Cars

[Inhaling and exhaling deeply]

[male] Okay. Here we go. Focus.

Speed. I am speed.

[cars whizzing past]

One winner, 42 losers.

I eat losers for breakfast.

[car accelerating]

Breakfast.

Wait, maybe I

should have had breakfast.

A little breck-y could be good for me.

No, no, no, stay focused. Speed.

[cars whizzing]

I'm faster than fast.

Quicker than quick.

I am lightning!

[pounding on door]

[male] Hey, Lightning! You ready?

[Sheryl Crow:
Real Gone]

Oh, yeah. Lightning's ready.

[engine revving]

[Engine revs]

[Crowd cheers]

Ka-chow!

[Cars zooming]

Cars.

[Cars whooshing]

[Both scream]

[All cheer]

Get your antenna balls here!

Go, Lightnin'!

- Whoo!

- You got that right, slick. [whistles]

[Air wrench whirring]

Uh! [screams]

[Engine revs]

- [Male] Welcome back to the Dinoco 400.

- [Crowd cheers]

I'm Bob Cutlass, here

with my good friend, Darrell Cartrip.

We're midway through what may

be an historic day for racing.

Bob, my oil pressure's

through the roof.

If this gets more exciting, they're

gonna have to tow me outta the booth!

Right, Darrell.

[Bob] Three cars are tied

for the season points lead,

heading into the final race

of the season.

And the winner of this race will win

the season title and the Piston Cup.

Does The King, Strip Weathers,

have one more victory in him

before retirement?

[Darrell] He's been Dinoco's golden boy

for years!

Can he win them one last Piston Cup?

[Bob] And, as always, in the

second place spot we find Chick Hicks.

He's been chasing

that tailfin his entire career.

[Darrell] Chick thought

this was his year.

His chance to finally emerge

from The King's shadow.

But the last thing he expected was...

Lightning McQueen!

[Bob] You know, I don't think

anybody expected this.

The rookie sensation

came into the season unknown.

But everyone knows him now.

[Darrell] Will he be the first rookie

to win a Piston Cup and land Dinoco?

[Bob] The legend, the runner-up,

and the rookie!

Three cars, one champion!

[Breaks screeching]

No you don't.

- [Chuckling]

- Hey!

- [Tires squealing]

- [Crowd booing]

What a ride!

[Chuckling]

Go get 'em, McQueen!

Go get 'em!

[Female] I love you, Lightning!

- Dinoco is all mine.

- [Screaming]

[Darrell] Trouble, turn three!

- Get through that, McQueen.

- [Bob] Huge crash behind the leaders!

[Crowd gasps]

[Screaming]

[Giggling]

- [Grunts]

- [Gasps]

[Both screaming]

[Bob] Wait a second, Darrell.

McQueen is in the wreckage.

[Darrell] There's no way the rookie

can make it through!

Not in one piece, that is.

[Exhaling]

Yeah!

Lightning! Oh!

[Darrell] Look at that!

McQueen made it through!

[Bob] A spectacular move

by Lightning McQueen!

Yeah! Ka-chow!

McQueen! McQueen! McQueen!

McQueen! McQueen! McQueen!

Yeah, McQueen! Ka-chow! [honking]

[Bob] While everyone

heads into the pits,

McQueen stays out to take the lead!

Don't take me out, coach.

I can still race!

[Air wrench whirring]

[Chuckling] What do you think?

A thing of beauty.

- McQueen made it!

- [Chick] What?

He's not pitting!

You gotta get me out there!

Let's go! Get me back out there!

McQueen's not going into the pits!

[Darrell] The rookie fired his

crew chief. The third this season!

- [Bob] Says he likes working alone.

- Go, go!

Looks like Chick

got caught up in the pits.

Yeah, after a stop like that,

he's got a lot of ground to make up.

Get ready, boys,

we're coming to the restart!

[Crowd cheers]

Come on, come on, come on!

