"And there he is taking a good lead, Lightning McQueen." Michael says through the speakers. Darryl smiles adding "Yes sir, but not without our two competitors close behind him, Bobby swift and Brick Yardly." "These three are definitely one our champions for today's race. Bobby and Lightnin been head to head, fender to fender and bumper to bumper all day!" Michael says with excitement!

Lightning was holding a fantastic lead with Bobby close behind! Suddenly a loud htud and POP "Oh! And Yardly blows a tire! Into the pits for him!" Darryl shouts! Michael sighed replying "And he was gonna finish in the top three!?.. lets hope he can make it quick enough to get top 20?"

Doc watched Lightning take the third turn a little fast! "Slow it down or you're gonna hit that wall." Lightning growled back "I got it!" he was angry. He was distracted in today's race. Doc just knew it was over this break up. And Doc understood that. He remembered a time when he too, was once distracted in a race due to the effects of his emotions...

... The blue racer passed the finish line in first place like a bullet! Followed by Junior Moon, and the other racers. Including the newly discovered, female racer. Louise Nash. The young Hudson skid to a stop. Where he and Junior and the other male racers were quickly smothered by large cameras and large flashes and men and women with note pads taking down anything these highly skilled racers had to say. Hudson didn't mind the spot light. He didn't mind the attention. It was great. To his left Junior was eatin up the attention! A born natural in the spot light. To Hudson's right, a few other racers were getting interviewed for the paper. But then Hudson noticed Louise. She wasn't in this crowd. She took off her helmet and began to walk away. Hudson pushed through the crowd saying "Excuse me.." "Hudson over here!?" "Do you enjoy racing as much as Junior?" Doc answered the many questions and he made his way out the public. ".. Thank you.. Yes.. I'll see you all next week." Hudson rushed over in a jogging fashion to the young woman.

"Hey Louise!" he called. The young lady stopped and turned asking "Oh look. The hot shot champion.. come to gloat in my face? Tell me that because I'm a woman that it didn't matter what I placed like the rest of 'em?" She asked with a pose of her hands on her hips. Holding her helmet there. Hudson stared and his eyes widened answering "What?! No?.. I.. I think your great! I think it's great what you're doing mam. You've obviously proven that women are just as good as men, if not better!These reporters just don't want you to take up all the glory." Louise raised a brow asking "What do you mean by that?" Hudson stared a moment before answering "Well.. You have a mighty beautiful face. Might distract us men from the racin." Louise glared and snarled "Typical man aren't you Mr Hudson Hornet." She turned to leave. And Hudson let her go. Kinda not sure what to do.

That next race came the following weekend. Everyone showed up. Hudson was getting ready and filling his race car up with gasoline. Junior walked over and asked "Hey Hud. You ready to lose?" Hudson smiled answering "Yes sir. Ready to lose worlds ugliest driver today." Junior smiled and snickered then his brows lowered as he snapped at his friend "Hey!?" Hid chuckled and patted Junior's back assuredly replying "No worries. I'm only joking." Junior glared. Hudson finished filling up the race car. Then the two friends heard a ruckus. Someone scolding and yelling at someone else. Junior and Hudson looked over a few rows down the dusty track's pits.

They saw none other than miss Louis Nash arguing with some educated fella in a full suit get up with some hat. "Wonder what's goin on there?" Junior asked curiously. Hudson wiped his hands on his suits hips then walked over and asked "Well what's goin on here?" Louise sighed and crossed her arms. Dam she was awful cute. The quite fat man in the suit presented Hudson with a paper and stated "Here. This is a lawsuit against Miss Nash for slandering the name of racing as a sport. Due to her feminine gender." Louise shook her head smarling "Just you hold on there!" "Now, I've tried explaining to Miss Nash that here it states, that all charges will be dropped as long as she quietly steps away from all business to do with the automotive racing, stocks, vehicles and industry altogether." Louise immediately snapped "I will not stop racing simply because I am a woman! I am more of a man than you! And that's pretty hard to beat for someone of your size ain't it?" Hudson's eyes and the man's eyes widened! A woman should never speak to a man like that!

The man in the suit slapped Louise across the face, Hudson caught her fall! "You should know your place woman!" the man yelled. Hudson helped Louise get her balance. "Well I never!." Louise snapped! Then she began yelling but Hudson stepped between them and though he wanted to beat the man to a pulp, he saw a better way to handle it. He handed the paper back to the man correcting "Well we have a problem here sir. You see, this lawsuit is falsely accusing Miss Nash here." The man raised a brow asking "Excuse me? How do you think that?" Hudson pointed out the word racing as a sport, answering "See here it says sport. And racing is not a legal sport as sad as that is. So? You are a man of the law I suppose?" The man nodded answering "I sure am. I am a huge attorney in the state here." The man stood proudly. Hudson snickered and looked the man's size up and down agreeing with "Yes I see. So as a man of the law? You realize this here suit is nothing but childs play? Sense racing aint a sport, Miss Nash will not be sued. And if you ask me? Miss Nash doesn't slander the to be recognized sport at all. If anything her pretty little face gets those stands filled faster than ever before." The man tried to argue with Hudson but Hudson continued,

"Now let's not make a scene? You let our pretty little lady here race and you go on and find someone to make racing a legalized sport.Then you come on back, alright?" He gave the fat man a little push and waved him in as he left. Then looked at Louise with a smile. But she didn't seem to happy that Hudson stood up for her.. "What?" Hudson asked. Louise rolled her eyes and walked away to her race car. "What!?" Hudson yelled again but with no answer. This day, this race. His emotions played him....

