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Cars
Chapter 1
"Okay, here we go. Focus. Speed. I am speed. One winner. 42 losers. I eat losers for breakfast." Lightning said then thought of something. "Breakfast? Wait, maybe I should have had breakfast? A little breaky could be good for me. No, no, no, stay focused. Speed! I'm faster than fast, quicker than quick! I am Lightning!"
Then he heard pounding on his trailer door.
"Hey Lightning, are you ready?" Mac his driver asked.
"Oh, yeah. Lightning's ready." he said.
As the crowd saw him they all cheered and a camera then showed the audience on the stadium seats, an aerial view of the Motor Speedway of the South circuit, then a cameraman aiming a camera at the circuit. The camera then showed Lightning on the television screen on the scoring pylon. Then the camera showed the circuit from as high as the audience seats, and zooms in on Lightning
"Ka-chow!" he said.
Then the camera showed the race and saw the cars zooming and whooshing along. Then Lightning overtook six cars. He then gets blocked by two cars named Floyd Mulvihill and Rusty Cornfuel, and rode his right wheels closer to the wall to overtake the two cars. Then the camera showed McQueen on the television screen on top of the scoring pylon as he winked. Two of his fans named Mia and Tia screamed, the camera then showed the audience cheering.
Then the camera then showed the racers whooshing along, then it showed some people, the camera zoomed in on two people named Larry and R.M., who were cheering.
Then the camera showed some of the racers in the pits as the air wrenched are heard whirring. It goes to different racers as they have their pit stops, and ends with one of the racers exiting back onto the track. Then it showed in the crowd someone named Elvis, who was dancing to Real Gone, the camera then showed Chick Hicks as he purposely hit a racer named Lee Revkins off the track, Lee Revkins grunted, and screamed, slid away, the camera showed The King overtaking Chick, and he drove away revving his engine.
"Welcome back to the Dinoco 400, I'm Bob Cutlass, here with my good friend, Darrell Cartrip, we're midway through what may turn out to be a historic day for racing." Bob said.
"Bob, my body pressure's through the roof right now. If this gets more exciting, they're gonna have to take me outta the booth!" Darrell said.
"Right you are, Darrell. Three racers are tied for the season points lead, heading into the final race of the season. And the winner of this race Darrell, will win the season title and, the Piston Cup. Does The King, Strip Weathers, have one more victory in him before retirement?" Bob said.
"He's been Dinoco's golden boy for years! Can he win them one last Piston Cup?" Darrell asked.
"And, as always, in the second place spot we find Chick Hicks. He's been chasing that tailfin his entire career." Bob said.
"Chick thought this was his year, Bob. His chance to finally emerge from The King's shadow. But the last thing he expected was... Lightning McQueen!" Darrell said.
"You know, I don't think anybody expected this. The rookie sensation come into the season unknown. But everyone knows him now." Bob said.
"Will he be the first rookie to win a Piston Cup and land Dinoco?" Darrell said.
"The legend, the runner up, and the rookie! Three cars, one champion!" Bob said.
The camera then showed the racers. Chick was trying to overtake The King, who was blocking his way. Lightning then caught up to Chick as they tried to get ahead of one another.
"No, you don't." Chick said.
Then Lightning moved to the left and finally overtook Chick's, Lightning chuckled, then Chick gained on Lightning as Real Gone ends. Chick Hicks then bumped Lightning, causing him to slide off the track onto the infield. The crowd started booing to what had happened.
"Ooh. What a ride!" someone said.
Chick laughed.
"Go get 'em, McQueen! Go get 'em! We love you, Lightning!" people said.
Whistles, Lightning then drove back on the track, behind all of the other racers. Chick then looks back to see Lightning far behind him.
"Dinoco is all mine." Chick said and bumped a racer named Winford Bradford Rutherford, slid into the wall, and collides with all of the other racers.
"Trouble, turn-3!" Darrell said.
"Get through that, McQueen." Chick said while he chuckled.
"Oh, no, a huge crash behind the leaders!" Bob said.
