Short answers, pulled from the story.
Eva Wei is a fifteen-year-old girl who flees a harsh boarding school to find her father Don Wei in the year 2082. She adopts the name Molly to work as a mechanic for his racing team and participates in the Great Race of Oban to save Earth from the Crog Empire.
The Great Race of Oban is a cosmic test to determine the strongest and fastest racer to become the new Avatar. The winner does not receive a wish but instead becomes the eternal guardian of the Creators' creation to protect the universe from destruction.
Canaletto, also known as the Timeless One, is the main antagonist who orchestrated the crash of Maya Wei ten years prior to the series. He was imprisoned for 10,000 years and manipulated events to ensure Eva would win the race to free him from his chains.
Rick Thunderbolt was the original pilot for the Earth team and a Minor League Racing Champion who was seriously injured by sabotage during the first race. The injury was a calculated move by Canaletto that left him unable to race again.
The 15th anniversary of the series was celebrated with a public event in Paris on the 4th of December 2021. A Blu-ray Kickstarter campaign was launched in February 2022 and the Blu-rays were released at the beginning of 2023.