At a meeting of the League of Countries, Chief Zuma, the representative from Kapetapek, announces his government's decision to close its borders to the outside world. An official proposes that if Kapetapek's race car driver, named Kabala, beats Speed Racer, then its borders can remain closed. At the racetrack, Speed receives an invitation to the Fire Festival Race. Speed finds this peculiar because Kapetepec does not have a racetrack and Kabala has been missing for a long time...