Dinoco 400

The Dinoco 400 is a Piston Cup Racing Series race and a Piston Cup event. In Cars, it is the last race of the 2005 season, and it is held at the Motor Speedway of the South. Prior to the race, The King, Chick Hicks, and Lightning McQueen are tied in season points that determine the Piston Cup champion. A lot of stake happened here. The King was set to retire and pass on the Dinoco sponsorship to someone else, Lightning McQueen aiming to be the first rookie to win the Piston Cup, as well as Chick Hicks aiming to win his first title as well. However, due to a tire malfunction from McQueen, the race's results in the first three-way tie in the league's history. A three-way tie-breaker race is then set to take place one week later at the Los Angeles International Speedway. 
==History==
===Cars===
Early on, Weathers, Hicks, and McQueen work their way to their usual positions at the front of the pack. Hicks and McQueen fight to pass one another, and their quarrel ends with Hicks performing a PIT maneuver on McQueen, causing him to spin out towards the infield. McQueen recovers quickly, and Hicks notices. Claiming that he is aiming to want Dinoco himself, he intentionally bumps Winford Bradford Rutherford, who collides with Murray Clutchburn, and soon everyone behind Weathers and Hicks are involved in a chaotic wreckage involving race cars, otherwise known as the infamous "Dinoco is all mine" incident. However, McQueen carefully weaves through the wreckage, much to the awe of the audience.
After carefully avoiding the crash, McQueen stays out on the track and refuses to take tires while every other racer is doing so. During the 301st lap, McQueen finally reaches the pit row, only for him to ignore his pit crew and fuel up a small amount of gas.
When the final lap is announced, McQueen is close to lap the racer in last place, Slider Petrolski, showing how much he is ahead of everyone else. Right as announcers Darrell Cartrip and Bob Cutlass prepare to crown the champion, McQueen's left rear tire blows out as he rounds the very last corner. McQueen tries his best to maintain as much speed as possible, but he has slowed down immensely, which only worsens when his right rear tire explodes. Weathers and Hicks round the final corner during the race, and prepare to pass McQueen, who is desperately jumping towards the finish line. McQueen, Hicks, and Weathers all cross the finish line at the exact same time—causing the fans and announcers alike to excitedly speculate who was truly the winner.
Officials take time to study footage and determine a winner while the competitors take interviews and make sponsor appearances. The officials announce that the race has been called a three-way draw, and the three first-place finishers will compete in a tie-breaker race at the Los Angeles International Speedway one week later.
====Starting positions (restart)====
Position	Number	Sponsor 	Name
1st 	95 	Rust-eze 	Lightning McQueen
2nd 	93 	Spare Mint 	Ernie Gearson
3rd 	28 	Nitroade 	Aiken Axler
4th 	121 	Clutch Aid 	Kevin Shiftright
5th 	117 	Lil' Torquey Pistons	Ralph Carlow
6th 	90 	Bumper Save 	Ponchy Wipeout
7th 	43 	Dinoco 	The King
8th 	84 	Re-Volting 	Davey Apex
9th 	80 	Gask-its 	Sage VanDerSpin
10th 	74 	Sidewall Shine 	Slider Petrolski
11th 	58 	Octane Gain 	Billy Oilchanger
12th 	34 	Trunk Fresh 	Dirkson D'Agostino
13th 	61 	Vitoline 	James Cleanair
14th 	35 	Shifty Drug 	Kevin Racingtire
15th 	39 	View Zeen 	Ryan Shields
16th 	76 	Vinyl Toupee 	Crusty Rotor
17th 	4 	Tow Cap 	Rusty Cornfuel
18th 	56 	Fiber Fuel 	Brush Curber
19th 	36 	Tank Coat 	Eugene Carbureski
20th 	70 	Gasprin 	Floyd Mulvihill
21st 	86 	htB 	Chick Hicks
22nd 	54 	Faux Wheel Drive 	Johnny Blamer
23rd 	92 	Sputter Stop 	Murray Clutchburn
24th 	33 	Mood Springs 	Chuck Armstrong
25th 	8 	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Dale Earnhardt Jr.
