Maybe a more 3D kinda thing than a pod race? You could keep the same kinda ship designs with the separate engines and cockpit, but also have the players weaving through stations like stitching through fabric. Since there is no gravity in space the concept of a "hovering" racer is a little silly, since there is nothing to hover off of, but it'd be cool to have pod racers designed for 3D maneuverability and to see how players take a design created for a more 2D, gravity-bound race area and adapt it to the new dimension.