A so-so movie

Rating: 5/10 (19 June 2006)

**Disclaimer** I'm not a NASCAR fan, never have been and never will be. However I do know much of the history of NASCAR and its drivers as I was "force fed" as a child with the rest of my family being huge fans. I am a "car" lover though.
Now that I've "disclaimered" everyone let me say that I did "get" all of the references to: the drivers ( young and old ), cars ( new and old ), pedigree ( Ferrari, Hudson ) and living in Route 66 Americana ( I worked in Holbrook, AZ for 8 years ).
I still left this movie feeling empty. There simply wasn't enough "fun stuff" to entertain me. The jokes were few and far between and it seems like there was about an hour of the movie in the middle where they only thing "funny" was hearing how stupid "Mater" sounded ( More about that later ). Having said all of that the animation was excellent; the voice talents were also spot-on.
Now for a few things that really bugged me. Was it really necessary to make fun of Mater just for the way he talked and that he had buck teeth?