Legacy Drive
GENRE
ACTION ADVENTURE DRAMA
Core Theme
OVERCOMING OBSTACLES
TIME PERIOD
Contemporary
COMPARABLE TITLES
RUSH, DAYS OF THUNDER, RACING IN THE RAIN
CHARACTER LIST
• BILL WATSON: 28. LEAD. DRIVEN AND SERIOUS.
• CHAD. BILL'S SON WHO ENDS UP PARALYZED FROM THE WAIST DOWN.
• WILLIAM. BILL'S FATHER AND LEGENDARY AUSTRALIAN RACE CAR DRIVER. MENTOR.
• ABBEY, 20S. THE GIRL BILL WOULD END UP WITH.
Logline
As the son of an Australian motorsport legend, Bill Watson's life and family have just taken a devastating blow. Now living under the shadow of his father's legacy, Bill must overcome himself and his obstacles, all while racing at nearly 200mph.
Target Audiences
Age: 18-34,35-54
Target Gender: Universal,Male Leaning
Setting
Austin, TX and Australia
Based on a True Story
No
Publishing Details
Status: Yes: self-published
Publisher: Self-published
Year Published: 2019
Starting Description
Bill Watson is a racing driver supported by his wife, Lena, and son, Chad. During Bill’s next race, the rain begins to fall and he makes a costly error. Driving home, the family is involved in an accident. Bill wakes up days later to realize Lena is dead and Chad is paralyzed from the waist down.
Ending Description
Battling at the track where his dad became a legend, Bill races against his rival for the win but ultimately finishes second at the Bathurst 1000. Bill earns the respect of his rival but, even greater, hears the words of his son who’s been mute ever since the accident.
Group Specific
Motorsports
Hard Copy Available
Yes
ISBN
978-1-7330253-1-7
Mature Audience Themes
Information not completed
Plot - Other Elements
Meaningful Message,Twist
Plot - Premise
Tragedy,Voyage and Return,Internal Journey/Rebirth
Main Character Details
Name: Bill Watson
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Role: Protagonist
Key Traits: Aspiring,Blunt,Badass,Charming,Confident,Faithful,Educated,Masculine,Modest,Selfless,Skillful,Underdog,Adventurous,Complex,Decisive,Empathetic,Flexible,Gracious,Heroic,Honorable
Additional Character Details
Name: Derek Renshaw
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Role: Antagonist
Key Traits: Badass,Aggressive,Charming,Confident,Crazy,Decisive,Greedy,Lone Wolf,Unapologetic,Sarcastic,Masculine,Villainous,Blunt,Power Hungry,Narcisstic,Outspoken
Additional Character Details
Name: Lena Watson
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Role: emotional
Key Traits: Adventurous,Aspiring,Confident,Decisive,Empathetic,Faithful,Engaging,Gracious,Blunt,Selfless,Outspoken,Seductive,Honorable,Charming,Flexible,Modest
Additional Character Details
Name: Greg Foster
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Role: mentor
Key Traits: Aspiring,Charming,Confident,Empathetic,Engaging,Faithful,Flexible,Gracious,Educated,Honorable,Leader,Sophisticated,Funny,Skillful,Selfless,Modest
Brief
As the son of an Australian motorsport legend, Bill Watson's life and family have just taken a devastating blow. Now living under the shadow of his father's legacy, Bill must overcome himself and his obstacles, all while racing at nearly 200mph.
What We Liked
- Fast cars;
- Characters dealing with tragedy;
- Fierce competition;
- Attractive characters and designs;
- Danger;
- There's a lot of racing action and Bill is reluctantly pulled back into the sport
despite several major tragedies in his life;
- He has to do what matters the most for his family, which means driving at 200 mph.
Synopsis
A man with a cane walks with his grandson who asks him to tell him “the story.” BILL, 28, is a race car driver. On the way home from the track, his wife LENA gets them into a horrible accident. She dies, and their son CHAD is paralyzed from the waist down. He also stops talking. Bill gets an offer to live in Australia with GREG, who will help rehabilitate Chad for free. Bill and Chad move in with Greg. Bill, the son of Australian racing legend William, gets tempted to get back into racing. Bill has brain cancer and only a few years to live.
NICK, ABBEY, RICHARD and TUBBS are his new friends. Nick is a fellow race car driver, Abbey becomes his love interest, Richard is the hard-ass head of the racing team and Tubbs is a huge man who puts Nick and Bill through grueling workouts to prepare them to drive in the biggest race in the world. Chad is happy his dad is racing again, although he still won’t speak. During the practice/qualifying laps on the track, the car is ruined. The race seems to be over for them. The next day, they have a nearly brand new car. Bill’s business partner and dad put in the money to fix the car and they’re back in the race.
Nick and Bill will share the driving in the race. Bill’s nemesis, DEREK, plays mind games and is usually just ahead of them in the race. Bill navigates the dangerous and hard turns on the infamous track with great skill - but misses winning by a fraction of a second. Derek is the winner but Bill’s team are happy and consider it a victory nonetheless. Chad finally speaks. Bill dies from cancer in a couple years and Chad becomes a race car driver and tells his grandson all about his father.