For GM, a blockbuster weekend of racing awaits

May 22, 2026Newsletter Archives

For racing fans, there’s nothing quite like Memorial Day weekend. On Sunday, GM will be the only automaker racing in every leg of motorsports’ historic triple-header: the Indianapolis 500, the Formula 1® Canadian Grand Prix, and NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600, which run back-to-back-to-back on the same day. 

Driver Katherine Legge will have the best seats in the house for all the action. She’ll be the first non-American and first woman to attempt “Double Duty,” racing in both the Indy 500 and NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600 back-to-back (in GM-powered vehicles, of course).  GM News’s Chris Perkins interviewed Legge ahead of her ambitious weekend. 

Both stories speak to GM’s deep commitment to motorsport, understood by its involvement across these disparate, global racing series. 

“The scale and the breadth of our footprint will really be on display this weekend,” says Eric Warren, Vice President of Global Motorsport Competition at GM. “This isn’t just a side activity: we’re competing to win at the top levels of motorsports. I really believe that’s what makes GM unique.” 

If grassroots racing is more your speed, check out our story on One Lap of America. For eight demanding days, GM vehicle performance engineer Andrew Abbott and a 2027 Corvette Grand Sport took on this grueling competition, which combines timed racing events at locations around the U.S. with long interstate transits in between. Comfortable on the highway and dominant on the race track, the Grand Sport proved its mettle in this multi-day competition. 

However you’re observing this Memorial Day weekend, be sure to tune in while GM and its drivers make racing history. 

Keep the rubber side down, 

–Kyle Kinard, Managing Editor, GM News