As Toadsworth approached them, Toad and Toadette got up slowly from the sand. Toad immediately looked over at Toadette, who was already getting to her feet, and still confused about what had just happened.

Toad and Toadette finally received their championship ribbons, and despite his fatigue, Toad jumped up, happier than he had ever been in his life. After his moment of celebration, Toadsworth approached him.

"Uh, Mr. Toad, sir, I'm sorry I forgot inform you that you will be going to the major-leagues. You see… uh, something happened, and he had to change our plans at the last minute so that the winner could go on."

"Oh, really?" Toad said, trying to sound surprised.

"Hey, they're awake!" Bowser shouted from afar. "Mr. Toadsworth, sir, their kart didn't even go past the finish line! They lost!" Bowser pouted.

"Yes, but Toad and Toadette won, not their kart."

"What? But… I… You can't-"

"Yes I can, Bowser. Now why don't you go home with all the other racers?"

Bowser looked around at the stands, and saw all of the crowd emptying out. He stomped away, angrily. Toadsworth watched him go, then looked back at Toad and smiled.

"By the way, Toad, before you go to the major-leagues, I must ask you: would you like to keep your current partner or draft a new one?"

Toad looked at Toadette, and smiled. "I think I'll keep my partner."

"Very well then," Toadsworth said. "Congratulations to you both, and I'll see you next year in the major-leagues!" Toadsworth then left the desert.

"Well, see you next year Toad!" Toadette said, smiling at him once again. She also left, leaving only Toad. Toad looked around at the familiar track, the tornados still blowing around, and the ancient stone pillars he constantly had to dodge. The next time he raced here, it wouldn't be for a championship, but only for 10 points.

However, Mario Circuit races wouldn't just be for 10 points anymore. If he ever raced at Mario Circuit again, it would be for the major-league championship, with the Ultimate Champion trophy on the sideline.

Toad then realized that his kart was nowhere to be found. He started to walk the entire track to search for it, but then he saw a pipe buried in the sand that he had never seen before. "Maybe it fell in here," Toad thought to himself, and jumped down.

He landed in a large, dark cave, with a long path that led somewhere, but it was too dark to see. There were torches on the side of the path, and Toad took one of them, using it to walk down the path. There were no twists or turns, but only a single path that Toad still couldn't see the end of.

Then, he saw the dark outline of a kart. It was sitting at the end of the path, in a small circular room. There was a sign at the outside of the room that read: "Bowser's Masterpiece in construction. DO NOT TOUCH."

Toad approached the kart, and shined the torch to it. It looked almost identical to his first kart, only it was gold instead of blue, and it was quite a bit larger. Then, Toad realized that the path he had walked down was actually a testing track for the kart. Excited at realizing this, he jumped into the new kart and started it up. The engine roared and the kart's brand new features came to life. "Hmm, it seems to work alright. Time to try it out!"

Toad turned the kart towards the path and stepped on the gas pedal. It jumped forward abruptly, causing him to stop the kart. After he had gotten used to its acceleration, he rode the kart up and down the track, sometimes going fast, but then having to stop quickly. The kart rode smoothly, and seemed to be finished. "Wow!" Toad exclaimed. "This thing is better than my old kart!"

Toad took the kart out of the cave, and then rode it back home. "Too bad Bowser forgot to pick it up!" Toad laughed, but then his laughter turned to seriousness.

"Maybe he didn't forget. Maybe there's something missing from it." But then he laid back and relaxed as his kart rode down the road. "Oh, who cares? It's faster than my old kart! I can't wait to show this to Toadette!"

Toad got home and sat on his couch. He turned on his TV, but this time, he wasn't bored. He waited excitedly for June 1st of next year, when he would finally begin his career in the major-leagues. His dream came to mind again:

Once again, he saw himself holding a trophy, only this time it was the Ultimate Champion trophy; he and Toadette were champions of the major-leagues. He thought about his new kart, and knew that he could do it, and that nobody would stop him.