American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the dominating race cars of Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.

基于Nathaniel Rich在《纽约时报》上发表的文章《The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare》，围绕罗伯特·比洛特展开，他担任辩护律师长达8年之久，他对化工巨头杜邦公司提起了环境诉讼，这场官司揭露了几十年来杜邦公司化学污染的历史。