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(MCQUEEN INHALING AND EXHALING DEEPLY)

McQUEEN: Okay... Here we go. Focus.

Speed. I am speed.

One winner, 42 losers.

I eat losers for breakfast.

Breakfast.

Wait, maybe I should have had breakfast.

A little breck-y could be good for me. No, no, no, stay focused. Speed.

I'm faster than fast. Quicker than quick.

I am lightning!

Hey, Lightning! You ready?

McQUEEN: Oh, yeah. Lightning's ready.

Ka-chow!

Get your antenna balls here!

Go, Lightnin'!

- Whoo! - You got that right, slick. (WHISTLES)

Uh!

Welcome back to the Dinoco 400.

I'm Bob Cutlass, here with my good friend, Darrell Cartrip.

We're midway through what may be an historic day for racing.

Bob, my oil pressure's through the roof.

If this gets more exciting, they're gonna have to tow me outta the booth!

Right, Darrell.

Three cars are tied for the season points lead,

heading into the final race of the season.

And the winner of this race will win the season title and the Piston Cup.

Does The King, Strip Weathers,

have one more victory in him before retirement?

He's been Dinoco's golden boy for years!

Can he win them one last Piston Cup?

And, as always, in the second place spot we find Chick Hicks.

He's been chasing that tailfin his entire career.

Chick thought this was his year.

His chance to finally emerge from The King's shadow.

But the last thing he expected was... Lightning McQueen!

You know, I don't think anybody expected this.

The rookie sensation came into the season unknown.

But everyone knows him now.

Will he be the first rookie to win a Piston Cup and land Dinoco?

The legend, the runner-up, and the rookie!

Three cars, one champion!

No, you don't.

- (CHUCKLING) - Hey!

(TIRES SQUEALING)

What a ride!

Go get 'em, McQueen! Go get 'em!

I love you, Lightning!

- Dinoco is all mine. - (SCREAMING)

Trouble, turn three!

- Get through that, McQueen. Huge crash behind the leaders!

- (GRUNTS) - (GASPS)

Wait a second, Darrell. McQueen is in the wreckage.

There's no way the rookie can make it through!

Not in one piece, that is.

Yeah!

Lightning! Oh!

Look at that! McQueen made it through!

A spectacular move by Lightning McQueen!

Yeah! Ka-chow!

McQueen! McQueen! McQueen! McQueen! McQueen! McQueen!

Yeah, McQueen! Ka-chow! (HONKING)

While everyone heads into the pits,

McQueen stays out to take the lead!

Don't take me out, coach. I can still race!

What do you think? A thing of beauty.

- McQueen made it! What?

He's not pitting!

You got to get me out there! Let's go! Get me back out there!

McQueen's not going into the pits!

The rookie fired his crew chief. The third this season!

Says he likes working alone. - Go, go!

Looks like Chick got caught up in the pits.

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!

Come on, come on, come on!

We need tires now! Come on, let's go!

- No, no, no, no! No tires, just gas! What?

You need tires, you idiot!

Looks like it's gas-and-go's for McQueen today.

Right. No tires again.

That's a short-term gain, long-term loss,

but it's workin' for him. He obviously knows somethin' we don't know.

This is it, Darrell.

One lap to go and Lightning McQueen has a huge lead.

He's got it in the bag. Call in the dogs and put out the fire!

We're gonna crown us a new champion!

- Checkered flag, here I come! - (TIRE BLOWS)

No! McQueen's blown a tire!

And with only one turn to go! Can he make it?

- You fool! - (GRUNTS)

McQueen's blown a tire! He's blown a tire!

Go, go, go!

- (GRUNTING) - (TIRE BLOWS)

He's lost another tire!

- King and Chick come up fast! They're entering turn three!

Come on. (GRUNTING)

I don't believe what I'm watching, Bob!

Lightning McQueen is 100 feet from his Piston Cup!

The King and Chick rounding turn four.

Down the stretch they come! And it's, and it's...

- It's too close to call! Too close! - I don't believe it!

Lightning!

The most spectacular, amazing... I don't believe it!

...unequivocally, unbelievable ending in the history of the world!

- And we don't know who won! - Look at that!

That's very close to call. Can we play that again?

Hey, no cameras! Get outta here!

We're here in Victory Lane, awaiting the results.

McQueen, that was a risky move, not taking tires.

Tell me about it!

Are you sorry you didn't have a crew chief out there?

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?

I wanted to give folks a little sizzle.

- Sizzle? - Am I sorry I don't have a crew chief?

No, I'm not. 'Cause I'm a one-man show.

What? Oh, yeah, right.

That was a confident Lightning McQueen.

Live from Victory Lane, I'm Kori Turbowitz.

- Get outta the shot. - Yo, Chuck.

Chuck, what are you doing? You're blockin' the camera!

- Everyone wants to see the bolt. - What?

- Now, back away. - That's it! Come on, guys.

- Whoa, team! Where are you going? - We quit, Mr. One-Man Show!

Oh, okay, leave. Fine.

How will I ever find anyone else who knows how to fill me up with gas?

- Adios, Chuck! - And my name is not Chuck!

Oh, whatever.

Hey, Lightning! Yo! McQueen!

Seriously, that was some pretty darn nice racin' out there.

- By me! - Oh, yeah.

- Zinger! - Welcome to the Chick era, baby!

The Piston Cup... It's mine, dude. It's mine.

Hey, fellas, how do you think I'd look in Dinoco blue? Dinoco blue!

In your dreams, Thunder.

Yeah, right. Thunder? What's he talkin' about, "Thunder?"

You know, 'cause thunder always comes after lightning.

Ka-ping! Ka-pow!

- Who knew about the thunder thing? - I didn't.

- 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!

That was one close finish. You sure made Dinoco proud.

Thank you, King.

Well, Tex, you've been good to me all these years.

It's the least I could do.

Whatever happens, you're a winner to me, you old daddy rabbit.

Thanks, dear. Wouldn't be nothing without you.

Kch-i-ka-chow!

- I'm Mia. - I'm Tia.

We're, like, your biggest fans! Ka-chow!

I love being me.

Okay, girls, that's it. - We love you, Lightning!

Hey, buddy. You're one gutsy racer.

Oh, hey, Mr. The King.

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 a good crew chief and a good team.

You ain't gonna win unless you got good folks behind you,

and you let them do their job, like they should.

- Like I tell the boys at the shop... - A good team.

- Yeah... - (ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYING)

Ka-chow! Ka-pow!

Oh, Lightning!

If you figure that out you just gonna be okay.

Oh, yeah, that... That is spectacular advice.

Thank you, Mr. The King.

- (FANFARE) Ladies and gentlemen,

for the first time in Piston Cup history...

A rookie has won the Piston Cup.

Yes!

...we have a three-way lie.

(CROWD CHEERS)