At the Los Angeles International Speedway Bob and Darrell were heard talking as Al Oft flies over, along with the spectators coming into the circuit.
"Hello, race fans, and welcome to what has become, quite simply, the biggest event in the history of racing. A three way battle for the Piston Cup!" Bob said.
"There's a crowd of nearly 200,000 cars here at the Los Angeles International Speedway. Tickets to this race are hotter than a black leather seat on a hot summer day!" Darrell said.
"The King, Chick Hicks and Lightning McQueen in a 200 laps, winner-takes-all, tiebreaker race." Bob said.
"You know I got a lotta miles on me, but let me tell you somethin' buddy. I never thought I'd see anything like this. Wow! Man, this is exciting!" Darrell said.
"In fact, the country has almost shut down, to watch what many experts are calling the race of the century." Bob said.
The King's pit crew had finished putting a new set of tires on his car, when Junior appeared.
"Hey, King! Good luck in your last race. You've sure been an inspiration to me." Junior said.
"Thanks, Junior. Appreciate it." The King said.
"Hey, be careful out there, okay?" Lynda said.
"Yeah, mam." he said.
Chick was with the press again, and Mia and Tia behind him.
"Oh! He's so hot!" Mia said.
"Oh, yeah. You wanna know the forecast? I'll give you the forecast. A 100 percent chance of THUNDER!" Chick said while the photographers were talking and the press took pictures as he poses. "Ka-chicka! Ka-chicka! Say it with me!"
"Ka-chicka! Ka-chicka! Ka-chicka!" they said.
At Mack's trailer the press started to surround it.
"Okay, here we go. Focus. Speed. I am speed." Lightning said to himself. "Victory. 1 winner, 2 losers. Speed, speed, speed, speed..." Lightning said.
The sound of birds singing is then heard as he sees Radiator Springs from Wheel Well, before changing to show Mater, Sheriff, Luigi, Guido, Sarge, Fillmore, Red, Ramone, Flo and Lizzie while in the town, then he show the whole of smiling while at just then, Mack knocks on the trailer's door.
"Hey, Lightning! Are you ready?" Mack said.
Lightning gasped.
"Y-yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm uh I'm ready." he said then opened the door and came out, noticing the press chattering indistinctly and taking pictures of him.
Then he walked to Mack, who was wearing a headset.
"Mack, thanks for being my pit crew today."
"Na. Don't worry about it, kid. It's the least I could do. After all, "Gas Can" is my middle name." he said.
"It is?"
"Nahh, not really."
The Alpha numeros are then shown driving along the track, forming the words "Piston Cup" as the crowd cheers. Then the Convoy Brothers are shown shouting as the camera pans past them, showing a caravan drinking Dinoco Light, and Syd VanDerKamper sitting in an inflatable pool surrounded by little palm trees, Dinoco cans and plastic flamingos. Barney Stormin is then shown completing his skywriting of "Piston Cup", and then hears Marco, Stu Bop and another jet heading towards him.]
"Uh-oh!" the driver said.
Small airplanes and flies out of the way. The jets then flew through the skywriting and over the circuit, where the crowd is cheering and laughing upon seeing them. Coriander Wide track giggles upon seeing them, wearing a Marco toy on her antenna. Two of the jets then fly away in different directions, as the screen then shows Artie and another announcer looking at the different cameras.
"Nelson! Zoom in. Ready, 16? Take 16." a TV crew said.
Then one of the TV cameras changed to show McQueen on the track with Chick and the King, as they warm up while behind Charlie Checker. While Bob and Darrell were talking, the cameramen aimed their cameras at Lightning.
"And there he is; "Lightning McQueen"! Missing all week, and then he turns up in the middle of nowhere! In a little town called Radiator Springs." Bob said.
"Wearing whitewall tires, of all things." Darrell said.
Then Lightning grunted as Chick's "C" sticker shone sunlight over his eyes.
"Ka-chicka, Ka-chicka, Ka-chicka!" Chick said then laughed. "Hey, where you been? I've been kinda lonely. Nobody to hang out with. I mean, except the Dinoco folks. Aw, and the twins. Of course. You know the twins the one that used to be your fans, but now they're my fans. Anyway, listen to what the twins think..."
