After allowing fugitive Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) to evade arrest, former LAPD officer Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) finds himself on the run from the force and the FBI and leaves Los Angeles to start a new life, using a red 2001 Mitsubishi 3000GT. He travels through the U.S, drag racing against the locals and winning large amounts of money. However, the FBI issues a country-wide manhunt against Brian and one day, the police locate him and repossess his car, forcing him to leave on foot. A girl picks him up after he hitchhikes a ride, and she drops him off at the local car lot, where he buys a rusty sea blue 1999 Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 with the money he won, and he tunes it up and paints it silver. After several races won, he decides to go to Miami, where he settles.