一群来自世界各地的赛车手，参加一场由美国东岸横跨至西岸的非法赛车，各选手勾心斗角力求得胜。因其中有反对此项赛车的人掳走政客助理为人质，导致警方追查，全体选手乃合力突破警方路障。This comedy film brings Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and an all-star cast to the starting line of the ultimate auto race, a madcap cross-country scramble that roars full-speed ahead. This action-comedy was inspired by an actual event: the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, an anything goes, all-stops-out - and very much illegal - competition that has grown to legendary proportions within the last ten years.