We need tires now!

Come on, let's go!

- No, no, no, no! No tires, just gas!

- [Male] What?

You need tires, you idiot!

[Darrell] Looks like it's

gas-and-go's for McQueen today.

[Bob] Right. No tires again.

[Darrell] That's a short-term gain,

long-term loss,

but it's workin' for him. He obviously

knows somethin' we don't know.

[Cars whizzing]

[Bob] This is it, Darrell. One lap to go

and Lightning McQueen has a huge lead.

He's got it in the bag.

Call in the dogs and put out the fire!

We're gonna crown us a new champion!

[Crowd cheers and whistles]

[Screaming]

- Checkered flag, here I come!

- [Tire blows]

[Darrell] No! McQueen's blown a tire!

[Bob] And with only one turn to go!

Can he make it?

- You fool!

- [Grunts]

[Male] McQueen's blown a tire!

He's blown a tire!

Go, go, go!

- [Grunting]

- [Tire blows]

[Darrell] He's lost another tire!

- King and Chick come up fast!

- [Bob] They're entering turn three!

Come on. [grunting]

I don't believe

what I'm watching, Bob!

Lightning McQueen

is 100 feet from his Piston Cup!

[Gasping]

[Growling]

[Bob] The King and Chick

rounding turn four.

[Darrell] Down the stretch they come!

And it's, and it's...

- It's too close to call! Too close!

- I don't believe it!

Lightning!

- The most spectacular, amazing...

- I don't believe it!

...unequivocally, unbelievable ending

in the history of the world!

- And we don't know who won!

- Look at that!

[Tape jittering]

[Slow motion drone]

- That's very close to call.

- Can we play that again?

Hey, no cameras! Get outta here!

We're here in Victory Lane,

awaiting the results.

We're here in Victory Lane,

awaiting the results.

McQueen, that was a risky move,

not taking tires.

Tell me about it!

Are you sorry you didn't have

a crew chief out there?

Oh, Kori. There's a lot more to racing

than just winning.

I mean, taking the race by a full lap...

Where's the entertainment in that?

I wanted to give folks a little sizzle.

- Sizzle?

- Am I sorry I don't have a crew chief?

No, I'm not.

'Cause I'm a one-man show.

What? Oh, yeah, right.

That was a confident

Lightning McQueen.

Live from Victory Lane,

I'm Kori Turbowitz.

- Get outta the shot.

- Yo, Chuck.

Chuck, what are you doing?

You're blockin' the camera!

- Everyone wants to see the bolt.

- What?

- Now, back away.

- That's it! Come on, guys.

- Whoa, team! Where are you going?

- We quit, Mr. One-Man Show!

Oh, OK, leave. Fine.

How will I ever find anyone else

who knows how to fill me up with gas?

[Crowd laughs]

- Adios, Chuck!

- And my name is not Chuck!

Oh, whatever.

Hey, Lightning! Yo! McQueen!

Seriously, that was some

pretty darn nice racin' out there.

- By me!

- Oh, yeah.

- Zinger!

- Welcome to the Chick era, baby!

The Piston Cup...

It's mine, dude. It's mine.

Hey, fellas, how do you think

I'd look in Dinoco blue? Dinoco blue!

In your dreams, Thunder.

Yeah, right. Thunder?

What's he talkin' about, "Thunder"?

You know, 'cause thunder

always comes after lightning.

Ka-ping! Ka-pow!

- Who knew about the thunder thing?

- I didn't.

- Give us the bolt!

- That's right.

Right in the lens.

- Show me the bolt, baby!

- Smile, McQueen!

- Show me the bolt, McQueen!

- That's it!

[Electronic music]

[Crowd chattering]

That was one close finish.

You sure made Dinoco proud.

Thank you, King.

Well, Tex, you've been

good to me all these years.

It's the least I could do.

Whatever happens, you're a winner

to me, you old daddy rabbit.

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