I love Baby Steps too (anime adaptation, please) as well as Adachi - and the first one that jumps to mind for me is Capeta. I'm not all that interested in motorsports, but this is extremely well-written. It's definitely not a SJ fantasy - the racing stuff is quite realistic, and it's definitely character-driven.
There's an anime as well, and it's excellent - but it does stop in the middle of the story.
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