Teenage Hotrodders #17

Larry Martin lives for the thrill of laying rubber on the street—until his convertible's appetite for new tires collides with his wallet. When his three passengers persuade him to drive to the amusement park and peer pressure tempts him to drag race an unmarked police car, Larry learns that the real cost of showing off may be steeper than he bargained for.

It's July 1935 at the legendary Nurburgring, and an old cherry-red Alfa Romeo numbered 12—piloted by a brilliant Italian driver—finds itself in a David-versus-Goliath battle against nine state-of-the-art German Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union racers dominating the track. When a pit crew mishap costs him the lead he'd fought so hard to earn, the driver known as the "Flying Mantuan" must dig deeper than ever to hunt down the German competition through the treacherous mountain curves and reclaim what seemed impossible.

Flip Farnsworth's fed up with female drivers—until a drag race at Dragsville puts his prejudices to the test when he encounters a skilled competitor who challenges everything he thinks he knows. When a blown tire forces an unexpected moment of reckoning, Flip discovers that driving ability comes in all forms, and maybe his complaints have been missing the bigger picture.