 Rafael Sorvino and Ruben Thomas have been life long friends as well as team mates on the Aprilia World Superbike racing team. Raf s father/manager has a gambling problem and owes $100k. Raf discovers this and tells his father to bet everything on him to win the next race, then, he s fired. During the race, Ruben crashes right in front of Rafael. Could he avoid him? He runs him over and goes on to win the race. Ruben is paralyzed from the waist down and Rafael is suspended pending an investigation. Ruben s girlfiend Savannah once harbored a secret love for Rafael, now she ll never leave Ruben. Rafael must come to grips with his best friend s paralysis and reevaluate his life. Ruben moves on with his life, becomming a journalist for a motorsport magazine and Rafael must decide if he ll ever get back on a bike and rejoin the racing team and whether to reveal his love for Savannah.