In cars 3, Cal says that his uncle told him to stop racing when the youngsters tag in. When we find out that his uncle was actually The King it made me think about how he himself planned to retire when Lightning first showed up
It gets even deeper when you know that it is the recreation of the actual conversation between Richard Petty and Kyle Petty, Strip and Cal Weather's voice actors, when Richard retires from NASCAR. . For those who don't know, Strip Weather is based off Richard Petty's NASCAR career. Even Strip Weather car model was based off Richard's car in the 70s. The blue Plymouth Superbird bearing number 43. He won 200 career races and won 7 Daytona 500 cup in his career. But despite him stays in the top 10 in his last days, it's no longer enough for him and have to retires. That was when Richard to Kyle why he have to do it and where "the rookies will tell you when to retire" came from.
I like how MC-Queen developed as a character. From an egocentric rookie to a kind, more humble racer, his cockiness coming off more of a "character" than actually part of his personality. Of course, he still strives to be the best, which is something to greatly admire.
@@zebimicio5204 Well. I think being told to retire and Storm being objectively superior to him in terms of speed and acceleration got the best of him. So having to train again and such was necessary. I kinda saw it as a bit realistic, not that I am defending his behavior! He could have handled the situation better and maybe become a trainer from the beginning of the third movie. I just say "there is a logic reason behind it"
So a betrayal from a old friend is what made Lightning want to work alone. I feel pretty bad for McQueen. Mack was the first friend he made before Mater.
The Toner Gang Cars should have had their own movie, like, they were pretty wholesome in their canon backstories and the reasons they got together as friends, being the 4 outcasts who understood each other's quirks :D The 4 could have had such cool interactions with the Radiator Spring's folks just like McQueen had, starting rough and later earning their friendship :)
actually his top speed back in 2006 was 200 mph and it wasn't until 2017 when his top speed weakened to 198 mph because he got older. in cars 2, he outsped francesco by one inch meaning he was able to travel faster than 220 mph with his cars 2 upgrade (with his spoiler, side skirt etc.)
@Red Nexus99 but those modifications were illegal to NASCAR regulations, the World Gran Prix and NASCAR has different standards and McQueen was modified for the most efficiency limited by rules
@@nicolasrestrepo6177 he'd outspeed him because francesco top speed is 220 mph while jackson storm is 214 mph. there's a 6 mph difference between the two
I was too old when the movies came on the theaters. I was 16 years old. "It's a movie for litles kids", I said to myself. And now, I'm 31 years old, I watched the movies a few weeks ago and I love them. I think there is a message that you can only understand when you're old inoth. And I love Lightning. Like one of the songs in the first movie says "Life is a highway...".
She have problems with him because he is a race car. She have bad memories of racing. Her father was a racer. And a really bad guy. Racing was not fun. She had no choice but to go to the races.
@@notachannel6097 King has 7 wins and McQueen had 7 wins before his last race. He won his last race so he’s got 8 making him the all time piston cup racer.
In theory, mcqueen can still get faster. If they follow the logic of cars irl, he can do suspension upgrades, updated arero to match the next gen racers, engine swap to a v10 or v12 cuz the engine is the heart. So it wont alter his memory whatsoever. Only the ecu tune can in theory alter his memory. Sooo he can still keep up with em next gen racers Edit 1: NASCAR rules states that you cannot modify/upgrade your car in any way. So what you start as is what you'll finish as. So its the end of the line for McQueen
In the race-o-rama he actually gets upgrades and his exhaust can be heavily modified. He has a baja variant, a drag racing variant, a street racing variant and finally a track racing variant which is significantly faster. So this is confirmed. Also in the monster truck races you can hear him say he has 900 hp instead of 750. This is canon
Reminder that Cars 2 Lightning is still the fastest car in the entire series, exceeding 220 mph, despite Jackson Storm going 214, breaking Piston Cup speed records. McQueen is held back by Piston Cup limitations, which are inspired by NASCAR rules, including the restrictor plate used to keep the cars 200 mph and lower for safety. If McQueen was allowed to use WGP rules, he’d dominate the Piston Cup and would have been the winningest of Piston Cups ever. He tied Strip Weathers “The King” with 7 total Piston Cups. McQueen is the most highly touted Stock Car to ever race, even Jackson Storm won’t reach McQueen insane level of influence and attention he brought from his success and choices for racing.