People gasped, the camera then showed all of the different racers as they collide, with one flying through the air, and one losing its tire. Claude and another racer named Billy Oil changer then stopped, facing towards each other. Claude Scruggs giggles, grunts as he gets hit by another racer, gasps as another racer named Todd Marcus comes towards him, Claude then gets hit by Todd, ending upside down on Todd's roof, Claude Scruggs and Todd Marcus screams, then the camera shows Lightning, who is driving through the wreckage and dodging the other racers.
"Wait a second, Darrell. McQueen is in the wreckage." Bob said.
"There's no way the rookie can make it through! Not in one piece that is." Darrell said.
Lightning continued dodging the other racers who are sliding across the track. Then he bounced on Claude's undercarriage up into the air, Lightning exhaled deeply. Then he moved his hand towards the audience, as a reflection of
"Lightning, oh!" Mia and Tia said and sighed.
"Look at that, McQueen made it through!" Darrell said after Lightning landed back on the ground.
"Man, a spectacular move by Lightning McQueen." Bob said.
"Yeah! Ka-chow!" Lightning said.
"McQueen! McQueen! McQueen! McQueen! McQueen! McQueen! McQueen!" fans said.
"Yeah McQueen! Ka-chow!" another fan said.
"While everyone else heads into the pits, Lightning stays out to take the lead!" Bob said.
While Bob talked, a racer named Charlie Checker appeared in front of Lightning. Then the camera showed a tow truck named Tow towing a damaged racer called Chuck Armstrong in his car.
"Don't take me out coach. I can still race!" Chuck said.
The camera then showed most of the other racers having a pit stop. It then showed Chick, while his pities changed his tires.
"What do you think boys? A thing of beauty." Chuck said and chuckled.
"McQueen made it through!" Chick's coach said.
"What?!" he said.
Then camera showed the TV screen, which Lightning is still on the track.
"He's not pitting!" his coach said.
"Come on, you gotta get me out there! Let's go, gotta get me back out there! Come on!" he said.
"McQueen's not going into the pits!" Bob said.
"You know the rookie just fired his crew chief? That's the third one this season!" Darrell said.
"Well, he says he likes working alone, Darrell." Bob said while other racers were seen driving through the pit lane back onto the track.
While Bob talked, Chick was seen ending his pit stop as the other racers are driving past him, Chick then started off, getting in the middle of the queue.
"Go, go, go!" his coach said.
"Looks like Chick got caught up in the pits." Bob said.
"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!" Darrell said.
The crowd cheered as the race restarted with Lightning progressing through in first place. Meanwhile, Chick was struggling to get past the other racers, overtaking a racer named Greg Candyman, Lightning continued progressing through the race in the lead, after overtaking a racer named Ponchy Wipeout, then the King overtook a white car named Matthew Over taker. Finally, Lightning came into the pits. His pit crew arrived, with the crew chief named Not Chuck, putting fuel into Lightning.
"We need tires now! Come on, let's go!" Not Chuck said.
"No, no, no, no! No tires, just gas!" Lightning said then drove away
"You need tires, you idiot!" Not Chuck said while one of the pities slammed a tire onto the ground.
"Looks like it's all gas-and-go's for McQueen today." Darrell said.
"That's right. No tires again." Bob said.
"Normally I said a short-term gain, long-term loss, but it's sure is workin' for him. He obviously knows somethin' we don't know." Darrell said.
The scene continued progressing through the race, with McQueen having a huge lead and starting the last lap.
"This is it, Darrell, one lap to go and Lightning McQueen has a huge lead." Bob said.
"All he's got it in the bag. Call in the dogs and put out the fire! We're gonna crowd us a new champion!" Darrell said.
Everyone was cheering and whistling while Mia and Tia screamed.
"Checkered flag, here I come!" Lightning said.
Suddenly, one of Lightning's rear tires blew
"Oh, no! McQueen has blown a tire!" Darrell said.
The crowd gasped.
"And with only one turn to go! Can he make it?" Bob asked.
"You fool!" Lightning's crew said then grunted and knocked down a cart of tires.
Lightning was struggling to get to the finish line while his bare wheel caused sparks on the track. The camera then showed the King and Chick as they saw Lightning's wheel on the TV screen with no tire.
"McQueen's blown a tire, McQueen's blown a tire! Go, go, go, go, go, go!" The King's coach said on their radio.
