A mutant comes to his rescue and Speed enlists his help to guide him out of the toxic wasteland. Sparky decides to sabotage the battle car he's been working on. The mutant explains to Speed that Barnum rules the city with an iron grip and his political enemies are banished to the toxic wasteland. After months of exposure, they become mutants to be slave labor for Barnum's enterprises. Gark, the mutant, asks Speed to destroy the Battledome.
Speed agrees to give it a try.
But a battle car stands between him and his plans. While Sparky's robot guard is off getting some silicone grease, Sparky calls Speed to tell him that the car chasing him has been sabotaged. But Dez catches Sparky in the act. Racer X happens upon Barnum's control center. He downloads a table of history over the previous century that is stored in the computer.