Then Lightning daydreamed of when he saw Sally driving along the bridge beside the waterfall in then of and the rest of offering to teach him about the ways of friendship at the on. Just then, a green flag was waved as Dexter waved it to start the race. The King and Chick got on their way, but he wasn't ready.
"OH! McQueen spins out in the infield!" Bob said.
Mia and Tia gasped along with the crowd. Lightning then came to a stop on the infield.
"Just me and the old man, fellas. McQueen just doesn't have it today." Chick said chuckling.
Chick Hicks' Pit Crew all laughed while Lightning groaned and drove back onto the track.
"Hey, kid, are you alright?" Mack said through the radio.
"I don't know, Mack. I don't think I-"
"I didn't come all this way to see you quit." Doc sad through the radio.
Lightning then looked to see Doc, the rest of the whole of and most of the Radiator Springs residents in his pit. Ramone has had a new paint job, being red with Lightning's bolt and then are shown wearing cheerleader outfits and holding pom-poms, while Doc has his original racing paint job on his car, racer clothes on and a headset.
"Doc?" he said confused and surprised.
Everyone started cheering.
"Guys, you're here! I can't believe this!"
"I knew you needed a crew chief, but I didn't know it was this bad." Doc said.
"I thought you said you'd never come back."
"Well, I really didn't have a choice. Mater didn't get to say goodbye."
"Goodbye! Okay, I'm good." Mater said.
Lightning chuckled and shook his head.
Then he came to the pits as Mater held the sign, which had Radiator Springs' logo on it. Fillmore and Sarge refueled Lightning's car.
"Alright, if you can drive as good as you fix a road, then you can win this race with your eyes shut. Now, get back out there!" Doc said. Lightning then drove back out through the pit lane. "Hot snot, we are back in business! Guido! Luigi! You're goin' up against professional pit crews boys, you're gonna have to be fast."
"They will not know what bit them!" Luigi said.
"Kid," he started to Lightning through the radio. "you can beat these guys. Find a groove that works for you and get that lap back!"
Lightning then went faster, going around the bends and catching up. Then the Dinoco pit crew noticed Doc in his look, murmuring as they saw him.
"Is that? Oh, wow. That's him!" Chick's crew said.
"Is that-? That's the Hudson Hornet! Bob, Darrell, the Hudson Hornet's back!" the TV crew said excited.
"Darrell, it appears McQueen has got himself a pit crew. And look who he has for a crew chief!" Bob said surprised.
All of the cameramen turned their cameras to show Doc, and the crowd noticed him.
"Whoa! Look, man. It's the Hudson Hornet!" a fan said.
"Whoa!" a biggest fan said.
"Well, dip me car in axle grease and call me Slick! It surely is!" a fan said.
A whistle is heard by Lightning's biggest fan, and the crowd then cheers. The screen then shows a TV at Flo's V8 Cafe showing Doc, as Sally, Red and Lizzie are watching the race on TV back in Radiator Springs.
"Wow, this is history in the making. Nobody has seen the racing legend in over 50-Years!" Bob said.
"Hey, Doc! Come look at the fellow on the radio! He looks just like you!" Lizzie said noticing Doc on the TV, not realizing it is him.
Sally and Red both chuckled.
Back at the game Lightning started catching up to the King and Chick, and then managed to get past.
"McQueen passes them on the inside!" Bob said.
"But he's still nearly a lap down!" Darrell said.
"Can he catch up to them with only 60 laps to go?!" Bob said.
"You're going great, kid. Just keep your head on." Doc said.
"Vai, vai, vai!" Guido said and pushed a cart of tires away.
"Hey, shrimpie, where did McQueen find you, huh? Those round things are called tires, and they go under the car!" one of Chick's crew said.
All the other crew started laughing.
"Con chi credi di parlare?! Ma, con chi stai parlando?!" Guido said in anger.
"No, no, no! You'll have your chance, you'll have your chance." Luigi said putting his hind in front of Guido.
