Speed Racer: The Next Generation Season 1 Episode 1 The Beginning Part 1 Episode Title:The Beginning Part 1.Episode Description:Speed arrives at the Racing Academy and meets all of the main cast. With no race car of his own, Conor lets him use a junky, spare one for the Qualifying Race, known as "LOST HERO". Having destroyed the car, his key, which was left to him by his mysterious father, glows, and leads him to find the Mach Five's hood disassembled from the other pieces of the car. Speed and his friends rebuild the Mach Five and test it out. However, Annalise, under Zile's orders, destroys it in a match against X. Spritle reveals a shocking surprise to Speed; that he is Speed Racer's son and is X's long lost brother. Speed and his friends discover the secret plans to build the Mach Six and its unique engine from the remains of the Mach 5. Speed uses the new car to race once again against Annalise, and wins.