@@takeastepback4059 it is. The thing about Cars 3 is that it was somewhat of a retcon to Cars 2 entire existence other than the name of the movie itself. There are zero references to Cars 2. Cars 2 is either a retcon, or Cars 3 is incredibly flawed due to the precedents set in Cars 2, horrible or not. You can’t really have both by now.
There were already race cars that were faster than McQueen in the cars universe even before he even existed they just race in different circuits so that's why we don't see extremely fast cars that were not supposed to be in the piston cup And there are already characters who have are faster than him some in cars 2
Lightning McQueen's character development is insane. I love how the writers didn't butcher his character completely like most writers do when they try to come up with a replacement (star wars)
Wait, if Smokey was doc's old crew chief, it is a high chance that he was older than him significantly, therefore (Yes I am aware that Doc's voice actor Paul Newman passed away, but it's just a little weird don't you think?
Accidentally finding Radiator Springs was the best thing that ever happened to Lightning Mcqueen everyone there helped him to be a better car Mater became his best friend Sally became his love interest Doc Hudson became his mentor and father figure without them he wouldn’t have been a better racer than he use to be plus he found out Doc Hudson was a piston cup legend with 3 piston cups he also put Radiator Springs back on the map and his career was even more successful with 7 piston cup championships and good he declined the offer to race for Dinoco and stayed with Rust-eze which he made his sponsor even more successful.
Fun fact did you know that if that one little bobble head of lightning McQueen didn't fall on the trailer door button McQueen would have never even thought to stop and help the king because everyone in radiator springs wouldn't have met him and the each taught him something so valuable It was way better than winning
I would be more co concerned about Mack. The bobble head fell because of the import racers and if they haven't showed up, Mac would've got into a wreck due to fatigue which would also affect McQueen.
Honestly, it makes sense why he was always jaded towards others in the first. He couldn't trust anyone after his close friend in the academy betrayed him.
Yeah it made him have trust issues. It's no wonder why after being betrayed, Mack is the closest friend he had for a while and you could argue that's only because he has to carry him to track all the time.
Chick Hicks has got to be one of the biggest what if stories in racing history. An incredibly talented and gifted racer who’s early and prime career just happened to coincide with the GOAT and his latter years were outshined by the new GOAT.
As much as his one piston cup is probably the biggest asterisk win ever (lightning would have won if he didn't perform one of the biggest acts of sportsmanship ever), he definitely deserved a piston cup at least in his career. Extremely unfortunate timing, if he was racing outside of these 2 eras he easily could have gained multiple piston cups. One of the greatest racers ever unfortunate enough to race in the era of 2 goats
Actually Lightning McQueen began his racing career in the Piston cup as a rookie in 2005, won his 1st piston cup in 2006, won his 4th piston cup in 2011, won 3 more piston cups in 2012-2015 & as of the rest of 2017, he is still racing against Jackson Storm as well as his friend Cruz Ramirez as shown in Cars 3 driven to win.
Idk if someone has thought about this before, but McQueen made The King retire twice. Once back in Cars when Lightning pretty much was the beginning of a new generation of racers that put The King, Chick, and their contemporaries in retirement. And then a second time when he decided to be the Dinoco crew chief for Cruz, since The King was Dinoco's crew chief. Unless Tex made two teams, a Dinoco team and a Dinoco-Rusteeze team
I feel like yall forget that if we’re basing the first movie off of the NASCAR rules at the time McQueen would’ve won the championship off of the sheer amount of laps he led in that race at the motor Speedway of the South he would’ve had the bonus points plus the finishing position
That’s not how the Nascar Cup Series Championship works, the highest placing of the final four in the last race of the season wins it all even if they had less stage points or led laps than the other championship drivers.
