When former friends and rival Nascar racers JJ SAWYER and CUTTER MCCONAUGHEY collide in a fiery accident on the track, only JJ survives. Sixteen years later, he is a guilt-ridden ‘truckie’ transporting race cars from track to track without a life. Unexpectedly stopping in his home town, JJ discovers that Cutter’s race car has been completely restored and now, because of JJ’s presence, it comes alive, haunted by its old driver. The car wants revenge and it wants JJ. Mile after brutal mile the highway becomes a battleground, resulting in a final confrontation which must bring an end to the frightening rampage of the Phantom Racer.