“Crash-scarred driver Ken Akaba vows to quit racing, but record F-1 tests lure him back amid sabotage threats.”
Akai Pegasus
赤いペガサス
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Crash-scarred driver Ken Akaba vows to quit racing, but record F-1 tests lure him back amid sabotage threats.
Ken Akaba is a top-rank stock-car driver who was involved in a horrific accident, which killed 6 spectators. He was badly hurt, but he survived and promised his younger sister that he would give up racing. He goes to America to help his father develop a new Formula 1 racer, but in the testing of the car runs at speeds that set records—so the pressure is on for him to return to racing, this time in the F-1 circuit. He has supporters, but there are also those who don't want him to come back, including those who caused the original crash... (Source: MU) Included one-shots: Volume 14: F1 Circus, Le Mans
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A Manga Publication
- Format 114 × 14 ch × vol
- Total read 15h 12m approx
- Published Jun 1977 – Sep 1979
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M16768 catalog