Hearing that McQueen's real name is Montgomery does make me feel weird, like i known him by the name Lightning since i was 4-6 years old and hearing his real name only now is so unusual
It's crazy to think that Lightning McQueen has evolved as a character in all three movies, shorts, and the new series. Which not much Disney/Pixar characters do...he went from a hotshot racer which wanted to win, and win only, and then he slowly evolved over time to a loving, wholesome, friendly NASCAR! Still wanting to win. But changed...alot
Fantastic video as always Ned! It's truly amazing how much McQueen has developed as a character and how we fans have matured along with him. It's still hard for me to believe he's not a rookie anymore (even though I still affectionately call him that haha). But even if he's not racing anymore, he's always going to be my rookie!
@@thinkwithvideos3310 in all the official disney pixar cars 3 books we are told he has not retired but is continuing his career in a different way by becoming cruz's technical director and mentor. so he's officially not retired!
Cars: about racing Cars 2: about an intricate ploy conjured by an oil tycoon to turn the world against alternative fuels so they continue to use fossil fuels to secure his company's future and protect his wealth Cars 3: about racing
It is kinda curious that McQueen's first name is Montgomery (Monty), it is very unexpected from someone quite famous and somewhat amazing at what they do. It is cool that he adopted the alias "Lightning" in his Racing Academy
It's claimed to be a top speed of 205mph in the first movie, supposedly a top speed of 200mph in the 2nd movie only claimed but I think it's much faster since he beat Francesco who has a top speed of 220mph, in the third movie his top speed is supposedly 198mph but that is only on sand. On asphalt I believe he could reach a top speed at least of 210mph and he is why: I believe he could reach faster speeds because he had the ability to keep up with Storm when Storm could push minimum speed average of 207mph but Storm's average speed is 210.364mph with a top speed of 214mph. I believe McQueen's top speed is 210-212mph because of Storm was being compared to Lightning McQueen at the beginning of Cars 3 and Storm had a 1.2% higher top speed than McQueen. Which 214mph-1.2% is 211.432mph which seems a more reasonable top speed for McQueen since he would remain in at least the top 8 of the last 10 races in the 2016 season against Jackson Storm and even coming second to Storm in at least 3 races. Storm's average speed is also 210.364mph so I can calculate Lightning McQueen's is around 208mph with 210.364mph -1.2% using similar statistics for the top speed. Lightning McQueen is definitely slower than Jackson Storm but he is a smarter racer and could reach his top speed of 212mph via drafting as seen at the Florida 500 in the first race of the 2017 season. If Storm kept a racing speed of a 207mph for the first 50 laps Lighting McQueen could definitely not make progress if his top speed was 198mph let alone his average speed so it'd have to be faster than 198mph to be able to make at least top 10 as said by Smokey. Lighting McQueen also took the lead with a speedy pit-stop which was fast but only a little faster than Storm's pit-stop in the Los Angeles 500 before his crash against next-gen racers and only lost the lead and crashed due to Storm's bullying. Cruz had a top speed of 210mph and beat storm and while Lightning McQueen and Cruz are training Lightning overtook Cruz so he'd have to have a faster speed before being so confident Cruz overtook him via drafting. Lightning McQueen had an acceleration of 0-60mph in 3.2 seconds in Cars 2 and Storm only has an acceleration of 0-60mph in 3.6 seconds in Cars 3. And McQueen only has a claimed acceleration of 0-60mph in 4.0 seconds but I believe that to be false because current nascar stock cars have a 0-60mph in an average of 3.0-3.5 seconds. Therefore, if Lightning McQueen's top speed was really 198mph, 200mph, or even 205mph he would never beat storm and he would have an average speed of 208mph a top speed of 211mph-212mph. P.S. sorry about the long argument I am really into Physics about the cars universe about speeds, accelerations, distances, and time.
