McQueen then attempts to join a race incognito at a famous dirt track called Thunder Hollow, but inadvertently enters a figure-8-style demolition derby with Cruz, which she wins albeit both of them hiding their identities. McQueen tries to train on nearby Fireball Beach, but ends up spending most of his time teaching Cruz how to drive on the sandy terrain.

Adamant that he can still compete, McQueen instead offers that if he wins the first race of the season, he can decide if he wants to keep racing, otherwise he would retire immediately. Because of this, Sterling tries to force him to retire. Sterling assigns McQueen to train under Cruz Ramirez, where McQueen fails to adapt to the modern training methods. He tries to keep up, but in doing so suffers a violent crash, leaving him badly injured and ending his worst season on record prematurely.Īfter recovering, McQueen decides he will continue racing and calls the Rusteze owners, who reveal they have sold the team to a new owner named Sterling. In the final race of the season at Los Angeles, McQueen starts falling behind Storm after both of them pitted. As Storm's success attracts other rookies, many older racers retire or are pushed out. However, this is compromised when next-generation rookies like Jackson Storm, who utilize advanced technology and training methods, start replacing a lot of the veterans. Lightning McQueen is now a 7-time Piston Cup winner and seems to still be at the top of his game.

Released worldwide in movie theaters on June 16, 2017, along with its theatrical animated short film Lou, the film grossed $383 million worldwide and received mainly positive reviews from critics.

In the film, Lightning McQueen sets out to prove to a new generation of high tech race cars that he is still the best racing car in the world. The returning voices of Owen Wilson, Bonnie Hunt and Larry the Cable Guy are joined by Cristela Alonzo, Chris Cooper, Armie Hammer, Nathan Fillion, Kerry Washington, and Lea DeLaria, in addition to a dozen NASCAR personalities. It was executive-produced by John Lasseter, who directed the first two Cars films. Directed by Brian Fee in his directorial debut and written by Kiel Murray, Bob Peterson, and Mike Rich, it is the third installment of the Cars film series and the stand-alone sequel to Cars 2 (2011). Cars 3 is a 2017 American computer-animated comedy- adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.

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