Safari 3000 (1982)

Reporter JJ wants to write a story about an Afrika rallye 3000 km across desert and steppe Unfortunately her driver and car get lost only days before the start so she hires exstuntman Eddie and buys a wreck of a car from her last money Eddie can help her to a new motor by stealing it from the ruthless count Borgia who from now on is their hardest and meanest competitor in the rallye