Eeerrhhhhhsssshh! "Oh! Mcqueen slides across the wall!" Michael shouted! "Boy that's gonna leave a mark." Darryl added. "Kid!? You okay!?" Doc shouted in fear! Lightning answered quick enough though "Yeah. I'm fine." but angry. Doc shook his head ordering "Come into the pits. No need to tear her up kid." "Fine." Lightning muttered then growled and hit the steering wheel. As Lightning neared the entrance, Doc noticed his speed was way to high. "Slow it down or you won't make it." "Doc I got it!" Lightning snapped. But his speed didn't exactly decrease. "I said slow it down." Doc repeated firmly. "I know! I got it!" Lightning yelled! He didn't.

Lightning came in to fast. Coming down the rows quicker than he should have been. Doc I'm told the crew "Get back, back, back, back!" Everyone did exactly as Doc said! Everyone except for Lightning. Lightning not only got a penalty out of this but when he swerved into his pits as fast as he did, he hit the brakes but didn't stop in time and CRUNCH! Right into the pits and racer in front of him! Lightning felt the sudden whip of it!

"Oh! That's gotta hurt! Number 95 just didn't quite make it to pit speed and just rear ended Yardly's car!" "It's about to go down now! Somebody call security!" The announcers said. Brick got out his car after recalling what had just happened! Brick got out and stepped behind, seeing his pretty much totaled rear end, Brick hit Lightning's hood and raised his hands up in a Wtf kinda motion! "Did he just hit the bolt!?" Darryl yelled! "I think he did Darryl." Michael answered. Lightning took off his helmet and got out the car and from the stands, the crowd began cheering on seeing a small temper tantrum break loose between racers!

"What was that for McQueen!?" Brick yelled! But Lightning leaned close and snapped "What's that!? Can't hear you through your thick head Brick!" Brick quickly took off his helmet tossing it and yelled "Why don't you learn how to drive McQueen! Look at this mess!? I'm out of the race because of you!" Lightning rolled his eyes snarling "Oh please, you were out of the race the moment I showed up." Brick became furious and then "ploeh". He spit right on Lightning's lucky sticker of the red race car. Lightning glared, brows low and in a low tone said "Oh ho!.. You're gonna pay." Brick snickered. Lightning then shoved himself at Brick, pushing them both back! Immediately, both teams stepped in trying to seperate the two furious racers!...

Sally sighed as she stared at the race and the mess from a tv at the cafe. Mia and Tia and Mater and Flo all watching too. "Completely ridiculous.." Sally muttered. Mia and Tia on the other hand were cheering him on. Sally shook her head in disapproval. She stepped away and Flo followed asking "Sweetie what's wrong? You and Lightning still having a hard time?" Sally rolled her eyes answering quietly, careful not to grab the attention of the twins. "Ugh.. Seeing Lightning act that way only makes me even more frustrated with him. He acts like a child." Flo shrugged replying "All the racers do that hun. You two not talking at all?" Sally shook her head.

"You wanna talk?" Flo asked. Sally shrugged with a frown but did open up saying "I didn't lie. Lightning says I did but I didn't." "About what?" Flo asked. Sally sighed then answered as she trusted Flo a lot. "Well.. He thought I was pregnant. When I realized that I.. I didn't exactly tell him I wasn't. But I never said I was either!? And.. Then we got in this argument over abortion and it reminded of our last fight about love and marriage and one day having kids and I don't think Lightning ever wants kids." Flo shrugged replying "People change over time Sally. Plus you two are only dating right now. I'm sure Lightning is just a bit overwhelmed." "Maybe.. But we want different things. I don't know if we can find a way pass that?"

Flo frowned but felt the need to put in her opinion "Relationships take compromise sweet heart. Both parts." Sally nodded and did agree with that. "Well.. That maybe so but.. Lightning needs to actually apologize to me. In person and with an actual good apology before I consider getting back with him." Flo sighed and asked "Well what if he feels the same way?" Sally stared a moment. "Even so.. Lightning owes me a real apology." Then she left the cafe. Flo sighed and was suddenly startled by the twins screaming and cheering on Lightning. It was rather ear piercing...

Lightning was sitting in his trailer on his small couch as Doc stood there lecturing him.. "You don't drive like that. Gotta learn to control yourself. Contain emotion on the track. In your case on and off the track. Do you realize you not only raced lousy today? But you wrecked your race car? Rusteze put a lot of money to get you that car repaired the last time you damaged her. And now you destroyed it and got yourself a heck of a penalty for speeding in pit row and bumping into Yardly. You didn't just cost yourself the race but him too." Lightning sighed admitting "Okay I sucked! I get it.." Lightning glared at his mentor.

Doc shook his head scolding "Who do you think you are?" Lightning's eyes widened. He wasn't sure what Doc wanted him to say? "Uh.. Look I'm sorry.. My head just.. I just wasn't in the race one hundred percent of the time today... I kept.. I don't know?.." Lightning muttered and frowned. Doc sighed saying "Sally." Lightning nodded slowly then admitted "I just kept thinking about her and the fight we had and it's so frustrating. Sally is being so unfair and because of her attitude about something that apparently never even existed!? We broke up!?" Doc glared scolding again "You broke up because the two of you are acting like children. You said it yourself! You two are fighting about something that doesn't even exist. You need to grow up. Both of you. And you should talk like civilized people." Lightning just sat there with his head down. He didn't have much to say after that.

Doc thought a moment. He needed to help Lightning get his anger and frustration out without endangering himself. "Once we're back home and settled in, I want to try somethin new on the track. Think I may have a few ideas to help you get that frustration out in a safer way. Might even take your mind off Sally."...