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A talented young track runner finds his longtime plans to escape his tyrannical stepfather and rescue his girlfriend from a dead-end existence thrown into jeopardy by his incontrollable temper, the result of overexposure to gasoline fumes. As a young boy, Emilio promised Sandy that they would one day run away together, and start a new life somewhere else. When Emilio discovers that he can run like the wind, he sees his gift as his ticket out; if he can just land a scholarship, then he can quit working at his stepfather's gas station and keep his promise to Sandy. Unfortunately for both Emilio and Sandy, the temperamental track star's unpredictable violent streak may be the one fatal flaw in his otherwise foolproof plan.