Capeta ends up so damn excited over the kart and then by some turn of events ends up in his first race, and things take off from there. They are poor and so money is tight and he doesn't complain because he knows his father is doing his best (he's such a considerate little kid and wayyy too adult for his age) his father ends up on a kart track and seeing the karts gives him the brillant idea of making one for his son, who he knows loves cars. He is being raised by his widower father and has basically been taking care of himself. In the first arc we are introduced to our main character Taira Capeta. The plot was just.Damn! The anime is split up into three arcs.