The King and Chick then went faster as Lightning drove slightly slower with one tire lost, Lightning grunted as he fell and finally landed onto the ground, Bob left him grunting, suddenly, he lost another tire.
"He's lost another tire! The King and Chick are coming up fast!" Darrell said.
"They're entering turn-3!" Bob said.
"Come on!" Lightning said while he grunts as he falls and finally lands onto the ground.
The camera showed the other racers catching up.
"I don't believe what I'm watching, Bob?! Lightning McQueen is 100 feet from his Piston Cup!" Darrell said excited.
Lightning gasped and continuously did several jumps towards the finish line as the King and Chick got closer. Chick growled and finally got beside the King, but not in front of him.
"The King and Chick rounding turn-4." Bob said.
Lightning was still jumping continuously towards the finish line as the King and Chick got closer and closer.
"Down the stretch they come! Finish! Finish!" Darrell said.
The King and Chick crossed the finish line along with Lightning.
"It's too close to call! Too close to call!" Bob said.
"I don't believe it! I don't believe it!" Darrell said still excited.
"Lightning!" Tia and Mia screamed while all cheering.
"The most spectacular, amazing unequivocally, unbelievable ending in the history of the world! And we don't even know who won!" Bob said while Darrell talked.
"Look at that!" Darrell said.
The officials watched replays of the finish at different angles. Then one of the security officers, named Richard Clayton Kensington, notices someone watching them with a camera.
"Hey, no Cameras! Get outta here!" Richard said.
The screen showed from a reporter's camera filming Kori Turbowitz with Lightning and his pit crew as the Rust-eze pitties change his tires.
"We're here in Victory Lane, awaiting the race results. McQueen that was quite a risky move, not taking tires." Kori said.
"Tell me about it." Not Chuck said.
"Are you sorry you don't have a crew chief out there?" Kori asked.
Lightning's crew laughed.
Lightning chuckled.
"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? No, no, no, I wanted to give folks a little sizzle." he said while he stood there smiling.
"Sizzle?" Not Chuck said.
"Am I sorry I don't have a crew chief? No, I'm not. Cause I'm a one-man show." Lightning said.
"What? Oh, yeah right." Not Chuck said.
"That was a very confident Lightning McQueen. Coming to you live from Victory Lane, I'm Kori Turbowitz." Kori said to the TV audience.
Kori then walked away, while the reporter tried to get Lightning's bolt sticker on the TV screen. Not Chuck was blocking the view while changing one of Lightning 's tires.
"Hey, get out of the shot!" the cameraman said.
"Yo, Chuck, what are you doing? You're blocking the camera! Everyone wants to see the bolt!" Lightning said.
"WHAT?!" Not Chuck said mad.
"Now, back away." Lightning said.
Not Chuck grunted and slammed his air wrench towards the ground.
"THAT'S IT! Come on, guys!" he said.
The Rust-eze pitties then started to leave, as one of the pitties dropped his side onto the ground.
"OOWWWWW! Whoa, team! Where are you going?"
"WE QUIT, MR. ONE-MAN SHOW!" Not Chuck snapped.
"Oh, oh, oh, oh, okay, leave. Fine!" Lightning said and laughed. "How will I ever find anyone else who knows how to fill my car up with gas?"
The crowd then started laughing
"Adios, Chuck!"
"AND MY NAME'S NOT CHUCK!"
"Oh, whatever." Lightning said and rolled his eyes.
"Hey, Lightning! Yo, McQueen, seriously, that was some pretty darn nice racin' out there." Chick said then suddenly made a sudden movie. "BY ME!"
Then he started chuckling.
"Welcome to the Chick era, baby! The Piston Cup, it's mine, dude. It's mine. Hey, fellas, how do you think I'm look in Dinoco blue? DINOCO BLUE!" he said as he continued to chuckle.
"In your dreams, Thunder." Lightning sad
"Yeah, right. Thunder? What's he talkin' about, "Thunder"?" he asked confused.
"You know, because thunder always comes after... Lightning!" Lightning said then pose to the crowd. "Pew, ka-ka-pow!" he said to his pitties.
"Who here knew about the thunder thing?" Chick asked.
"I didn't." his crew said.
The crowd then tried to take pictures of Lightning posing his flashing bolt sticker to them.
