An aerial view of the speedway.
The Motor Speedway of the South, located in Motor City, United States, is an oval racetrack in which the Dinoco 400 was being held at, in the beginning of Cars.
The first three-way tie in Piston Cup history occurred here, between Lightning McQueen, The King and Chick Hicks.
Cars[]
The Dinoco 400 was being held here. The King, Chick Hicks and Lightning McQueen were all looking forward to win the season title and the coveted Piston Cup trophy. This race was supposed to be the last race of the 2006 Piston Cup season. The race had to be restarted during its 196th lap due to Chick Hicks having caused a huge wreck that involved every racer on the track (except for himself, The King and McQueen). As the final lap was announced, Lightning McQueen had a huge lead over the other racers, with him nearly lapping Slider Petrolski, who was in last place. Suddenly, as he was rounding turn two, Lightning's rear tires blew, forcing him to stick out his tongue, as he approached the finish line, in a attempt to win the race, as The King and Chick managed to catch up to him.
The race's finishing positions were:
- (1.) 95: Lightning McQueen
- (1.) 43: Strip "The King" Weathers
- (1.) 86: Chick Hicks
- 121: Kevin Shiftright
- 28: Aiken Axler
- 70: Floyd Mulvihill
- 92: Murray Clutchburn
- 76: Crusty Rotor
- 54: Johnny Blamer
- 8: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- 117: Ralph Carlow
- 58: Billy Oilchanger
- 123: Todd "the Shockster" Marcus
- 39: Ryan Shields
- 84: Mac iCar
- 34: Dirkson D'Agostino
- 84: Davey Apex
- 90: Ponchy Wipeout
- 80: Sage VanDerSpin
- 4: Rusty Cornfuel
- 56: Brush Curber
- 35: Kevin Racingtire
- 74: Slider Petrolski
DNF[]
- 93: Ernie Gearson
- 64: Winford Bradford Rutherford
- 101: Greg Candyman
- 61: James Cleanair
- 36: Eugene Carbureski
- 73: Misti Motorkrass
- 68: Manny Flywheel
- 82: Darren Leadfoot
- 79: Haul Inngas
- 51: Ruby "Easy" Oaks
- 52: Claude Scruggs
- 63: Lee Revkins
- 33: Chuck Armstrong
Cars Toons[]
- The Motor Speedway of the South appears in Mater the Greater where Mater performs his first stunts.
- The Motor Speedway of the South appears in Monster Truck Mater where the Monster Truck Wrestling World Championship is held at.
- The Motor Speedway of the South appears in Heavy Metal Mater where Mater and his band have a rock concert.
Cars 3[]
This stadium re-appears in Cars 3, but it now hosts the Dinoco Light 350 instead of the Dinoco 400. The finishing positions were:
| Position | Name | Number |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lightning McQueen | 95 |
| 2nd | Bobby Swift | 19 |
| 3rd | Cal Weathers | 42 |
| 4th | Brick Yardley | 24 |
| 5th | Carl Clutchen | 15 |
| 6th | Reb Meeker | 36 |
| 7th | Dino Draftsky | 121 |
| 8th | Markus Krankzler | 6 |
| 9th | Rex Revler | 80 |
| 10th | Jimmy Cables | 00 |
| 11th | Speedy Comet | 21 |
| 12th | Brian Spark | 52 |
| 13th | Rev-N-Go Racer | 73 |
| 14th | Jack DePost | 4 |
| 15th | Buck Bearingly | 39 |
| 16th | Phil Tankson | 28 |
| 17th | Terry Kargas | 31 |
| 18th | Chip Gearings | 11 |
| 19th | Bruce Miller | 64 |
| 20th | Dud Throttleman | 33 |
| 21st | Ralph Carlow | 117 |
| 22nd | Todd Marcus | 123 |
| 23rd | Tommy Highbanks | 54 |
| 24th | Murray Clutchburn | 92 |
| 25th | Parker Brakeston | 68 |
| 26th | Ponchy Wipeout | 90 |
| 27th | Darren Leadfoot | 82 |
| 28th | Lane Locke | 5 |
| 29th | T.G. Castlenut | 48 |
| 30th | Rev Roadages | 76 |
| 31st | Bobby Roadtesta | 67 |
| 32nd | Floyd Mulvihill | 70 |
| 33rd | Apple Racer | 84 |
| 34th | Ernie Gearson | 93 |
| 35th | Dirkson D'Agostino | 34 |
Trivia[]
- This track is based on an enlarged version of the Bristol Motor Speedway.[1] With it being a mix of that track and the Martinsville Speedway.
- The scoring pylon on this track, along with the one at the Los Angeles International Speedway, is taken from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
- In Cars, there were 60,000 cars seated during the Dinoco 400, plus an additional 700 in the aisles and infield.[2]
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