Season 1 - Episode Guide

In the heart of England there's a secret passion - an obsession that's divided two rival families for 40 years. Gears and Tears is the story behind a single stock car season and the bitter real-life battle between the sport's two main clans - the Wainmans from Yorkshire and the Smiths from Lancashire. This is a latter-day War of the Roses where passion, pride and family are everything. All that matters will be victory at the end of a ferocious campaign that goes all the way to the World Finals.

The real-life battle between stock car racing's two rival families reaches boiling point as the Wainmans accuse the Smiths of cheating with their new car design. Rob Cowley, the racing hairdresser, is nursing a spectacular bruise in an embarrassing place. Meanwhile, a welcome touch of glamour is about to enter the pits as 17-year-old Georgia Neachell swaps her pony for a 740 brake horse power stock car.

Revenge is the order of the day for the rival stockcar dynasties as the Smiths and Wainmans go head-to-head in the European Championships, the most prestigious event of the season so far - at Northampton International Raceway. Torrential rain makes for atrocious driving conditions, but does nothing to cool the tempers of the women from the warring families. Meanwhile, bad boy Chris Cowley is back from his ban and determined to impress his new girlfriend. Can he pull off a surprise result?

It's the biggest race of the UK stockcar year, and a time for old scores to be settled between the Smith and Wainman families. This is the most bitterly fought World Final in history, with Paul Hines, the fastest-man in double glazing and a rank outsider, determined to break through and snatch the silverware for himself.

Meanwhile, for the womenfolk, when the chequered flag comes down the gloves come off in their long-standing battle for pole position.

A tale of thwarted love as the stockcar saga takes a truly Shakespearean twist. In the emotional climax of the World Final, a real life story of Romeo and Juliet emerges between the rival camps of the Smiths and the Wainmans. Will young love prevail - or can the enmity between the families only be sorted out in the mayhem of the track?

The grand finale of the stockcar season arrives, and with it, the final showdown between the Smith and Wainman clans. Has Frankie Wainman still got the hunger to beat the Smiths, or has he lost his focus? It's time for a dose of tough love to get Frankie's season back on track. But Frankie's eyes are on a different prize as he prepares his 10-year-old son for his first big race; a new generation of Smiths and Wainmans is waiting in the wings.