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Los angeles international speedway

The speedway during the Piston Cup season

The Los Angeles International Speedway is a speedway in located in Los Angeles, California.

Cars[]

The Los Angeles Tie-Breaker Race is a Piston Cup Racing Series event. In Cars, it is the last race of the 2006 season, and it is held at the Los Angeles International Speedway. Originally, this race was not supposed to happen, however, after the previous race ended in a three-way tie between Lightning McQueen, Strip Weathers and Chick Hicks, race officials determined that a tie-breaker race should take place at the Los Angeles International Speedway in order to crown the champion of the 2006 season. Chick Hicks was the official champion, but was booed by an angry mob of fans who were sick of his dirty move on The King, which the latter was helped out by McQueen who decided to give up the Piston Cup to help the injured racer. The finishing positions were.

Position Name Number Note
1st Cars-htb-chick-hicks Chick Hicks 86 Booed by crowd for bad sportsmanship
2nd Cars-dinoco-strip-weathers Strip Weathers 43
3rd Cars-rust-eze-lightning-mcqueen Lightning McQueen 95 Lightning was considered the true winner of the race, due to his act of sportsmanship towards The King after he crashed into the infield thanks to Chick Hicks.

Cars 3[]

In Cars 3, Los Angeles International Speedway is where the final race of the 2017 Piston Cup season took place as seen in the beginning. By then, most of the veteran racers have been replaced by next-generation rookies, though a few are still present at the time. In the race, Lightning does well, but he is unable to get past Jackson Storm, who leads most of the time. Lightning manages to take the lead after a fast pit stop, only to be past by Jackson Storm again. Trying to catch up, Lightning decides to push himself, which leads to him sliding out of control and tumbling down the track. It would take four months for him to recover. The finishing positions were:

Position Name Number
1st Jackson Storm 20
2nd Daniel Swervez 19
3rd Chase Racelott 24
4th Tim Treadless 28
5th Harvey Rodcap 15
6th Chris Roamin' 11
7th H.J. Hollis 68
8th Jonas Carvers 123
9th Herb Curbler 54
10th Cam Spinner 31
11th Rev-N-Go Racer 73
12th Richie Gunzit 70
13th J.D. McPillar 4
14th Aaron Clocker 48
15th Jim Reverick 67
16th Ryan "Inside" Laney 21
17th Bubba Wheelhouse Jr. 6
18th Eric Braker 5
19th Flip Dover 00
20th Reb Meeker 36
21st Darren Leadfoot 82
22nd Barry DePedal 64
23rd Brian Spark 52
24th Ed Truncan 33
25th Buck Bearingly 39
26th Steve LaPage 34
27th Murray Clutchburn 92
28th Ralph Carlow 117
29th Ponchy Wipeout 90
30th Dan Carcia 80
31st Rev Roadages 76
32nd J.P. Drive 84
33rd Dino Draftsky 121
34th Nick Shift 93
DNF Lightning McQueen 95

Trivia[]

  • The track is inspired by the Auto Club Speedway.
  • The venue for the Piston Cup tiebreaker race is a conglomeration of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the Arroyo Seco in Pasadena where the Rose Bowl is located, and the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, all of them located in California.
  • The Scoring Pylon (showing numbers 43, 86 and 95), along with the one at the Motor Speedway of the South, is taken from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
  • Despite Darrell mentioning that the final race had an attendance of 200,000 spectators, there were really only 100,000 cars in production terms plus an additional 1,500 in the aisles and infields. This is still larger than the 60,000 cars at Motor Speedway and 700 in its infields. Also, 13,000 cars are entering the stadium to find seats.[1]
    • In the Russian dub, Darrell mentions that the race was attended by 300,000 spectators.
  • In Cars 3 during the Los Angeles 500, it is implied that Lightning McQueen is the last veteran still competing. However, there are actually ten other veterans in the race, who are Reb Meeker, Buck Bearingly, Brian Spark, Rev-N-Go Racer, Ralph Carlow, Dino Draftsky, Rev Roadages, Darren Leadfoot, Ponchy Wipeout, and Murray Clutchburn. They all get replaced by next-generation racers sometime between the events of this race and the Florida 500.

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