In the Cars' world, do the cars go faster through studying and exercising, or the horsepower they were born with? Is it even possible to increase one's horsepower? I'm so confused.
@@wireIess well replacing the engine could be like us trying to replace our heart with a new one etc, it could be extremely dangerous for them to change parts of them that are needed for them to live
0:58 “you can’t count on anybody” it’s sad nowadays there’s a majority of people who you can’t count on to always be there for you and trust them to always be by your side whenever you need them the most to support you even during your struggles to help you grow or grow with you no matter what. Sometimes it’s better to stand alone and not count on someone who’s unreliable and useless.
I'm still kinda confused about his age. I always thought that he was made 2006 (or somewhere in the 2000's) as it's said that his model was a custom built 2000's piston cup stock car. How could you be a custom built 2000's piston cup stock car if the 2000's didn't exist yet? This is also the same question I have with Sally as well.
It's actually known that his age in Cars 3 (so basically 2016) is 40 years. This means that nowadays in 2022, McQueen's age is 46... this hits hard actually-
@@just_violetHim being 40 years old doesn't make any sense, firstly, Cars 3 takes place 10 years after Cars 1, so does that mean that ROOKIE McQueen is 30 years old? 30 years old is the age at which most sports Are athletes considered veterans? Plus, what rookie is 30 years old instead of in his 20s?
@@LegoAnimationsFilms Bro it's a cartoon this is not an aspect that was considered when the movie was made Also why the hell are you replying after months😭
4:06 i dont know if anyone noticed but doc there says: Move like a caddilac sting like a beemer....its a reference to Muhammad Ali once he said: move like a butterfly sting like a bee
I never knew his character, had such development wow he did come along way, still my character thanks for sharing this detailed information on Mcqueen.
I feel like the events of Cars 1 took place in 2005 and the events of Cars 3 happened within 2017, but that could just be me factoring in the video games as canon.
Wish there was a prequel series focused on everyone’s backstories including the tuners, WGP Racers, maybe even Cruz and Storm’s since many aren’t seen or mentioned in both films & series
The lore on where the cars came from in the cars universe is actually explained by a picture behind doc in 3:24 (look to his left) i think many people knew this already but its still cool to know
I love this movie franchise, this was the first movie i ever watched at the age of 4 when my dad bought the DVD. Ive watched it countless times and understood the story much more as a grew a bit older
I think McQueen got back to racing in the 2018 season, I think he was Cruz' crew chief only in her first season. Cars On The Road confirms that McQueen has gotten back to racing
I think that Doc actually has passed away from a disease rather than old age, because if Smokey was his chief this means that he's even older than him. What could it be, engine cancer?
2:36 good job king he’s in first place 🥇 2nd 🥈 place McQueen. 3rd place 🥉 for chick hicks. And in the second movie it was maters fault because he didn’t read Lightnings McQueens message to tell him to sign off from the car fight. And McQueen lost from Francesco Bernoulli because it was hi
The King 7 time champ. Michael Schumacher. The rookie Lightning McQueen. First Fernando Alonso, then Lewis Hamilton 7 time champ. Doc Hudson legendary 3 time champ with a horrible accident. Ayrton Senna.
When Cars was made, no one even knew who Hamilton was. So, he certainly isn't based on Lewis. If anything, he's based on either Jimmie Johnson or Jeff Gordon. Cars is not only based on F1, yes, there are aspects of it that are based on real-life F1 storylines (McQueen vs Storm in 3 for example, is based on Alonso vs Schumacher. Alonso: Storm, Schumacher: McQueen), but sometimes they also look into the history of some other racing franchises
i really wish that someone would make a life action movie about a young (human) protege racer named Monty Mcqueen which later nicknamed Lightning Mcqueen titled “Mcqueen”
5:21 - fun fact McQueen had a outstanding season because it was named after doc, he had 20 wins and was almost 10 seconds clear every win he had, bro fr locked in for doc.
