An offer from one of the largest firms in the sport appears � but Speed soon learns that the sport he loves is not as pure or as clean as it is for him. As an adult he appears to have the racing world at his feet, with only the limited resources of his father's company as a constraint. However when Rex is revealed as corrupt he is thrown from the sport and is eventually killed in a deadly cross-country race � devastating his family but yet purring Speed on to continue his brother's legacy, believing him to have been wrongly accused. As a child Speed Racer not only had his name as a developmental factor in his passion for motor racing, but also the influence of his older brother and famous driver Rex Racer.
