Unable to drive Wally (Tony Dow) to a track meet in Bellport, Ward (Hugh Beaumont) reluctantly loans his car to Lumpy (Frank Bank) for that purpose. But there are conditions -- Ward warns Lumpy that he can only drive Wally and Beaver (Jerry Mathers), and that he'd better come straight home after the meet. Instead, Lumpy not only takes Eddie (Ken Osmond) along for the ride, but also tries to get back to Mayfield by way of an unauthorized short cut -- whereupon Ward's car incurs some damage, requiring an expensive repair job in a strange town! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi