In 2009, college student Nick O'Bannon watched a car race with his girlfriend Lori Milligan and their friends Hunt Wynorski and Janet Cunningham at McKinley Speedway for their semester break.
Nick has a premonition that there will be an accident at the racetrack that sends debris into the stands, causing the front to collapse. As Nick panics, a fight breaks out and several people leave the stadium, including Lori, Hunt, Janet, racist tow truck driver Carter Daniels, mother Samantha Lane, mechanic Andy Kewzer, his girlfriend Nadia Monroy, and security guard George Lanter. As Nadia berates the group, a stray tire flies out of the stadium and beheads her. On one of the nights after the accident, Carter goes to George's house to burn a cross in his yard, blaming the guard for preventing him from saving his wife Cynthia at the speedway, but his tow truck sets it on fire and causes him to be dragged under. road before it explodes. The next day, Samantha was leaving a beauty salon when a rock pushed by a lawnmower was shot into her eye, killing her.