In bizarre, unrelated turns of events, two strangers Ray (Keith Carradine) and Helen (Sondra Locke) each happen upon large sums of money which give them the chance to re-invent themselves.

Beckett hires bubble gum-chewing track brat Nando (Marc Daniel) as his assistant. In an intimate chat that grows hotter by the minute, Mimi questions Beckett about his history with Nicole and his rivalry with Chandler. Kennedy (Randy J. Goodwin), the track tow driver, who dreams of getting a ride, interrupts their liaison by bringing Moss' wrecked car for Beckett to examine.

Famed orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Richard Beckett, returns to his home town of Eagle Ridge after boyhood friend and track owner, Chris Chandler, offers him a job as a safety and medical officer at the speedway. When a driver is killed in a crash at the track, Chandler needs Beckett for the job even more. But Beckett is more interested in finding out what caused the wreck than in signing a contract.

Beckett's college friend, a television producer, visits the speedway to get Beckett's assistance in developing a television series set in the world of stock car racing.

Beckett and his surgeon father are reunited while attempting to save an aging driver in need of a liver transplant.

On a scorching day at the race track, a hand grenade arrives in Chandler's pizza. Temperatures and tensions rise as Chandler seems to be fouling up Sheriff Lowell Carter's attempts to nab the perpetrator until security footage reveals potentially incriminating evidence.

Beckett's estranged brother returns to Eagle Ridge only to be implicated as the prime suspect in the murder of one of Chandler's employees. Guest starring Robert Carradine.

Chandler lures a Formula One ex-champion to Eagle Ridge, but Beckett balks because the driver has a shady past. Meanwhile, Jared (Douglas O'Keeffe) and Stevie unmercifully haze the rookie, Kennedy (Randy J. Goodwin).

When an up-and-coming driver dies in a fiery crash, Beckett and attorney Mimi find themselves on opposite sides of a lawsuit that puts the entire sport of racing on trial.

When Beckett attends his first CONTRAC meeting as Chandler's partner, he suggests to the president that he'd like to see a race between legendary drivers. The president likes the idea so much that he hands Beckett the assignment of rounding up old-timers and making it happen.