26th 	73 	Rev-N-Go 	Misti Motorkrass
27th 	101 	Tach-O-Mint 	Greg Candyman
====Finishing positions====
When Lightning McQueen exits the speedway toward Mack, a scoring pylon is seen in the background, casting the top eight placements:
Position	Number	Sponsor 	Name
1st 	95 	Rust-eze 	Lightning McQueen
1st 	43 	Dinoco 	The King
1st 	86 	htB 	Chick Hicks
4th 	121 	Clutch Aid 	Kevin Shiftright
5th 	28 	Nitroade 	Aiken Axler
6th 	70 	Gasprin 	Floyd Mulvihill
7th 	92 	Sputter Stop	Murray Clutchburn
8th 	76 	Vinyl Toupee	Crusty Rotor
The top eight results mirror what can be seen in the last full shot of the other racers, as Chick and the King round the final corner
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==Gallery==
CarsAikenAxler2.jpg|Lightning McQueen overtaking Chuck Armstrong.
SageVanderspinCars11.jpg|Lightning McQueen overtaking Sage VanDerSpin.
RustyCornfuelCars.jpg|Lightning McQueen driving on two wheels in order to overtake Floyd Mulvihill and Rusty Cornfuel.
SliderPetrolskiCars11.jpg|Slider Petrolski's PCRC (Before he colided with Floyd)
PiccoloPerryCars.jpg|Chick Hicks pitting.
AikenAxlerCars.png|Aiken Axler changing his tires.
Winford drinking nitroade.jpg|Winford Bradford Rutherford drinking a can of Nitroade.
LeeRevkins63.png|Lee Revkins and Chick Hicks battling for the 1st position.
ChickHicksCars11.jpg|The King blocking Chick's path.
ChickHicksCars13.jpg|Chick Hicks racing towards McQueen.
Chick dinoco400errror.jpg|The King, Chick Hicks and Lightning McQueen tied with 5013 points each.
WinfordBradfordRutherfordCars12.jpg|Chick Hicks about to hit Winford Bradford Rutherford.
CarsAikenAxler3.jpg|Crusty Rotor about to hit Ryan Shields.
Floyd Crash.png|Slider Petrolski about to hit Floyd Mulvihill. (Note: Slider gains stripes on his back in this shot)
ChuckArmstrongCars.jpg|Chuck Armstrong flying through the speedway.
KevinRacingtireCrash.jpg|Brush Curber, Kevin Racingtire and Davey Apex spinning out of control.
ToddMarcus3.jpg|Rusty Cornfuel overtaking Todd Marcus and Claude Scruggs.
ToddMarcus8.jpg|Claude Scruggs on top of Todd Marcus.
Manny, Kevin, Sage in the crash.png|Kevin Shiftright stuck at the wall.
Davey, Floyd, Manny in the crash.png|Manny Flywheel driving backwards.
JamesCleanairCars.jpg|James Cleanair unconscious.
ChuckArmstrongCars11.jpg|Chuck Armstrong being towed out of the race.
JohnnyBlamerCars.jpg|Billy Oilchanger, Johnny Blamer and The King exiting the pits.
PonchyWipeoutDinoco400.jpg|Chick Hicks starting the restarting lap at the end of the pack.
GregCandymanCars11.jpg|Chick Hicks about to overtake Greg Candyman.
PonchyWipeoutCars.jpg|Chick Hicks about to overtake Ponchy Wipeout.
WeathersBlamerDinoco400.jpg|The King about to overtake Johnny Blamer.
==Trivia==
*Despite having being towed out of the race, Chuck Armstrong strangely reappears in the restart lap. This is an error or somewhat a retcon however, as several other racers were also too damaged to continue racing, yet they still appear in some shots of the race.
*The pit row only has 19 team stands for the racers, even though there were 36 cars competing.
**Alongside that, very strangely enough in Cars, half of the racers pit crew team's are nowhere to be seen in the film, alongside lacking visible pitrow slots. Although despite this, its very likely that the said amount still has them, as every racer very importantly needs a pit crew in the race to have their tires changed, be refueled, etc. This is seemingly a plothole in the film.
**Pit crew members who didnt appear such as: Megan Shifter (Brush Curber's pitty), Mike Stockar (Lee Revkins' pitty), Bryn Imageare (Greg Candyman's pitty) were given diecast releases in the late 2010's.
* Strangely enough, for unknown reasons, in Cars, unlike any of the other Piston Cup haulers, the team hauler of Re-Volting is absent, while only its parking slot is seen (next to Haul Inngas'), and it in addition, oddly lacks its number.
* If Chick Hicks did win the Dinoco 400 alongside winning the Piston Cup, it is highly likely that Tex would still refuse to sponsor him due to having played dirty in the race and would still be booed for it. It is also likely that if The King did win, he would’ve passed on the Dinoco sponsorship to McQueen or someone else, presumably Cal Weathers but not Chick Hicks due to having hated him ever since.
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