When Jordon tries to let him pass, he boxes them in, switching lanes so neither car can get around him. Jordon makes Austin pull over and takes the driver's seat just as they catch up to Mickey and Bobby in the SUV, Rusty Nail catches up to the group and starts laying on his horn.
This is clearly a sore subject for Austin, who vents his frustration by messing with a truck driver (who just happens to be Rusty Nail) and then speeding off. They tease Austin about a wreck he had previously gotten in.
Barry tells them that stretch of highway is unpatrolled, which appeals to Austin, who wants to be able to test the limits of their car on the open road, so they agree to go that way.Īustin drives the racecar and Jordon, Jewel, and Alisa ride along. Jenkins stops in for a cup of coffee and denies Barry's claims, encouraging them to take 17. When they ask a creepy truck driver, Barry, for directions, he warns them against taking 17 he tells them it's called "Slaughter Alley" (which the cops at the scene of Rob and Candy's deaths also claimed) and tells them the story of Rusty Nail, who has become something of an urban legend. When they stop at Headingley Grill for lunch, Austin finds Highway 17 on a map he discovers that it would shorten their journey by a day and give them more time to get the lay of the land.
Racecar drivers Jordon and Austin, along with their team-Jewel (manager and Jordon's girlfriend), Mickey (mechanic and pit crew chief), Alisa (PR), and Bobby (groupie) - are caravanning from Kansas to Canada so that they can compete in the Road Rally 1000 they have an SUV with a flatbed trailer for the racecar, and walkie-talkies to communicate from car to car. Later, the authorities are called to the scene Officer Williams, a newly appointed deputy, wants to investigate further but is encouraged by Officer Jenkins to make it an open-and-shut case. Thinking they have made it, Candy reaches for the bag of drugs her chain is pulled into the axle, and she and Rob are both pulled underneath the still-moving truck and killed. After riding awhile, Rob calls out that they have ridden for at least a mile, and Rusty Nail agrees. He tapes a bag of meth to the windshield of his truck, telling them they can have the drugs after they make it. If one of them falls, the other will be pulled off the truck by the chain, and both will die under the truck. He takes them to a deserted stretch of Highway 17 and tells them he will let them go if they can hang onto the hood of the truck for a mile.
Rob and Candy are chained to each other and the driveshaft of Rusty Nail's truck. When Rob answers the door, Rusty realizes he's been tricked and takes the pair captive. When they run out of drugs, Rob convinces Candy to use the CB to lure a trucker to their room, so they can rob him. Rob and Candy are holed up in a motel room, using methamphetamine and having sex. ( October 2015) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed.