Pre-World Racing Grand Prix

The Pre-World Racing Grand Prix is the third Arc in the series that goes from 65 to 103.

6 months after the fight with the Dark Signers, peace returned to New Domino City, and Yusei, Jack and Crow are preparing their Duel Runners for the World Racing Grand Prix that takes place 2 years later. As they wok on their Duel Runners, Trudge and Mina enter and tell them about a mysterious person called Ghost, who is making people crash. However Crow realizes they want them to help and makes them leave. Later, they learn Trudge was injured and rush to the Hospital. When Yusei asks Trudge what happened, Trudge tells him to not use Synchros against Ghost. Afterwards they decide to go after Ghost. As Yusei is searching, Ghost shows up and challanges him to a Turbo Duel. Although Yusei destroyed "Wise Core", Ghost used the effect to Special Summon "Meklord Emperor Wisel". After Yusei played Stardust, Ghost used his Meklord Emperor to absorb it, calling Wisel a "Synchro Killer". Despite this Yusei eventually gets it back, and with the help of the Mark of the Dragon, Synchro Summons "[[Majestic Star Dragon" and wins the Duel. However Yusei and his friends are shocked upon the realization that Ghost was just a robot. Yusaei begins to worry if a new threat is about to come forth.

A few side-episodes occur after this, such as Yusei going to Duel Academy to stop Leo, Luna and their classmates from being expelled or Yusei and Leo saving Luna from an undead Spirit.

Yusei is later kidnapped by a group who want him on their team for the World Racing Grand Prix. When Yusei refused, the car he was in was controlled to go into the ocean, but Akiza breaks the back of the truck off with her |Psychic Duelist|Psychic Powers]], which lets them both escape on his Duel Runner. Yusei then Turbo Duels against a Mysterous Turbo Duelist, who forces him by saying if he stops the bomb in his Duel Runner will go off. As they Duel, Yusei can tell this person isn't like the people who tried to kidnapp him, commenting that they're having fun. It is then revealed that the threat to his Duel Runer was a bluff. The person takes off their helmet. She says her name is Sherry and planned to take Yusei as well, but considered this a meet and greet and then continued the Duel with Yusei. As they continued the Duel, Sherry revealed her reason for participating in the tournament, which was to get revenge due to her family being murdered by Yliaster. The Duel ends with no result due to the interference of the people who tried to kidnapp Yusei. Yusei begins to think about what he Duels for.

Troubled by Ghosts power, Yusei trys to find a way to Duel without bringing out a Synchro Monster, but Jack calls off the match, saying they have to fight with their Synchros. Later in the day, Lazar greets the World Racing Grand Prix participants and states what will happen.