Tim Pearson is soon to graduate from the local high school. In an escapade following the senior prom, which ends with his father's Cadillac in a local stream, Tim hikes to a demolition derby site, for a tow. There, he meets the owner, Michelle 'Mike' Cody, who asks Ernie 'Slam' Webster to help Tim retrieve the car. The three soon find their lives are irretrievably entwined.