Based on the 1991 comic of the same title by manhwa artist Huh Young-man, it aired on SBS from May 17 to July 6, 1995, on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.

His younger brother Dong-seok (Jung Woo-sung) hates their father, and leaves the country to become a car racer in the United States.

Asphalt Man began shooting in late 1994 with an estimated production budget of ₩1 billion per episode.

Filming took 5 months, at the Hyundai auto factory plant in Ulsan and in Dongducheon, including 45 days of overseas location shoots in the United States, which was rare at that time for a Korean drama.

The snow rally in the drama's climax was shot in Utah, though several cast and crew members reportedly suffered from oxygen deficiency.