An automotive spectacle in which five costumed racers drive wacky race cars cross-country from New York to "New Los Angeles", scoring points with hit-and-run killings awarded on a sliding scale, with highest points for hitting children and the elderly! In addition to "Calamity Jane", "Matilda the Hun" and "Nero the Hero", the hottest contestants are "Machine Gun" Joe Viturbo and the reigning champion "Frankenstein", whose "Death Race" prowess has reached near-mythic proportions.