Speed and Sparky survive the crash and quickly catch up to the other racers. In the Sahara Desert, a windstorm buries the racers in the sand. On the last leg of the race, when Lovelace runs out of gas she is aided with extra fuel by Speed, but he runs out of gas himself. When Racer X appears and gives Speed a lecture about his duty to win as a professional racer vs. his desire to help his competitors, Speed blows up at himself - but then Sparky notices a conveniently-left-behind tank of gas by Racer X...