Speed Racer enters his first race to win money for his family. Meanwhile, a gang of robbers are after Pops's secret plans... which he hid in the windshield of Speed's car.
Speed tries to help an old man find his stolen car. It turns out the car has a map to a treasure, which a criminal mastermind is prepared to get at any cost.
Speed takes part in a mountain race, considered with its gorges and landslides to be the most dangerous race ever. It's about to live up to that reputation.
The Inca land of Kapetepek, noted for its secrecy and treasures, hosts a race with foreign and native drivers. To ensure their land's privacy, the Kapetepekan drivers must win, at any cost.
Brotch and his cronies imprison Speed and Twinke in a cave and head off to their Mt Rushmore lair. But it doesn't take long before the two escape and a major fight breaks out.
While the Racers enjoy a trip to the Eastern Kingdom of Saccharin, Spritle is mistaken for Prince Jam, heir to the throne, and the two end up swapping lives.
Speed is taken hostage by Lawson Lamster, an escaped convict searching for the money he stole before being captured. Unfortunately, Lamster's partners are right on his tail.
The young mayor of the South American village of Tonado is dying of poison. Speed volunteers to drive to Dominic and back to get the antidote, but someone is out to stop him.
A supersonic car built by the Racers is sabotaged and they are framed for its bad performance. Now they must work to foil the saboteurs and save their reputation.
Speed heads to Nairobi for the Trans-African Grand Prix. But en route he is dumped into the jungle and must fend for himself amidst giant spiders and gargantuan gorillas.
Trixie wants Speed to lose a race, so that her friend's brother will win and use the prize money to heal her. Meanwhile, a royal jewel is hidden inside a pineapple - one of many given to the competing racers.
A gang of crooks have captured top-secret plans for a new weapon: a tank with a laser device. When Speed tries to interfere, they decide to test the tank on him.
Speed discovers that a former racing driver Gadge Zoomer has taken to car wrestling (demolition derbies) to support his family, and attempts to get him to leave this destructive sport.
The Junkyard Grand Prix is hosted by a rich baron in honour of his missing daughter. But in fact she appears in the race as an unknowing competitor to Speed.
Exactly a year after the Alpine Race, the Car Acrobat Team challenges Speed Racer to a race to determine the superior driver. But all is not what it seems...