List of dated events in Cars

This is a list of specific dates given to in-universe events, by one or more installments of Cars media. As the Pixar Cars Wiki does not recognize one definitive Cars canon, all dates from any Cars sources are listed, regardless if information or chronology is contradicted by another. However, contradictions are noted where relevant and/or significant.
==Key==
*All entries must have been given a specific date, including a day, month, time, and/or year (or a specific range of any).
*Other events and other installments should not be added or speculated on due to inferences.
*All dates given by one or more Cars installments are listed here, even if contradicted by another.
==List of dated events==
===1800s===
Date 	Source(s)	Event
1800s	
*Car Finder Game; Tractors profile description	Construction of the first transcontinental railroad
1800s	
*Car Finder Game; Tractors profile description	Domestication of the first North American Tractors
===1900-1949===
Date 	Source(s) 	Event
Summer 1909 	
*Cars
*All subsequent appearances of Stanley's statue
*Radiator Springs Racers at Cars Land	Stanley founds Radiator Springs
1909 	
* Russian magazine issue 9/2011; page 31	Radiator Springs Fire Department is founded
December 1924 	
*License plate (Most appearances)	Lizzie's license plate is registered
1927 	
*Car Finder Game; Lizzie profile "story"	Lizzie arrives in Radiator Springs and meets Stanley
1930 	
*The Official Magazine #26 - July 2010	Sheriff's badge decal indicates 1930 marked the founding of Radiator Springs' police department
March 1942 	
*License plate (most appearances)	Sarge's license plate is registered
June 21, 1942 	Cars Land material	Sarge's war identification card is issued; medal implies he served in World War II
January 1943 	Cars Land material	U.S. Military Motor Pool identification document is patented (?)
Summer 1943 	
*Car Finder Game; Mildred Bylane profile description	Mildred Bylane visits Radiator Springs for the first time, and meets Red
October 22, 1945	Cars Land material	Sarge is honorably discharged from the U.S. Military Pool.
Late 1940s 	
*Car Finder Game; Slider Petrolski profile description	Slide Powers competes in famous dirt track races
===1950s ===
Date 	Source(s) 	Event
August 1950 	
*License plate (most appearances)	Sheriff's license plate is registered
August 1950 	
*License plate (most appearances)	Red's license plate is registered
March 1951 	
*License plate (most appearances)	Doc Hudson's license plate is registered
1951 	
*Various 	Doc Hudson's rookie season (and first Piston Cup win)
December 1951 	
*License plate (most appearances)	Fillmore's license plate is registered
1952 	
*Various 	Doc's second season and win
1953 	
*Various 	Doc's third season
August 10, 1953 	
*Cars 2; Seen in Doc's museum	Newspaper headline for Doc's third Piston Cup win
1954 	
*Cars, various 	The Fabulous Hudson Hornet's fourth and final Piston Cup season
June 21, 1954 	
*Newspaper date from Cars
*Shown visually during flashback in Cars 3	Newspaper headline announcing Doc's famous 1954 crash
January 12, 1957	
*Passport in Cars 2	Mater is born
December 1957 	
*License plate (most appearances)	Flo's license plate is registered
April 1959 	
*License plate (most appearances)	Luigi's license plate is registered
Summer 1959 	
*Radiator Springs (comic)	Radiator Springs celebrates its 50th anniversary
Summer 1959 	
*Radiator Springs (comic)	Sarge settles in Radiator Springs
December 1959 	
*License plate (most appearances)	Ramone's license plate is registered
1950s 	
*Car Finder Game; Dustin Mellows profile description	Dustin Mellows delivers for Trophy Sparkplugs
1950s 	
*Car Finder Game; Kevin Shiftright profile "story"	Kurt Shiftright competes in dirt track races
June 26, 1960 	Cars Land material	Doc Hudson is issued his medical degree
=== 1960-1999===
Date 	Source(s) 	Event
August 3, 1967	Cars Land material	Burning Van Festival; Fillmore attends (implied)
February 1970 	
*License plate (most appearances)	Snot Rod's license plate is registered
Late 1970s 	
*Car Finder Game; Kevin Shiftright profile "story"	Kraig Shiftright wins 2 Piston Cups
1984 	
*Car Finder Game; Murray Clutchburn profile "story"	Murray Clutchburn debuts in the 1984 Olympics
February 1986 	
*License plate (most appearances)	Mater's license plate is registered
Summer 1989 	
*Car Finder Game; Polly Puddlejumper profile description	Polly Puddlejumper encounters The King and becomes a superfan of his racing
Early 1990s 	
*Car Finder Game; Haul Inngas profile description	Haul Inngas migrates from Europe to the United States, joining the Piston Cup that same year
Early 1990s 	
*Car Finder Game; Kevin Shiftright profile description	Klint Shiftright wins 3 Piston Cups
=== 2000-2005 ===
Date 	Source(s)	Event
2000 	
*Car Finder Game; Dale Jr. #8 profile description	Dale Earnhardt Jr. debuts as a rookie in the Piston Cup, and wins the 2000 Rookie of the Year award
February 2001 	
*The Official Magazine July 2010 (Issue 26)	DJ's license plate is registered
February 2001 	
*License plate (most appearances)	Boost's license plate is registered
February 2002 	
*License plate (most appearances)	Sally's license plate is registered
February 2002 	
*The Official Magazine July 2010 (Issue 26)	Wingo's license plate is registered
2003 	
*Car Finder Game (Aiken Axler description)	Aiken Axler's rookie season
July 8, 2003 	
*The World of Cars OnlineImage	Sally is awarded "Best Motel on Route 66" by Travel Magazine.
2004 	
*Car Finder Game (Aiken Axler description)	Jazz Cycle Trio performs at 2004 Piston Cup Awards
December 5, 2005	
*Cars 2 end credits	Mater's passport is issued
===2006===
Date 	Source(s)	Event
May 20(Sunday)	
*The Official Magazine April 2011 (Issue 35)	The Dinoco 400 is held at the Motor Speedway of the South (as seen in Cars)
2006 	
*Brush Curber's description in the Car Finder Game implies the Piston Cup season in Cars is that of 2006's.
*Note: In Cars, partial clips from previous races are shown during the announcers intro scene	Piston Cup season
2006 	
*Cars: The Videogame	
*2006 Piston Cup season
*Year seen on McQueen's trophy at the end of the game.
===2007-2009===
Date	Source(s) 	Event
2007	Cars 3 "7 Time Champ" apparel collection	Lightning McQueen wins his first Piston Cup championship.
2008	 	Lightning McQueen wins his second Piston Cup championship.
2009	 	Lightning McQueen wins his third Piston Cup championship.
2009	Cars 2 CONCEPT ART 	Doc Hudson dies
===2010s===
Date 	Source(s) 	Event
2010 	 	Lightning McQueen wins his fourth Piston Cup championship.
2012 	 	Lightning McQueen wins his fifth Piston Cup championship.
2014 	 	Lightning McQueen wins his sixth Piston Cup championship.
2015 	 	Lightning McQueen wins his seventh Piston Cup championship.
December 4, 2015	Cars 2 passport (end credits)	Mater's passport expires
==References==
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