Daytona, Detroit, Sebring, Watkins Glen, Mid-Ohio, Sonoma, Portland! Nicknamed Kentucky Lightning for blinding speed in a race car, Lance Courage, an African American racer from the country roads of Kentucky is labeled by racing experts as the new Willy T. Ribbs or the next Bill Lester. After two successful years racing Formula 3000 in Europe, Lance returns home to Everly, Kentucky, to compete in the North American Road Racing Association's Sports Prototype Circuit thanks to the Black businessman who got him started racing Formula Fords, Harry Jameson. Jameson pairs him with Amy Lyn Woods, a biracial female from the nearby town of Acorn Flats. Woods, a hard-charger in the sport of male-domination, races on the Pony Car circuit. They became more than just codrivers-they become more than just friends. Lance pursue his desire to race on the F1 circuit and his love for Amy Lyn in the high-speed action-packed story of Kentucky Lightning, the story of Lance Courage.