As the drivers await instructions for the next leg of The Race, Alex and Corinna get a head-start when they are awarded the "Jump Start" - the ability to skip ahead a checkpoint, upon completion of a task. Unfortunately, the task hits too close to home for Alex, and they are forced to reconsider - until Corinna realises there are two competitors, with the skills to help complete the task, who would do anything for the opportunity to skip ahead with them... Elsewhere, Wendy gets some bad news that forces her to drop out of The Race - but Ivy doesn't exactly agree with that decision; Rob finally discovers that Ellie has been keeping his AWOL status from him, and makes a decision that will affect their status in The Race; and Susan and Leigh make a valiant attempt to get back into The Race - although The Sponsors, it seems, have other ideas for the New Orleans pair...
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.