"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!" the cameramen said.
"Oh, we that was one close finish. You sure made Dinoco proud. Thank you, King." Tex said while electronic music played as the screen then shows some people entering the Dinoco tent, and some others chattering as they take pictures of the Dinoco Girls on stage. Then it showed Tex Dinoco, The King and Lynda Weathers.
"Well, Tex, you've been good to me all these years. It's the least I could do." The King said.
"Whatever happens, you're a winner to me, you old daddy rabbit." Lynda said.
"Thanks, dear. We wouldn't be nothing without you." he said.
Then the screen showed Lightning behind the Piston Cup stage, posing his bolt sticker the crowd. Then Mia and Tia screamed for Lightning.
"I'm Mia."
"I'm Tia."
"We're like your biggest fans! Ka-chow!" they said together.
"I love being me." he said.
Then two police officers come up to move Mia and Tia away.
"Okay, girls, that's it." a security man said.
"We love you, Lightning, we love you, more!" they said together.
Lightning laughed and blew a kiss to Mia and Tia. Then The King came up.
"Hey, buddy. You're one gutsy racer." he said.
"Oh, hey, Mr. The King." Lightning said.
"You got more talent in one lug nut than a lot of cars has got in their whole body."
"Really? Oh, that..."
"But you're stupid."
"Excuse me?"
"This ain't a one-man deal, kid. You need to wise-up and get yourself a good crew chief and a good team. And you ain't gonna win unless you got good folks behind you," the King started his voice dwindles as McQueen looks towards the Dinoco stage. "and you let them do their job, like they should. Like I tell the boys at the shop..."
"A good team, Yeah." Lightning said to himself.
Electronic music played as McQueen daydreams of being sponsored by Dinoco. It showed him with a trophy and two Dinoco Girls beside him, with one of the girls kissing him on the cheek. Then it shows his paint being changed to blue, removing his decals and replacing the Rust-eze logo with Dinoco's. It shows the text saying 'The new face of Dinoco', and changing the text "The King" to a logo of McQueen with the text "Lightning McQueen". It then shows McQueen posing in a studio. Then it shows Lightning on the covers of some magazines, and then it shows him with Mia and Tia in Dinoco paint on a red carpet being surrounded by a cheering crowd. Then it shows the text "Lightning McQueen is Lightning Storm". It shows some people being attacked by some giant robots with bodies shaped like spark plugs. One person, who gets zapped by a robot's laser, does the Wilhelm scream as he turns to dust. Lightning is flying in the air, and shoots missiles at the robots.
Then the screen shows Lightning with Mia and Tia around the crowd from on the red carpet, which Lightning signs his tire marks on the Walk of Fame. Then it shows him inside a building near the Hollywood Sign, which he is between Mia and Tia painted gold. Both Mia and Tia repeatedly kiss Lightning on the sides. Then his daydream ends as the screen shows the present day.
"If you figure that out, you just gonna be, okay?" the King said to Lightning.
"Oh, yeah, that is spectacular advice. Thank you, Mr. The King! Oh!" he said while he cleared his throat.
"Ladies and gentlemen, for the first time in Piston Cup history..." Bob said on speakers.
"A rookie has won the Piston Cup." Lightning said then went through the wallpaper of the stage to the front. "YES!"
"...we've a 3-way tie!" Bob said on speakers.
Lightning was shocked at this while the crowd then cheered and flashed their cameras as confetti shoots out. Then The King and Chick come onto the stage.
Chick laughed.
"Hey, McQueen, that must be really embarrassing, but I wouldn't be worry about it, because I didn't do it!" he said laughing.
"Piston Cup officials have determined that a tiebreaker race between the three leaders will be held in California in one week." Bob said.
"Well, thank you! Thanks to all of you out there! Thank you!" Chick whispered to Lightning. "Hey, rook, first one to California gets Dinoco all to himself."
Then he turned around.
"Aaaah! No, not me! No, you rock, and you know that!" he screamed to the crowd.
Then the screen showed fireworks exploding in the sky as a blimp named Al Oft watches from above.
"Oh, yeah! Whoo!" Balloon said.
