A mysterious stranger named Kent Steele appears at the diner and challenges the Team Fastex drivers to a race. Megan manages to keep her hot-headed teammates from accepting the challenge, and instead Flyer takes Steele on in a VR air combat game — and loses, which triggers another of Flyer's panic attacks. When Charger and Stunts try to teach Steele some respect, he mops the floor with them. Next Steele turns up at Rexcor headquarters, where Garner Rexton shocks Lyle Owens by informing him that Steele will be taking his place on the Rexcor Team in the last race of the Unlimited Series. Fastex too is working on a ""secret weapon"" for the last race: a supercar that pushes the performance envelope far beyond the team's regular cars. But when Charger uses the simulator to drive the new car on a remote-controlled test run, the car goes out of control and disintegrates. Jack decides the experimental car is beyond the capabilities of any driver to control: Fastex will have to run the las