Blurb from the back cover:
The summer he turned sixteen was one which Skip Kilian would never forget. For that year he met the young engineering student, Johnny Madero.
Together they thoughtfully planned and carefully build a slick, high-powered sports car, and spent long, dangerous hours testing, remodelling and redesigning until it was ready for a racing competition.
But then the real action began as Skip and The Bucket of Thunderbolts streaked their way towards the big race of the year, a race with was to test both the car and Skip. And to win the big one, Skip needed all the patience, skill and endurance that he'd found during the thrill-packed summer.