Just a little more info on McQueen's engine. It's most likely the Chevy 5.8L R07 developed by Earnhardt Childress Racing (ECR). It can rev up to 10,000 rpm and have a power output of 850 hp when you take the restrictor plates off.
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Awesome video keep up the great work
Ned Wheeler, I like how you reused both the logo and theme song /soundtrack from Mater's tall tales
Do you think that maybe you could do a Cars explained video about Cruz Ramirez
What gonna be your next video? Car organs?
I never even realised that McQueen's crash in cars 3 was at the LA speedway, the same track that the King crashed on in the first film.
This makes me even sadder😭
@@gklb_2xx7 true
I like your muse pfp
If Chick was crashed instead of McQueen then it would be absolute karma
LA runway seems to be the finishing race for the Piston Cup every year
In cars 3, Cal says that his uncle told him to stop racing when the youngsters tag in. When we find out that his uncle was actually The King it made me think about how he himself planned to retire when Lightning first showed up
Damn
Yeah I remember it was his last race.
I also heard that in Cars 3
It gets even deeper when you know that it is the recreation of the actual conversation between Richard Petty and Kyle Petty, Strip and Cal Weather's voice actors, when Richard retires from NASCAR.
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For those who don't know, Strip Weather is based off Richard Petty's NASCAR career. Even Strip Weather car model was based off Richard's car in the 70s. The blue Plymouth Superbird bearing number 43. He won 200 career races and won 7 Daytona 500 cup in his career. But despite him stays in the top 10 in his last days, it's no longer enough for him and have to retires. That was when Richard to Kyle why he have to do it and where "the rookies will tell you when to retire" came from.
@@johncarter4956 Ty for the information!
I like how MC-Queen developed as a character. From an egocentric rookie to a kind, more humble racer, his cockiness coming off more of a "character" than actually part of his personality. Of course, he still strives to be the best, which is something to greatly admire.
IT's more like his character arc came full circle. From being an open minded teamworker, to an egomaniac one man show, back to his old self
@@zebimicio5204 Well. I think being told to retire and Storm being objectively superior to him in terms of speed and acceleration got the best of him. So having to train again and such was necessary. I kinda saw it as a bit realistic, not that I am defending his behavior! He could have handled the situation better and maybe become a trainer from the beginning of the third movie. I just say "there is a logic reason behind it"
that's why we admired him during our childhood.
Tha's called growing up.
it kinda reminds me of Seb❤️
So a betrayal from a old friend is what made Lightning want to work alone. I feel pretty bad for McQueen. Mack was the first friend he made before Mater.
Yeah and he didn't have a close relationship with another competitor ever again until Cal and Bobby
@@motorsportfanboy7769 Wasn’t the car that betrayed him named Cal?
@@coolerreviews6580 Karl*
“Fly home, buddy. *I work alone.”* -mr. Incredible
@@hobomike6935 Mr incredible is Lightning mcqueen confirmed!?! 😱
When you think of it, McQueen’s dream of becoming a Dinoco racer came true.
Really or was it when cruz got into dinoco
It was when Cruz got the Dinoco sponsorship, because Tex now owns both said sponsor and Rust-eze.
@@KareemEmotion thanks
FACTS!
I mean he became a crew chief
The 4 tuned cars on the highway will forever hold a special place in my heart.
4*
@@QuadErix woops
When you think of it, if it wasn't for their antics, The Entire Cars Storyline might have never happened
The Toner Gang Cars should have had their own movie, like, they were pretty wholesome in their canon backstories and the reasons they got together as friends, being the 4 outcasts who understood each other's quirks :D
The 4 could have had such cool interactions with the Radiator Spring's folks just like McQueen had, starting rough and later earning their friendship :)
actually his top speed back in 2006 was 200 mph and it wasn't until 2017 when his top speed weakened to 198 mph because he got older.
in cars 2, he outsped francesco by one inch meaning he was able to travel faster than 220 mph with his cars 2 upgrade (with his spoiler, side skirt etc.)
