Garrett Manes started his racing career in 2012 racing Mini Cup cars winning 3 consecutive championships in Arena Racing USA. He then made the jump into Legend cars at various tracks like Charlotte Motor Speedway moving up to the pro division and winning races.

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While still racing Legend cars, Garrett made starts in both Pro Trucks and Late Model Stock Cars, getting off to a great start with numerous top 3 finishes in his first few races.

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In 2025, Garrett began full-time road course racing competition. He immediately found success winning the Spec E30 Championship and NASA Rookie of the Year. He also won the K1 World Championship at K1 Circuit in Winchester, California. Furthurmore, Garrett began racing with RVA Graphics Motorsports in the ChampCar endurance series, grabbing wins at CMP and Pitt Race.

 

In 2026, Garrett's racing career rose to new heights. He made his debut in Toyota's GR Cup series with a partial season deal. Kicking off at Sonoma, he came home with 2 Top-5 finishes. Weeks later, he went on to defend his K1 World Championship winning for the second year in a row. 

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While progressing in his real-life racing career, Garrett started professional sim racing in 2019 making his first start in the iRacing Rallycross World Championship. In 2020, Garrett made the transition Coca-Cola iRacing Series, the highest level of professional sim racing for NASCAR on the iRacing service. He is still competing at this level today.