Lightning was then seen racing, progressing through the race and managing to get to Chick and the King, as he gets beside him.
"Oh, kid's just trying to be a hero, eh? Well, what do you think of this?!" Chick said then hits him, causing him to spin. "Yeah, that's it kid." But Lightning managed to keep up with going backwards and past Chick. "What?"
"Whoa! GitRDone!" Mater said as Lightning winked, and turned back around. Mater laughed. "I taught him that." he said as he poses to Chick's pit crew. "KA CHOW!"
"AH!" Chick's crew said after getting eyes hit by the sunlight reflecting off Mater's truck's wing mirror.
"What a move by McQueen, he's caught up to the leaders?" Bob said.
"Oh, yeah. This is what it's all about. A 3-way battle for the lead, with 10 to go!" Darrell said.
"Look at that boy go out there!" Tex said chorles.
Chick then tried to get past Lightning, but gt blocked on several attempts. He gasped and grunted, before coming up beside him.
"...No You don't!" he said presses against Lightning, causing a puncture in one of his rear tires.
"Doc, I'm flat! I'm flat!"
"Can you get back to the pits?" he asked.
"Yeah, yeah. I think so."
Doc noticed Dexter waving a yellow flag.
"Hey, got a yellow. Bring it in. Don't tear yourself up, kid."
Charlie Checker then came out in front of the King and Chick.
"We gotta get him back out there fast or we're gonna be a lap down, and we'll never win this race!" Mack said.
"Guido, it's time." he said looking at him.
Guido nodded and turned serious.
"Hey, tiny, you gonna clean his windshield?!" one of Chicks crew said causing the others to start laughing
As Lightning came into the pits, Guido threw the new tires up in the air, quickly took off the old tires and catches the new tires, and puts them on, lasting four seconds, before he gets going again. Chick's crew then feel shocked.
"I don't believe it!" Darrell said surprised.
"That was the fastest pit stop I've ever seen!" Bob said.
"It was a great stop, but he's still gotta beat that pace car out!"
"It's gonna be close!"
Lightning managed to get back in front of Charlie. His pit crew and then cheer.
"Yeah!" Mater said.
"Yeah, baby!" Lightning's biggest fan said as all the crowd hollered.
"Yeah!" fans said laughing.
"Yeah! He's back in the race!" Darrell said.
"Pit stop?" Guido said as he blew his wheel gun.
Then Wide Chick Pitty's just stood there in shock. All of Lightning's pit crew and then cheer for Guido.
"Guido, you did it!" Luigi said.
"Way to go, Guido!" Mater said smiling.
"Yeah!" Ramone said and gave him a high five.
Lightning managed to catch up to the other racers as Charlie came back in. The crowd is seen again, cheering, before the camera shows Dexter waving the white flag.
"This is it. We're heading into the final lap and McQueen is right behind the leaders. What a comeback!" Bob said.
"A hundred and ninety-nine laps, and, baby, it all comes down to this!" Darrell said.
"This is it, kiddo." Doc said through the radio to Lightning. "You've got 4 turns left, 1 at a time. Drive it in deep and hope it sticks...GO!"
He closed in, revving his car's engine, and is about to pass Chick, who tried get in front again, but he swerves and goes to the other side.
"We'll see about that!" Chick said and tried to get in front of Lightning, who then brakes, causing Chick to press against the wall, and making Lightning able to go past.
"McQueen's going inside!" Bob said. But then, Chick rams McQueen off the track, and then hits the King, causing them both to serpentine. "Chick and The King are loose!"
"I think McQueen is out of the race!" Darrell said.
Lightning suddenly gets a thought, and turns his front tires right, impressing Doc and surprising the team as it helps him to get back on the track and past the King and Chick.
"McQueen saved it!" Darrell continued.
"He's back on the track!" Bob said.
"Float like a Cadillac..." Doc started smiling a little.
'He's got that down. Now if he stays with us I can teach him the rest of my tricks. One down, plenty to go.' he thought.
"Sting like a Beemer!" Lightning finished.
"Ka-chow, ka-chow, ka-chow!" his biggest fan said.
"Wow!" his fans said.
