Dell Loomis is the man who gave Colt his break and he has been holding it over his head to get him to do things for him. He is also duplicitous. Presently, he has Colt working on a tenth-rate picture and provides him with shoddy equipment. When Colt's truck is damaged, he says that Colt has to pay for it himself. He then tells Colt that if he competes in a desert race to get some footage he needs for the film, he might be able to pay for his truck. But what he doesn't tell Colt is that he made a wager with a Vegas wise guy who, after learning how good Colt is and that they stand to lose $500,000, sends a man whom Colt once caught to make sure that Colt doesn't win.