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Speed at the wheel of the fabulous Mach 5
Unknown to Speed, Racer X is his older brother Rex who ran away from home years ago...
Sparky laying it all out for Pops on why Speed just hasta be allowed to race the Mach 5. Trixie looks on.
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DEDICATED TO THE PRESERVATION AND GREATER GLORIFICATION OF THE GREATEST T.V. SHOW OF ALL TIME
THERE CAN BE LITTLE DOUBT THAT TELEVISION'S GOLDEN AGE IS BEHIND IT. AFTER ALL, SPEED RACER
WAS RELEASED WAY BACK IN THE SIXTIES. WHILE IT HAS ENJOYED MANY RE-RELEASES OVER THE PAST THIRTY-SOME-ODD YEARS, THERE NEVER HAS BEEN AND THERE NEVER WILL BE ANOTHER SHOW LIKE IT. NOTHING ELSE EVEN COMES CLOSE. TATSUO YOSHIDA'S CREATION--THE EPIC ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG MAN WHO DROVE A SPECIALLY EQUIPPED CAR BUILT BY HIS FATHER--ULTIMATELY BECAME THE GREATEST TELEVISION SHOW FOR AN ENTIRE GENERATION. I WAS THERE. NO, NOT THERE IN JAPAN WHERE SPEED RACER WAS CREATED. I WAS THERE IN FRONT OF THE TELEVISION SET EVERY DAY, WAITING FOR THE SHRILL TRUMPET BLAST TO SIGNAL THE IMMINENT ARRIVAL OF MY HERO AND HIS UNFORGETTABLE AND REMARKABLE VEHICLE; WAITING TO WATCH THEM RACE TO VICTORY. I HAVE FOLLOWED THEM EVER SINCE, WORSHIPPED THEM ALMOST, THROUGH GOOD TIMES AND BAD, MOSTLY BAD. THESE PAGES ARE MY THANKS AND MY TESTAMENT, TO SPEED RACER AND HIS MACH 5.
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