Rum Bum Racing

ALTON, Virginia, 24 April – After a race that had the fans at Virginia International Raceway on their feet, the Rum Bum Racing squad was elated to finish in third place in the Grand-Am Continental Sports Car Challenge Bosch ... More »

What looked like Rum Bum Racing’s second round of smooth sailing to the winner’s podium took a hair-pin turn for the worst Saturday at the Homestead Miami Speedway. The team’s qualifying times, practice sessions, and ... More »

*Update 4:27 p.m.* The Rum Bum Race Team WON the Fresh From Florida 200!!! After completing 66 laps around the track at Daytona, the team fought from behind to lead the pack to the finish. We will have a complete ... More »

A spectrum of pro racecar drivers convene at the legendary Daytona International Speedway this weekend for a GRAND-AM kick off event commemorating one of the most noted race series on the professional circuit. Of ... More »

What a season for our Rum Bum Race Team! The elimination rounds on Sunday at the NHRA Full Throttle World Finals at California's Pomona Raceway were not as strong as Saturday's qualifiers for the Rum Bum Race ... More »

Things are heating up at the NHRA World Finals, and Rum Bum is lighting the fire! Both racers achieved career bests Saturday at the Pomona Raceway, and Rum Bum Racer, Shawn Gann, long jumped his way to the front of the ... More »

You know you’re more than a decent drag racer if your bike shuts off 300 feet before the finish line and you still rank 8th in the world finals. Rumbum Racer, Shawn Gann, is that racer – and he’s ... More »

After a successful Day #1 of the NHRA World Finals at California's Pomona Auto Club Raceway, Rum Bum Racer Shawn Gann slurped down a bowl of potato soup. His teammate, Bailey Whitaker bided his time between his scores of ... More »

If Rumbum Racer, Shawn Gann, had any advice for people taking road trips, it's this – don't EVER travel with somebody when there's no food in the vehicle. At least save some rations for yourself, because the ... More »

They say what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas… but that motto shouldn’t apply to Rum Bum Racer Shawn Gann. In the home stretch of the NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals on Sunday, Gann put on a performance worthy of bragging ... More »

Devils and ninjas in the Halloween spirit zipped around the Las Vegas Speedway on the crucial day two of the NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals. If Rum Bum racer Shawn Gann felt inspired to dress up, his martial arts background ... More »

Las Vegas is a-rumblin’ this weekend and not just on the Strip. The other strip – the drag strip at the Las Vegas Speedway – sits just 20 minutes northeast of the slots, craps tables, and Circus Circus. ... More »

Wednesday afternoon at North Carolina's Mountainside Restaurant, Rum Bum racer, and local celebrity, Shawn Gann, tries to keep his toddler's intent fingers off his daddy-sized pulled pork BBQ. "He's got his own grilled ... More »

If you could be a fly on the wall in the Rum Bum trailer, you'd not only see two Buell Pro Stock motorcycles splashed with a spectrum of vibrant hues, you'll also spot a hot Les Paul and a bright orange amp. These musical ... More »

This year, Gian Bacardi has just one goal – to gain experience on the track. Toward that, he spent the weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway where he participated in a FARA race. There, he outraced everyone in his class, ... More »

There’s a WalMart in Ennis, a small town about eight miles east of Waxahachie near Dallas, TX. That’s where Rum Bum racer Shawn Gann and his crew found themselves Thursday evening for some grub before the ... More »

Enough points rained on RumBum Racer Shawn Gann this weekend that he could have splashed in their puddles. After the Carolina Nationals in Concord, NC wrapped up Sunday, the National Hot Rod Association results page was ... More »

On Thursday night, Shawn Gann's tummy's had to be growling louder than his Buell revving at the start line. With no breakfast, at the crack of 7:00 a.m. the Rum Bum race team hopped over to Concord, NC for the NHRA Carolinas ... More »

Sunday night at the track, Rum Bum Racer Shawn Gann did something he does only on the bluest of moons: he ate cake. And not just any cake; this health nut of a racer was scarfing what he called a "crunchie munchie cinnamon ... More »

