Top 10 Moments from Cars 3 (2017)

1. Lightning McQueen allows Cruz Ramirez to take his place and finish the race

   

   As McQueen races with his career hanging in the balance, Sterling, still believing McQueen can't win, orders Cruz to return to the training center despite her wanting to stay and watch the race. She protests, but Sterling still orders her to leave. McQueen overhears this and remembers how she never fulfilled her dream of racing. Still haunted by the memory of his crash, he decides the only way to beat Jackson is for Cruz to take his place.

   I like how Cruz made Storm angry.

2. Demolition derby

   

   On their way to Florida, McQueen attempts to race at a dirt track in Thunder Hollow in disguise, only to find himself and Cruz taking part in a demolition derby, with one of the opponents being Miss Fritter, an intimidating school bus.

3. Cal Weathers retires

   After being told by a news reporter that racer Cal Weathers is retiring from racing, McQueen goes over to him and asks him about it. Cal accepts the fact that his time is done and the rookies will take over. Not soon after, a lot of the veteran racers either retire or are fired to make way for the younger rookies.

   I actually liked Cal Weathers. He's one of the characters that I feel very sorry for.

4. Cruz Ramirez wins the race

   Yay! It's Cruz Ramirez for the win! She's also racing for Dinoco.

5. Cruz Ramirez's dream

   Following the demolition derby scene, which was won by Cruz, McQueen becomes so irate over the amount of wasted training time that he ends up breaking Cruz's trophy, upsetting her. She orders Mack to stop so she can get off.

   As she leaves, she reveals to McQueen that she had dreams of being a racer like him but felt so intimidated by the other racers that she quit before she even got started.

   Yay! Cruz made her dreams a reality by getting to be a racer. Woohoo!

6. Lightning McQueen crashes

   

   Just like all the veteran racers, Lightning McQueen finds himself left in the dust by the new rookie Jackson Storm as he pushes himself too hard and crashes, to the horror of everyone in attendance.

   When I first saw that scene, I thought Lightning McQueen was going to die. But luckily, he didn't! Yay!

7. Old school training

   Smokey and his friends agree to help McQueen learn new tricks to overcome his speed disadvantage through several odd training methods, like driving at night through the forest without their lights on and driving alongside a herd of tractors.

8. Doc Hudson's flashback

   While meeting up with Smokey and several other former racers in Thomasville, Smokey recalls a race from Doc's past as Doc went up against an up-and-coming rookie who pushed Doc against the wall of the track. Doc then jumped off the wall and over the rookie to win the race.

   I liked the flashback of Doc Hudson as well as how he won the race. What a legend he is!

9. 4 months later

   Following his crash 4 months prior, Lightning basically becomes a shell of his former self as he re-watches old footage from Doc's wreck while reflecting on Doc's words of wisdom about how he never got the chance to go out on his own terms. McQueen realizes he's in almost the same situation as Doc.

10. Lightning McQueen on the simulator

    After going through Cruz's training methods, Lightning decides he's ready for the simulator despite Cruz's objection. McQueen quickly finds the simulation training more than he can handle as he crashes through the simulator.

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    Lightning McQueen remembers Doc Hudson

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    Lightning McQueen tries to catch up with Jackson Storm

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13. Lightning McQueen yells at Cruz Ramirez

    Even though Cruz didn't deserve to be yelled at, nor did Lightning McQueen deserve to lose in a mud race (or whatever that is), I understand both of their points of view.

14. Lightning McQueen meets Jackson Storm

    Lightning McQueen was so nice to Jackson Storm, and he acted like a jerk to the racing legend. Poor McQueen!

15. Doc Hudson's backstory

    Doc's backstory is legendary but very sad at the same time.

16. Jackson Storm gets 2nd place

    Haha! Take that, Storm! You let your pride and arrogance get to you, and that is what you'll get! By the way, when he was calling Cruz "costume girl," I don't know if he was either mocking her or flirting with her. Cruz is a very pretty car, though!

17. Lightning McQueen apologizes to Cruz Ramirez

    The way Lightning McQueen apologises to Cruz Ramirez is so funny!

18. Lightning McQueen gets fixed

19. Lightning McQueen meets Smokey

20. Cruz Ramirez leaves