'The driver''(James Taylor) and 'the mechanic' (Dennis Wilson) are on the road to nowhere in particular in a souped-up '55 Chevy on Route 66 with a disaffected hitchhiker in tow. They end up in a drag-race with Warren Oates' irascible middle-aged loner, G.T.O., whose 1970 Pontiac the "punk road-hogs" seemingly covet.