The intense hill climb battle between Keisuke and Go Hojo is coming to the end of second round. Keisuke engages in attack mode and Go Hojo starts to get tense. Meanwhile, Shinji Inui has revealed to especially Mako and Sayuki, who has been with him, that he would be the racer of the downhill battle against Takumi. The episode ends with Takumi racing against Shinji as both AE86 cars passing the screen as the race begins, it fades to black with a notice of the next battle coming soon on the next stage of the anime, hinting that the true conclusion of the race will have to wait.