One day has passed since the special training took place. The freshman are all in classes when Imaizumi comes in and tells them he just learned from the second years that the Inter High Preliminaries started that morning. Onoda, Naruko, and Imaizumi rush an hour away to the prelim site and find that Sohoku is in 3rd place, 50 seconds behind two other teams, with only two laps remaining. Instead of panicking, Tadokoro tells the first years to keep a close eye out as Sohoku will take the race by a full minute. Sohoku unleashes their specialty human bullet train attack and goes into first place by a full minute with one lap remaining. As Naruko and Imaizumi try to figure out how they can defeat the 3rd years. Kinjo comes up and says they plan on releasing the first years at the main Inter High competition if they can endure a special training camp. The following day Hakone learns the results and swears to crush their rivals. However one member of the team, Manami, has chosen to skip the meeting and is found taking a ride through the mountains, wondering if his class rep is going to be angry when he shows up late.
個人練習の翌日。部活が休みだと思っていた坂道達は、たった今、3年生達がインターハイ出場を決める千葉県予選に出場していると聞き、大急ぎで会場へ向かう。会場に到着すると、レースは既に始まっていた。総北高校は、先頭2校のチームに50秒以上の差をつけられ、かなり厳しい状況になっていて…。
개인 훈련 다음날. 부활동이 쉰다고 생각한 사카미치는 3학년 들이 전국체전 출전이 결정되는 치바현 예선에 출전한 것을 듣고 황급히 회장으로 향한다. 회장에 도착하자 레이스는 이미 시작되어 있었다. 소호쿠 고등학교는 선두 2개 팀에 50초이상 뒤지고 있는 어려운 상황인데…
Ha pasado un día desde que tuvo lugar el entrenamiento especial. Los alumnos de primer año están todos en clase cuando Imaizumi entra y les dice que se acaba de enterar por los de segundo año de que los preliminares del Inter High han empezado esa mañana. Onoda, Naruko e Imaizumi corren hasta el lugar de las preliminares y descubren que Sohoku está en 3ª posición, 50 segundos por detrás de otros dos equipos, y sólo quedan dos vueltas. En lugar de dejarse llevar por el pánico, Tadokoro les dice a los de primer año que estén atentos, ya que Sohoku ganará la carrera por un minuto.
