After displaying his talent beating the best of the Ferrari Alfas at Monza, Jack Novac earns a test at Mercedes. Jack drives the fabulous W25 Grand Prix car at the Nurburgring: Jack drives the car hard, never putting a wheel wrong. Mercedes team manager Neubauer, impressed by Jack's speed and car control, notes that Novac makes going fast look easy.

While visiting the Mercedes factory, Jack meets Maddy Rosen, a sports journalist. She soon captivates Jack's very soul, and turns his world upside down.

When Novac arrives at the French Grand Prix to debut his driving talents as a Mercedes driver, the Gestapo is waiting to arrest him. Count Von Steuben wants Jack, and his friends, dead. After escaping from the Prinz Albert Strasse torture chamber, Jack and Maddy must run for their lives.