Born to Race is a junior novelization of the Speed Racer movie. Speed Racer is given a chance to join the Royalton Industries' racing team, but he turns them down when he learns that Royalton fixes the races. An angry Royalton swears that if Speed won't race for him, he'll never race again. Speed must team up with former rival Racer X to save the sport he loves in a cross-country rally.