
After taking a drive with Sally, Lightning finds Doc out at Willy's Butte. After learning of the history behind both the town and Doc Hudson, who was previously a famous Piston Cup dirt track racer, Lightning begins to marvel at Doc's skill and the certain racing tricks that Doc knows. Though initially hesitant to affiliate himself with the townsfolk, Lightning ends up making friends with the residents, particularly the absent-minded Mater, and the beautiful attorney Sally Carrera, whom Lightning quickly gains a crush on. The residents feel disrespected due to the rushed bumpy road, and Doc Hudson, the town's lawyer and doctor, challenges him to a road race, which Lightning loses, due to lack of familiarity with dirt tracks. Persistent of making it to Los Angeles before Chick, Lightning first attempts to escape, but runs out of gas and is returned to the town, where he tries to fix the road quickly. When he wakes in the morning, he discovers he is in the deserted town of Radiator Springs, where the angry residents sentence him to community service and make him fix the road by pulling a road paver named Bessie. Scared, McQueen accidentally knocks over a bunch of cans at Flo's, scratches Ramone's paint, knocks over Luigi's tires, and rips up the road with a statue of the town's founder, which ultimately lands him in the town's impound.

McQueen rushes past a sleeping police officer named Sheriff, who chases him through a nearby town. However, after mistaking a Peterbilt truck for him, McQueen figures his best option is to search for help on the Interstate. Lightning wakes up in the middle of the highway and quickly tries to catch up with Mack. Lightning mistaking a Peterbilt for Mack. A sleepy Mack is later harassed by a gang of delinquents, who accidentally open McQueen's trailer unknowingly releasing him. Soon, the two are on the road, and McQueen urges Mack to drive through the night, without resting. Desperate to win, McQueen rushes to Mack, who forces him to make an appearance at his sponsor's tent, which McQueen hates. After a three-way tie between him, seven-time champion Strip Weathers and consistent runner-up Chick Hicks, Chick makes a bet with McQueen, where the first one to reach the tie-breaker race at the Los Angeles International Speedway wins the Dinoco sponsorship. In Cars, the film opens at the Motor Speedway of the South, where cocky and self-centered Lightning McQueen is competing in the Dinoco 400 for the title of the Piston Cup champion. McQueen's racing abilities eventually garnered the attention of the Piston Cup Racing Series, and he became a rookie in the championship's 2005 season. Though he was initially hesitant due to the sponsor's humiliating demeanor, McQueen agreed as long as Mack could become his transporter. Upon their arrival in Boston, Rusty and Dusty Rust-eze offered a sponsorship to McQueen. During their trip, McQueen and Mack became fast friends. Mack, who had overheard McQueen's termination, approached the young hotshot and offered to take him to Boston to meet for a job opportunity with Rust-eze, who had been looking, with little success, for a new spokescar. However, he was fired in favor of another young rookie racer named Sammy Smelter, whose poor racing fit the image of Smell Swell better, according to the representative who fired McQueen. Towards the start of his racing career, McQueen raced under the sponsorship of Smell Swell Deodorizer.

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He is a stock car that competes in the Piston Cup Racing Series since 2005, where is was sponsored by Rust-eze, using the number 95, and won seven Piston Cup championships. Lightning McQueen, also known by his birthname Monty McQueen or his nickname Stickers, given by Sally, is the main character of the entire Cars series, appearing in nearly every installment except the Planes franchise. Radiator Springs, Arizona (since 2006), United States of America Please help contribute by adding photos and information, correcting mistakes, and improving the overall quality. This article or section has been marked as being under construction, indicating parts are unfinished or inaccurate. This article or section is under construction.
