Drive is the hidden puppet masters that sponsor the race, as the storyline develops, an American action play television series set against the background of an illegal crosscountry automobile road race, emphasizing the unwilling and willing competitors and. Minear has clarified the show's thematic tone by saying"a secret, illegal, underground road-race can be anything in Cannonball Run to The Sport to North by Northwest to Magnolia-on-wheels. Ours is those things."