way around the website?

Use the top navigation menu to explore the main parts of Gatsby’s Garage: Automotive Education is where you’ll find Own the Grid, Formula 1 history, Le Mans history, Indy 500 history, Can-Am history, the GG Hall of Fame, road trips, and repair manuals. Slot Cars is home to Immersive Racing Events, Track Designs, Gatsby Cup standings, the 2026 GC Season, rules and regulations, and Gatsby Automotive. RC Cars is where you’ll find our custom RC car builds and the TRCH Hobby Store. News & Events includes The Written, The Podcast, The Films, track days, and Cars and Coffee updates. More includes About, Contact, Shane’s Resume, Shane’s Portfolio, Recommendations, Other Services, Gatsby’s Cars, the Store, FAQs, Disclaimers, and With Thanks & Appreciation. You can always select the Gatsby’s Garage logo to return home.

What is the Gatsby Motorsports Database?

The Gatsby Motorsports Database is our growing archive of racing history. It is built for fans who want motorsport explained clearly, with the stories, context, winners, cars, drivers, and moments that made each era matter. Rather than making visitors dig through scattered archives, we organize racing history into readable pages that feel closer to a digital museum. The goal is simple: make motorsport history easier to understand, easier to enjoy, and easier to revisit.

Where should I start if I want to read motorsport history?

Start in Automotive Education. For Formula 1, use F1 History Pt 1 for the classic era from 1950 to 2009, then F1 History Pt 2 for the modern era from 2010 onward. For endurance racing, visit Le Mans History. For American open wheel racing, visit Indy 500 History. For wild unlimited sports car racing, visit Can-Am History. If you want longer essays, cultural pieces, or automotive storytelling beyond results and seasons, visit The Written.

What is Own the Grid?

Own the Grid is our hands-on automotive education program. It blends car design, engineering, physics, teamwork, creativity, and miniature racing into one student-friendly experience. Students learn by building, testing, refining, and racing. The goal is to make engineering feel real, memorable, and exciting through motorsport.

What is The Gatsby Cup?

The Gatsby Cup is our in-house slot car racing championship. It combines 1/32 scale racing, custom circuits, timing systems, standings, rules, race recaps, and season-long competition. The Gatsby Cup is where our miniature racing world comes alive, with each round documented as part of a larger racing universe. You can follow the championship through GC Standings, 2026 GC Season, and GC Rules & Regulations.

Where can I find your slot car tracks and layouts?

Visit Track Designs under the Slot Cars section. That page collects our miniature circuit projects, including layouts inspired by real racing venues and scenic motorsport locations. Each track is part design study, part racing surface, and part storytelling piece.

Can I book Gatsby’s Garage for an event?

Yes. Visit Immersive Racing Events to learn more. We create hosted tabletop slot car racing experiences for private parties, corporate events, team building sessions, car gatherings, wedding weekends, and brand activations. We bring the track, cars, timing, hosting, race flow, leaderboard management, and guest experience. Guests can step up, learn the car quickly, set a lap time, challenge friends, and come back throughout the event to improve.

Do you build custom slot car tracks?

Yes. Gatsby’s Garage can design and build custom tabletop slot car circuits for events, offices, showrooms, venues, collectors, and brand activations. A custom track can be based on a real circuit, a historic racing moment, a venue, a brand story, or a completely original idea. The goal is always the same: create something people want to gather around, race on, and remember.

Where can I find the RC builds?

Visit RC Car Builds under the RC Cars section. That page documents our custom 1/10 scale RC projects, from classic cars and endurance racers to modern supercars and playful custom builds. Each project blends design, engineering, scale detail, paintwork, 3D printed parts, and storytelling.

What is TRCH Hobby Store?

TRCH Hobby Store is our curated RC parts and accessories shop, developed with Gianni. It focuses on enthusiast-grade parts, custom components, and details that help hobbyists improve the look, feel, and performance of their builds.

Where can I see the real cars connected to Gatsby’s Garage?

Visit Gatsby’s Cars in the More section. That page collects the real cars, stories, and automotive inspirations connected to the Garage. It is less about showing off a collection and more about explaining why certain cars matter to us: the design, the memories, the driving experience, and the stories behind them.

What is The Written?

The Written is where our longer stories live. It includes automotive essays, design commentary, history pieces, event reflections, cultural observations, and deeper features that do not fit neatly into a database page or build log.

What are Gatsby’s Repair Manuals?

Gatsby’s Repair Manuals are our attempt to make classic car maintenance easier to understand. We take inspiration from original factory books, period service guides, and trusted enthusiast references, then rewrite the procedures in clear, modern language with cleaner diagrams and imagery. The goal is to preserve the authenticity of the original process while making it more approachable for a real home garage.

How does ordering from the shop work?

Most standard items ship in 3 to 5 business days. Custom jackets, special orders, made-to-order pieces, and certain custom parts may take longer. You will receive tracking information once your order leaves the Garage. If you have a question about a product, custom request, event deposit, or service payment, you can contact us directly at shane@gatsbys-garage.com.

Some pages look like they are still growing. Is that normal?

Yes. Gatsby’s Garage is a living website. Some sections are complete archives, some are active projects, and others are being built as the Garage grows. We are constantly adding new stories, builds, race recaps, event pages, history entries, and design work.

Who runs Gatsby’s Garage?

Gatsby’s Garage is run by Shane and Tiara, with Gatsby the Pomsky serving as the official mascot, co-pilot, trackside inspector, and final judge of all garage activity. Shane brings the design, engineering, writing, CAD, build work, and motorsport obsession. Tiara brings education, organization, community spirit, and a much-needed sense of order. Gatsby brings personality, supervision, and the occasional reminder that every good garage needs a dog.

How can I contact Gatsby’s Garage?

Visit the Contact page or email shane@gatsbys-garage.com. Reach out for events, custom track builds, RC projects, road trip planning, creative services, collaborations, education programs, or anything else that feels like it belongs in the Gatsby’s Garage universe.