Mind Over Motor

Ellis, a slick race promoter with a penchant for manipulation, coaxes the exuberant Tish—dubbed an "automaniac" for her reckless affection for automobiles—into funding a high‑stakes motor contest under the guise of innocent patronage. Jasper McCutcheon, Tish’s loyal confidant and a formidable driver, teeters on the brink of victory when Ellis’s hired thugs violently eject him from the track, a calculated sabotage to preserve the promoter’s hidden agenda. The sheriff, wielding the threat of conspiracy charges, informs Tish that only an outsider's triumph can spare her from imprisonment. Spurred by desperation and an unanticipated surge of resolve, Tish commandeers a sleek racing machine, thrusting herself into the frenzied competition. Defying gender conventions of the era, she navigates treacherous bends, outpaces seasoned racers, and clinches the win, thereby securing her freedom and exposing Ellis’s duplicitous machinations.