"The secret to his victory was the power of the spin! I have to win this race, no matter the cost. That man does not volunteer details of his past. Who wore you before all this? Wherever you're from, it isn't America! Are you going to nip at my heels in the second stage of the race, Johnny Joe Star? The second stage is Herculean, covering some 750 miles in total. What the hell am I looking at, sir? A massacre carried out during your steel ball run. Mountain Tim? A cowboy forged in the crucible of the West. How am I supposed to win the race in peace, knowing it contained so vile a villain? I can't figure out what's going on! Tyrone! The knife is heading straight for you too! Look out! Something more than human about him. I don't know, I can't put my finger on it. He passed into an area feared by the native people who called it the Devil's Palm. It draws out latent abilities that lie dormant within a person. Gyro Zeppeli did indeed find it, in the sands of the Devil's Palm. You have my loyalty, Mr. President. Leave in the spin, Johnny! There's no end to what you can do with it! This is what I joined the race to do, to learn the secret of Gyro Spin! That which stands against, that's what I call it. My stand. This ability that saved me. How could I have a... stand?"