A teenager from the Midwest who never fits in at school, home, or society finally discovers his purpose through racing and blue-collar work to give his mom a better life, escape his hometown, and become someone younger kids can look up too.

SYNOPSIS:

Herman Hernandez is a teenager who never seems to fit anywhere. After discovering a passion for cars in his automotive class, he becomes a tire technician and begins rebuilding his grandfather's old convertible that has been sitting in his garage.

As Herman works toward becoming a better driver, mechanic, and person, he begins to believe that he has to do everything alone. Long nights in the garage, early mornings, school, work, and sacrifices consume his life as he chases his dream of making it to the Grid.

Along the way, Herman discovers that cars and racing aren't about fame, money, or attention. They're about the people who believed in him when nobody else did. Through his relationship with a younger kid who reminds him of himself, Herman begins to understand the person he wants to become.

The Grid isn't ultimately about racing.

It's about a young man trying to find his place in a world where some people are handed opportunities and others have to build their own. It's about family, friendship, grief, work, disappointment, and the difference between wanting to escape your life and actually building a better one.

Herman wants to make it to the Grid. But along the way, he learns that the real race was never just about getting behind the wheel. It was about becoming the person capable of getting there.

In the end, Herman doesn't escape his hometown. He learns how to move forward. His grandfather's convertible disappears into the distance.

THE GRID