The main protagonist Lighting McQueen is in his rookie season and goes to race his enemy Chick Hicks to become the new face of Dinoco but ends up in radiator springs due to Mack sleeping on the job. He is very selfish and only cares about getting to and winning the big race. Through his time there he makes great friends like Tow Mator, Doc, Sally, and more that teach him to not prioritize selfish desires. Lighting finds out that Doc used to be the Fabulous Hudson Hornet. Doc eventually teaches Lighting how to drift. But the paparazzi finds him so Lighting goes to the big race and wins in a different kind of way by helping a racer who crashed cross the finish line. Then he comes back to Radiator Springs with his new friends and lives happily.
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