Just about 30 minutes outside the home of Rum Bum Racer Shawn Gann in Stoneville, North Carolina lies Pilot Mountain – a.k.a. “Mt. Pilot,” a town near Andy Griffith’s fictional Mayberry – complete ... More »

In the race world, things often don't go as planned. And sometimes, things go so off-kilter you find yourself scrambling for the "Reset" button. Case in point: last weekend at Denver, CO's Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals. Rum ... More »

To a pro stock motorcycle racer a busted motor is as useless and depressing as an empty beer can. It's given its life for posterity's sake, taken one for the team, and it simply cannot be resuscitated. Clearly, the Rum Bum ... More »

Wednesday morning Rum Bum Race Team Crew Chief, Blake Gann, stomached an Arby's roast beef burger for breakfast while getting jostled in the back seat of the team's 75 ft. moving rig. His son, racer Shawn Gann, slept in the ... More »

The historic Old Bridge Township Raceway in Englishtown, NJ has been known for hosting upsets since the first cars ran the track back in 1965. Sunday, Rum Bum's Surf Bum, Bailey Whitaker, became one of those ... More »

After a month-long hiatus during which the Rum Bum Racing bikes received repairs and flashy new paint jobs, the team anticipated pairing the debut of the bikes’ new looks with equally dazzling qualifying times. ... More »

The bikes have a new paint job!  On Saturday afternoon, while Shawn Gann watched his boys at the park, the Rum Bum motorcycles arrived back at the Gann’s shop in Stoneville, North Carolina after their 230-mile journey ... More »

On Tuesday afternoon, with seven hours of open road and his Sirius XM Radio set to “Classic Vinyl”, Bailey Whitaker began the 450-mile trek from Philadelphia to North Carolina in the Rum Bum Tour Bus.  No, he ... More »

Gian Bacardi had every reason to be confident going into his Porsche and BMW owners Club races this weekend at Sebring International Raceway. Afterall, in the month of April, Gian collected 4 wins with Fara and PBOC racing ... More »

For a refreshing beverage during a break from working on his Pro Stock Motorcycle, Shawn Gann likes a tall glass of orange juice – with extra orange.  The orange juice distributors have yet to make an orange juice with ... More »

The name Shawn Gann can refer to a producer of custom motors, a musical composer/writer/producer, or a Mattel die cut collectable.  Just don’t say it around his local Go Kart track. The nationally ranked pro stock ... More »

While anticipating each race in the NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle series, Rum Bum Racer Shawn Gann’s motto is simply: “Kill.” He declares, “I’m looking for blood.  That’s all I care about.”  But don’t ... More »

After disappointing conditions on Friday, unexpected blue skies summoned big crowds at the O’Reilly Midwest Nationals in Madison, Ill. on Saturday and Sunday.  And for the first time during Sunday’s pivotal ... More »

Looming gray skies threatened of impending showers at the O’Reilly Midwest Nationals Friday morning. Historically known for it’s toasty temps and throngs of fans, this year’s race at the Gateway International Raceway in ... More »

With temps in the mid-60s and thunderstorms drenching the Atlanta Dragway, Shawn Gann was in the dark about whether or not he would race Sunday at the Southern National Finals.  The day prior, Gann hit his personal best ... More »

As Shawn Gann pulled up to the starting line Friday afternoon for his second qualifying run at the NHRA Summit Southern Nationals at the Atlanta Dragway, Marilyn Manson exploded in his ears. The only racer he knows who wears ... More »

Rum Bum racer Gian Bacardi got a bit of the star treatment Wednesday morning on South Beach when he was interviewed for a piece on racing, after his recent win during the FARA RACE WEEKEND. Gian has really ... More »

The Rum Bum race team has survived another day to tell the story of their trailer accident.  The team made their way to the NHRA O'Rilley Spring Nationals aboard the Rum Bum tour bus pulling a 15ft. trailer. The accident ... More »