The Motor Speedway of the South, located in Motor City, United States, is the racing speedway which the Piston Cup race at the beginning of Cars, the Dinoco 400, is being held. The first three-way tie in Piston Cup history occurred here, as it was confirmed that Lightning McQueen, The King and Chick Hicks had crossed the finish line at the exact same time.
Cars[]
The Dinoco 400 was held in this speedway. Lightning, Strip "The King" Weathers, and Chick Hicks were looking forward to win the season title and the Piston Cup. It was also supposed to be the last race of The King's racing career as he was due to retire and hand the title to someone else. The race is also known for Chick Hicks causing a huge wreck that involved every competitor on the track (except for himself, The King and Lightning) in an attempt to knock Lightning off the race, with the latter successfully managing to avoid it safely. Though McQueen was able to have a ginormous lead over the other competitors in the first half of the last lap, he blew both his left and right rear tires, forcing him to stick out his tongue in a attempt to win the Piston Cup, as The King and Chick managed to catch up. However, it turned out to be a three-way tie, allowing a tiebreaker race to happen at the Los Angeles International Speedway in the following week. The finishing positions were:
Position | Name | Number | Note |
---|---|---|---|
1st | Lightning McQueen | 95 | Tied with Strip "The King" Weathers and Chick Hicks. |
1st | Strip "The King" Weathers | 43 | Tied with Lightning McQueen and Chick Hicks. |
1st | Chick Hicks | 86 | Tied with Lightning McQueen and Strip "The King" Weathers. |
4th | Kevin Shiftright | 121 | |
5th | Aiken Axler | 28 | |
6th | Floyd Mulvihill | 70 | |
7th | Crusty Rotor | 76 | |
8th | Ralph Carlow | 117 | |
9th | Murray Clutchburn | 92 | |
10th | Johnny Blamer | 54 | |
11th | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 8 | |
12th | Billy Oilchanger | 58 | |
13th | Todd "the Shockster" Marcus | 123 | |
14th | Ryan Shields | 39 | |
15th | Mac iCar | 84 | |
16th | Dirkson D'Agostino | 34 | |
17th | Davey Apex | 84 | |
18th | Ponchy Wipeout | 90 | |
19th | Sage VanDerSpin | 80 | |
20th | Rusty Cornfuel | 4 | |
21st | Brush Curber | 56 | |
22nd | Kevin Racingtire | 35 | |
23rd | Slider Petrolski | 74 |
Cars Toons[]
- The Motor Speedway of the South appears in Mater the Greater where Mater performs his first stunts.
- The Motor Speedway of the South appears in Monster Truck Mater where the Monster Truck Wrestling World Championship is held at.
- The Motor Speedway of the South appears in Heavy Metal Mater where Mater and his band have a rock concert.
Cars 3[]
This stadium re-appears in Cars 3, but it now hosts the Dinoco Light 350 instead of the Dinoco 400. The finishing positions were:
Position | Name | Number |
---|---|---|
1st | Lightning McQueen | 95 |
2nd | Bobby Swift | 19 |
3rd | Cal Weathers | 42 |
4th | Brick Yardley | 24 |
5th | Carl Clutchen | 15 |
6th | Reb Meeker | 36 |
7th | Dino Draftsky | 121 |
8th | Markus Krankzler | 6 |
9th | Rex Revler | 80 |
10th | Jimmy Cables | 00 |
11th | Speedy Comet | 21 |
12th | Brian Spark | 52 |
13th | Rev-N-Go Racer | 73 |
14th | Jack DePost | 4 |
15th | Buck Bearingly | 39 |
16th | Phil Tankson | 28 |
17th | Terry Kargas | 31 |
18th | Chip Gearings | 11 |
19th | Bruce Miller | 64 |
20th | Dud Throttleman | 33 |
21st | Ralph Carlow | 117 |
22nd | Todd Marcus | 123 |
23rd | Tommy Highbanks | 54 |
24th | Murray Clutchburn | 92 |
25th | Parker Brakeston | 68 |
26th | Ponchy Wipeout | 90 |
27th | Darren Leadfoot | 82 |
28th | Lane Locke | 5 |
29th | T.G. Castlenut | 48 |
30th | Rev Roadages | 76 |
31st | Bobby Roadtesta | 67 |
32nd | Floyd Mulvihill | 70 |
33rd | Apple Racer | 84 |
34th | Ernie Gearson | 93 |
35th | Dirkson D'Agostino | 34 |
Trivia[]
- Motor Speedway of the South is a mix of the Bristol Motor Speedway and the Martinsville Speedway. The racetrack itself is based on the Dover International Speedway.
- This track is based on an enlarged version of the Bristol Motor Speedway.[1]
- The scoring pylon, along with the one at the Los Angeles International Speedway, is taken from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
- In Cars, there were 60,000 cars seated during the Dinoco 400, plus an additional 700 in the aisles and infield.[2]