"Yaaaaaah!" folks said laughing.
"Lightning McQueen is gonna win the Piston Cup!" Darrell said.
"C'mon, you got it, you got it, Stickers!" Sally said smiling.
"Argh! I am not coming in behind you again, old man." Chick said and grunted as the King blocked him.
Then he rammed the King off the track, causing him to go hitting the infield several times and spinning, before coming to a stop, having huge damage. The crowd gasped at what happened.
"Oh no." Lynda said.
Doc feeling and looking shocked. Then Lightning noticed on the circuit's television screen what has happened, then he saw the newspaper about Doc's crash. Realizing what had happened to Doc, he grinds to a halt before reaching the finish line, leaving the crowd shocked and puzzled. Then Chick crossed the finish line.
"Yeah! Whoo-hoo!" Chick said as he goes onto the infield and spins around. "I won, baby! Yeah! Oh, yeah!"
"What's he up to, Doc?" Flo asked confused.
Doc then got a smile before Lightning drove backwards towards the King. The injured King grunted and moaned.
"What are you doing, kid?" The King asked.
"I think The King should finish his last race." he said and began to push the King along the track with his car.
"You just gave up the Piston Cup, you know that?"
"Aw, this grumpy old racecar I know once told me something. It's just an empty cup."
Doc smiled, as well as the crowd.
'Been with us for less than a week and he's already grown up a lot.' he thought while he smiled and shook his head.
"Darrell, is pushing on the last lap legal?" Bob asked.
"Hey, man. He's not really pushing him. He's just giving him a little bump draft." Darrell said.
Chick was still cheering.
"Whoa HoHoHoHo!" he said and stoped spinning upon noticing something. "Hey! What?! What's going on?!"
"That's what I call racing right there." a fan said.
Tex laughed.
Lightning pushed the King across the finish line, which Dexter waves the checkered flag, and the crowd cheered wildly, throwing merchandise in the air.
"Bravo il mio amico!" Luigi said.
"Way to go, buddy!" Mater said.
"There's a lotta love out there, you know, man?" Filmore said.
"Don't embarrass me, Filmore." Sarge said.
"That's my hot rod." Lizzie said.
Red and Sally also smiled.
Back in California Chick was on the stage as he was surrounded by Mia, Tia and the press, who were all frowning, standing still and remaining quiet.
"Come on, baby, bring it out! Bring out the Piston Cup. Ka-chicka, ka-chicka!" he said. Then the trophy appeard next to him. "Yeah-ha-ha! Now, that's what I'm talking about! Hey! How come I'm the only one celebrating is me, huh?! Where are the girls?! Bring on the confetti!" Then he was shot at by the confetti. "Ow! Ow! Easy with the confetti. What's going on? Come on, snap some pictures. I gotta go sign my deal with Dinoco! Ka-chicka! Say it with me. Ka-chicka, ka-chicka, ka-chicka!"
"Boo!" someone said.
"Boo!" Mia and Tia said together.
"What's wrong with everybody?" Chick asked as he gets hit by something. "Ow! Where's the happiness?!" As the press, Mia and Tia all throw popcorn, shoes, "C" merchandise, soda cans and cartons at him. "Hey! This is the start of the Chick era!"
Then he left with his trophy. Meanwhile, Lightning walked the King back to the Dinoco stage. Lynda then kissed him on the cheek.
"Thanks, Lightning." Lynda said.
"You're welcome." he said smiling then left.
"Way to go, King! You're still the man!" a fan said.
"You're The King! Yeah!" a biggest fan said.
Everyone started cheering, before Lightning came back to the Rust-eze team who were laughing and cheering.
"You make us proud, kid!" Rusty said.
"Congrats on the loss, me bucko!" Mack said.
"You got a lotta of stuff, kid." Doc said shaking his head.
"Thanks, Doc." he said smiling.
"Hey, Lightning. How about coming over here and talk to me a minute?" Tex asked.
Lightning was confused but walked over to him.
"Son, that was some real racin' out there. How'd you like to become the new face of Dinoco?" he asked.
Feeling surprised, he looked towards the Dinoco team, which Rotor Turbosky winked.
