Famed orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Richard Beckett, returns to his home town of Eagle Ridge after boyhood friend and track owner, Chris Chandler, offers him a job as a safety and medical officer at the speedway. When a driver is killed in a crash at the track, Chandler needs Beckett for the job even more. But Beckett is more interested in finding out what caused the wreck than in signing a contract.

Beckett hires bubble gum-chewing track brat Nando (Marc Daniel) as his assistant. In an intimate chat that grows hotter by the minute, Mimi questions Beckett about his history with Nicole and his rivalry with Chandler. Kennedy (Randy J. Goodwin), the track tow driver, who dreams of getting a ride, interrupts their liaison by bringing Moss' wrecked car for Beckett to examine.

Still in pursuit of a CONTRAC presidency, Chandler enlists Takeshta, mogul of a large Japanese company, to sponsor what has always been an All-American racing series.

Beckett's estranged brother returns to Eagle Ridge only to be implicated as the prime suspect in the murder of one of Chandler's employees. Guest starring Robert Carradine.

On a scorching day at the race track, a hand grenade arrives in Chandler's pizza. Temperatures and tensions rise as Chandler seems to be fouling up Sheriff Lowell Carter's attempts to nab the perpetrator until security footage reveals potentially incriminating evidence.

Beckett and Chandler rekindle their friendship in a two-man race, just like the old days. Divorce procedures between Nicole and Chandler are coming to an end. And things are heating up between Beckett and Nicole, picking up where they left off 15 years ago.

Beckett enjoys his quietest race day in weeks until a freak accident in a garage injures Dusty Stokes' wife and daughter, while Stokes is leading the Eagle Ridge 500 with just 100 laps to go.

Nicole decides to sell her half of Eagle Ridge to rival track owner Madsen. Beckett and Chandler team up to convince her not to sell.

When Kennedy (Randy J. Goodwin) wins a race, a driver he beat racially taunts him. Meanwhile, Nicole is in the midst of her divorce from Chandler as Beckett helps her bring photographic equipment into the studio she's renting from Chandler's speedway. Guest starring Larry Linville.

When his father dies, Beckett prepares the funeral arrangements and finds his younger brother, Jeff (Robert Carradine). Mimi, who has put her relationship with Beckett on hold, is intrigued when she learns Jeff is charming but also trouble-and everyone but Beckett seems to know it.