Un ado casse-cou et fan de vitesse se lance à corps perdu dans les courses de karting avec l'aide de ses amis et d'un ex-pilote grincheux qui devient son entraîneur.
En pleine Guerre Froide, un groupe d'amis découvre un jour sur une plage abandonnée de Floride un naufragé russe. Allant à l'encontre de leurs parents et du gouvernement de leur pays, une réelle amitié liera ce groupe de jeunes Américains et le marin.
Watts Davies est un talentueux coureur de karting, encore traumatisé par la mort précoce de sa mère. Alors que Rodney Wells, la petite brute du coin, essaie de l'empêcher de participer à la prochaine compétition, Watts, aidé de son père et de la jolie Dahlia va tout faire pour remporter la course.
From go-kart champs, NASCAR winners are bred -- or so goes the thinking of the drivers (and their families) involved in the World Karting Association's National Pavement Series. This documentary follows three of the series' top contenders. Although small in stature, the adolescent racers harbor big dreams as they hit speeds of 60 to 70 miles per hour in their quest to ascend the first rung on their way to NASCAR in this film from Marshall Curry.
Even when Ivan Capelli was a teenager and still racing go-karts, his father followed him around with a camera. Thanks to a tinkering engineer, a Japanese investor and his talent, he made it to the Formula 1.
The villagers hold a go-kart race. Various fathers get over-excited about the race and cheat by adding electric engines, borrowed from Ted, to their kart. Pat and the children construct a proper pedal-kart with a wind-sail for extra speed (using natural power is not against the rules). At the race the adults tear off in their karts, leaving Julian gamely bringing up the rear but the adults discover that their engines can’t be stopped and PC Selby soon finds himself hurtling towards Greendale Crag. Pat leaps into the go-kart with Julian, fixes the windsail on the back, and rushes off after PC Selby. They are able to divert him at the last minute from the edge of the crag and he goes hurtling into a big pile of manure. Pat and the kids collect the prize for the best go-kart and all the Dads are disqualified for cheating.