Then Lightning headed to the trailer's parking space. Some pities were seen catching some tires being thrown by unseen people, including a Tank Coat pity named Jerry Drivechain, mimicking Chick.
"First one to California gets Dinoco all to himself. Oh, we'll see who gets there first, Chick." Then he got to his trailer's parking space, but the trailer wasn't there. "Huh?"
"Hey, kid! Congrats on the tie." Mack said.
"I don't want to talk about it. Come on, let's go, Mack. Saddle up. What'd you do with my trailer?"
"I parked it at your sponsor's tent."
"WHAT?!"
"Well, he's you gotta make your personal appearance."
"No, no! No, no, no, no, no, no!"
Everyone was looking at a commercial on a TV screen inside the Rust-eze tent.
"Yes, yes, yes! Lightning McQueen here. And I use Rust-eze Medicated Bumper Ointment, new rear end formula! Nothing soothes rusty bumper like Rust-ezzzzzeeee." Then a picture of a Rust-eze container moved across the rear bumper of a rusty car named. As the container moved across, the bumper shines. Text appeared saying "Actual results may take up to 36 weeks." "Wow! Look at that shine! Use Rust-eze and your car too can look like mine! Ka-chow!"
"I met this man with a car from Swampscott. His car was so rusty he didn't even cast a shadow." Rusty said laughing when the commercial ended.
"You could see his dirty undercarriage." Dusty said.
The crowd laughed.
"I hate rusty cars! This is not good for my image!" Lightning said and sighed.
"They did give you your big break. Besides, it's in your contract." Mack said to Lightning.
"Oh, will you stop please? Just go get hooked up." he said to Mack.
"Winter is a grand old time." Dusty said.
"Of this there are no ifs or buts." Rusty said.
While they were talking, Lightning hid behind cardboard cut-outs as they enter the tent
"But remember, all that salt and grime..." Dusty started.
"Can rust your bolts and freeze your..." Rusty continued.
Then the cardboard cut-outs tilted over, exposing Lightning to the people.
"Hey, look! There he is!" The people with rusty cars in the crowd then turn towards Lightning. "Our almost champ! Victory ran to your rear end in here, kid." Dusty said.
"Lightning McQueen, you are wicked fast!" someone said.
"That race was a pisser!" someone else said.
"Yeah, you were booking, McQueen!" another person said.
"Give me a little room, guys." Lightning said.
"You're my hero, Mr. McQueen!" Fred said.
"Yes, I know!" Lightning said and laughed as he read Fred's name on his tattoo. "Fred, Fred, thank you!"
"He knows my name! HE KNOWS MY NAME!" Fred said excited.
Then he passed out and Dusty and Rusty laughed.
"Looking good, Freddie!" Dusty said.
"Thanks to you, Lightning, we had a banner year!" Rusty said.
"We might clear enough to buy you some headlights." Dusty said.
"Are you saying he doesn't have headlights?" Rusty said.
"That's what I'm telling ya. It's just stickers!" Dusty said.
"Well, you know, race cars don't need headlights, because the track is always lit." Lightning said.
"Yeah, well, so is my brother, but he still needs headlights." Rusty said causing the crowd to start laughing.
Lightning forced himself to laugh.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Lightning McQueen!" they both said together.
A spotlight shone on Lightning as the men remained silent with crickets chirping.
"Free bird!" someone said.
"You know, the Rust-eze Bumper Ointment team ran a great race today. And remember, with a little Rust-eze..." he started. "Well, and an insane amount of luck," he whispered. "your car can look like mine... Ka-chow!" he finished in his real voice.
"Hey, kid." Rusty said while people cheered as Lightning started to go into Macks trailer.
"We love ya. And we're looking forward to another great year. Just like this year!" Dusty said.
Then one of them laughed as McQueen posed himself with a smile as the trailer door closed to show a picture of the same pose.
"Not on your life." Lightning said.
Then Mack drove away.
"Don't drive like my brother!" Rusty said.
"Oh yeah, don't drive like my brother!" Dusty said.
"California, here we come!" Mack said.
"Dinoco, here we come." Lightning said while he turned on the lights in the trailer.
Then he saw all of his different merchandising.
Then Mack left the Motor Speedway of the South and drove along the Interstate 40 to Los Angeles.