Intent on winning a competition in place of her distinguished late father, beautiful young heiress Dale (Brooke Shields) takes on the guise of a man and competes in his spot, embarking on a car race that crosses the unforgiving Sahara desert. Although the villainous Rasoul (John Rhys-Davies) abducts Dale, the suave sheik Jaffar (Lambert Wilson) comes to her rescue. As Dale and Jaffar face more challenges and struggle to win the rally, they begin to fall for each other.