It looks like Steve's buddy Polo is the favored "good bet" to win first place in the upcoming stock car race. But another team has their eye on the prize and will get it any way they can, including committing dirty deeds to win.

When flowers, notes and constant shadowing become a part of his pattern, the open admiration of Tom, a lonely young man, begins to frighten Jane Mulligan.

At first, Jane is flattered by the attention a deliveryman is giving her. But after he quits his job and begins to stalk her, flattery turns to fear and then anger.