Toad was sitting in his kart, at the starting line in Bowser's Castle, waiting for the race to start. He started to think about the future. He wondered if he would win this year, and be invited to the major-leagues, or if some new enemy would stand in his way and stop him. He knew that even with Toadette and his golden mushroom kart, it was going to be a struggle to make it to the top and win.

And then, there was the question of the major-leagues. Toad hadn't been a new member of a racing league for 4 years now. Would he finish in last place every race, or would he be the next Ultimate Champion, and win it all? The questions flooded through his mind.

"Let's go, Toad!" Toadette shouted, again waking him from his mind wander. Toad gripped the steering wheel tight, with his dream still in mind: He wanted to be the Ultimate Champion of Mario Kart, and nobody was gonna stop him. But first, he needed to leave the minor-leagues, once and for all.

Red, Yellow... GREEN! Everyone took off. Before long, it was Toad and Bowser again, neck-to-neck.

"Not in my house!" Bowser shouted, and attempted to push Toad off the bridge and into the water. Toad slammed the gas pedal and turned a bit to the right, as Bowser drove off the bridge.

"I think you meant, not in my castle!" Toad shouted back, and sped off into 1st place. He took shortcuts he had never seen before, avoided fireballs from the castle's traps, and got the perfect items to keep others away, despite being in first place, which usually got him bad items.

Eventually, Toad and Toadette pulled past the finish line in 1st place, ending the first three quarters of the racing season. They had 1,130 points now, and they were in 1st place overall in the entire league, beating Bowser and Bowser Jr., who only had 1,010 points.

Toad looked at the season standings and knew that if he and Toadette kept up their amazing racing skills, they could qualify to race in the minor-league championship race.