"But I didn't win."
"Lightning, there's a whole lot more to racing than just winning."
"His car was so rusty, when he drove down the street buzzards used to circle the car!" Dusty said causing everyone to laugh.
"Thank, you, Mr. Tex, but these Rust-eze guys over there gave me my big break. I'm gonna stick with them." he said looking towards them.
"Well, I sure can respect that. Still, you know, if there's ever anything I can do for you, just let me know."
"I sure appreciate that, thank you... Actually, there's one thing..." he said remembering what Mater said.
"WHOO-HOO!" Mater said then started laughing while he rode on Rotor, Dinoco's helicopter flier over Radiator Springs. "Hey, look at me! I'm flying, by golly! Whoo-hoo!" Most of the Radiator Springs residents watched from the ground. "I'm happier than a tornado in a trailer park!"
Back with Luigi and Guido looking at their tire shelves in their store.
"I think it's about-a time we redecorate." Luigi said to Guido.
"CHOW! Hi, Lightning McQueen told me this was the best place in the world to get tires. How about setting me and my friends up with three or four sets each?" someone said arriving with two other people.
Luigi gasped. "Guido! There is a real Michael Schumacher Ferrari in my store. A REAL FERRARI! Punch me, Guido, punch me in the face! This is the most glorious day of my life!"
Then he fainted.
"Whoa," the man said then looked at and spoke Italian to Guido. "spero che il tuo amico si riprenda. Mi dicono che siete fantastici."
Guido fainted as well.
At Wheel Well Sally was looking at it in her car, then sighed. Then she heard the sound of an engine revs. She gasped and turned to see Lightning in his car with a new paint job and also the whole of and Sally giggled and Lightning laughed.
"Just passing through?" Sally asked.
"Actually, I thought I'd stop and stay awhile, I hear this place is back on the map." Lightning said when he got out of his car.
"It is?" she said confused and surprised.
"Yeah, there's some rumor floating around that some hotshot Piston Cup racer is setting up his big racing headquarters here."
"Really? Well, there goes the town."
"You know, I really missed you, Sally."
"Well, I create feelings in others they themselves don't understand and, blah, blah, blah, blah."
Lightning chuckled.
As they walked slowly toward each other, Mater appeared onboard Rotor.
"McQueen and Sally sitting on a tree, K-i-s-s... auuu... i-n-t!" Mater sang.
"Great timing, Mater!" Lightning said smiling.
"Hepnon, hiphep, hilililly! Wheeeeeee!" Mater said as Rotor flew away.
"He's my best friend. What're you gonna do?" Lightning said to Sally shrugging.
"So, Stickers. Last 1 to Flo's buys?" she asked.
"I don't know. Why don't we just take a drive?" he said.
"Hmm, nah. she said and drove away.
"Yeah, KaChow." he said and followed Sally as they raced each other.
"YEEEEEEHHOOOOOOOOO!" Mater said smiling as he flew over them.
A few weeks later Glenrio Motel being changed to the Racing Museum, as Mater, guide Junior, the King and Lynda inside.
"All right, everybody please keep together now. We is now entering the Doc Hudson wing of the museum." Mater said showing them the part that mentions Doc having 27 wins in 1952.
"Whoa. Unbelievable. That many wins in a single season." Junior said.
"He's the real deal, Junior. The Hudson Hornet was my inspiration." The King said.
"Excuse me, son. Is Doc Hudson here today?" Lynda asked Mater.
"Sorry, Mrs. The King, I think Doc went out for a drive or something."
Meanwhile Lightning was racing with Doc.
"Whoo! Whoo!" Lightning said smiling.
"Yeah! Well, you sure ain't no dirt boy." Doc said.
"Not today, old man. I know all your tricks." he said smirking.
Doc growled and turned towards the cliff. Lightning stopped and looked down the edge, thinking Doc fell in a cactus patch.
"Doc! Doc!" he said worried.
Then he saw Doc come out of nowhere.
"Whoo-ah! Not all my tricks, rookie!" Doc said jumping back to the ground level Lightning was on.
He smiled and sped up to go after Doc.
