The DigiDestined arrive at a racetrack where they soon notice a Machmon racing around the circuit. Seeing how fast Machmon is, Gabumon is inspired to race against him, but during the race between Machmon and Garurumon, something in Machmon snaps and he turns hostile, causing Gatomon to realize this is the Digital World Grand Prix Circuit, a death race. When Machmon loses control and is going to crash, Garurumon throws himself in harm's way to protect him and is injured instead. Back at Machmon's garage, he apologizes for what happened, revealing he is the reigning champion, but the death race's old habits are hard for him to forget despite being alone on the track now. Gabumon asks to race him fair and square with only speed and no tricks, and Machmon agrees, amazed someone would want to race him without using dirty tricks like in the old death races.