And so it begins! On the search for his missing wife, Alex Tully is coerced into heading down to Florida Keys for answers... Wendy Patrakas, desperate to keep her newborn baby away from her unhappy husband, recieves a call to head to Florida Quays... Winston Salazar, just-bailed from prison by an unknown benefactor, recieves a call with the chance to start his life anew. They are just three of the many given the opportunity to take part in The Race, a secret, and illegal, cross-country road race. As The Race starts, the drivers meet their competitors, as well as the mysterious Corinna, a stowaway on Alex's truck who might have answers to the whole thing - or at least, something very important to The Sponsors of The Race, seeing as they've sent someone after her to retrieve it. As the racers head for their first destination, not everything goes to plan - and one Racer finds themselves first at the mercy of the law, and then at the mercy of The Sponsors...
Drive follows the lives of a group of Americans racing each other in a sinister and possibly mortal cross-country race. Each has a special reason to compete - and each must win. Among the racers are two brothers in a stolen, pimped-out Cadillac that carries secrets of its own, a man trying to find his missing wife, a scientist and his teenage daughter, and others. No one knows who they're racing or where the finish line is, so anything is possible.