Hot Rods and Racing Cars #27

Cal Crane, a daredevil driver trapped in a traveling circus, grows fed up with the penny-pinching owner Gruber's ruthless demands for ever-more dangerous stunts. When Gruber deliberately sabotages a stunt to injure a rival act, Cal rallies the circus performers to fight back against their exploitative boss. Watch as Cal pursues justice on the speedway in this taut tale of guts, betrayal, and one driver's refusal to back down.

Sad John Blake has seen better days with his old racer—dismissively nicknamed Lizzie by the drivers on the circuit—but he's determined to prove that his worn-out number seven still has plenty of fight left. When a promising new car and a rival driver named King Williams threaten to end John's racing career for good, he pits Lizzie against the odds in a high-stakes race where guts and skill might be his only advantages. Buckle down for a story about loyalty, redemption, and whether an underdog machine can outrun its reputation.

The Pebble Beach Cup Race, the marquee event of California's newest West Coast circuit, draws top drivers and their sports cars to a challenging 2.1-mile course carved through woods and open fields on the Monterey Peninsula. Ben Pollack's Cad-Allard tears into the lead at the start of the grueling 25-lap main event, but Armstrong in another Cad-Allard pursues relentlessly, setting up a nail-biting duel that will determine who takes the checkered flag.