Damn.....
@Red Nexus99 or the speedway upgrade in race o rama. does anyone remember that upgrade?
@Red Nexus99 but those modifications were illegal to NASCAR regulations, the World Gran Prix and NASCAR has different standards and McQueen was modified for the most efficiency limited by rules
So, how would McQueen from the second movie do against Jackson storm
@@nicolasrestrepo6177 he'd outspeed him because francesco top speed is 220 mph while jackson storm is 214 mph. there's a 6 mph difference between the two
Man I always tear up at the ending of both Cars 1 and Cars 3. I grew up with McQueen!
I was too old when the movies came on the theaters. I was 16 years old. "It's a movie for litles kids", I said to myself. And now, I'm 31 years old, I watched the movies a few weeks ago and I love them. I think there is a message that you can only understand when you're old inoth. And I love Lightning. Like one of the songs in the first movie says "Life is a highway...".
Sameee, it just hits different, I’ve watched it mannyyy times and I still tear up
My abuelita watched the 3 movies. She felt in love with Mater. But I don’t think she really like Lightning… she think he is still a jerk..
She have problems with him because he is a race car. She have bad memories of racing. Her father was a racer. And a really bad guy. Racing was not fun. She had no choice but to go to the races.
Let me guess, cars 2 got you thinking "what the fuck did I just watch?"
i've never seen a whole channel dedicated to explaining cars, one of my childhood favorites. keep up the great work!
Thanks, will do!
Damn I really wish the cars movie creators make a movie about the evolution of lightning McQueen before he made it to the piston cup
95, the story of lightning mcqueen
Bruh that be good
@@Maxistanca That’s so good I would definitely watch that 😍😭
I bet they are working on something like that
McQueen: Be4 the Lightning
Lightning McQueen is my favorite character in the Cars franchise. Ka-chow!
Same
Wow!
Mine's also McQueen...
JK it's the Hudson hornet
Same here 😊
Same here as well
I wouldn't be surprised if he ended up finishing his racing career third on the Piston Cup Series' all-time win list!
considering he won 4 straight piston cups AND had at least 3 wins in his last (Shortened) competitive season I think he might be all time leader
@@notachannel6097 Damn Lightning McQueen going the Seb route
@@notachannel6097 King has 7 wins and McQueen had 7 wins before his last race. He won his last race so he’s got 8 making him the all time piston cup racer.
@@ajye8935 his last race didn’t win him a piston cup.
@@Resinless-ov3sr Sebastian Vettel Moment
I didn’t know a movie about talking cars would have so much lore
The more you know
I mean cars were history back then
“Lightning became the oldest racer in the Piston Cup Racing Series”
The King: Am I a joke to you?
Oldest current racer in 2016*
Well LMcQ actually lasted until his new comers “retired” so I think that’s accurate
Yeah when McQueen Spiked The King went Down
@@zalicmisthewolf5812 But I mean when Mcqueen had just came in, King was about to retire as well.
@@ryanheffernan9659 But The King retired
In theory, mcqueen can still get faster. If they follow the logic of cars irl, he can do suspension upgrades, updated arero to match the next gen racers, engine swap to a v10 or v12 cuz the engine is the heart. So it wont alter his memory whatsoever.
Only the ecu tune can in theory alter his memory. Sooo he can still keep up with em next gen racers
Edit 1: NASCAR rules states that you cannot modify/upgrade your car in any way. So what you start as is what you'll finish as. So its the end of the line for McQueen
In the race-o-rama he actually gets upgrades and his exhaust can be heavily modified. He has a baja variant, a drag racing variant, a street racing variant and finally a track racing variant which is significantly faster. So this is confirmed.
Also in the monster truck races you can hear him say he has 900 hp instead of 750. This is canon
mcqueen becomes a tuner confirmed??
u don’t even have to follow thes rules of irl cuz we watched them do it to cruz and could have easily done it to mcqueen similar to cars 2
Piston cup is stock car race, so i have no idea about logic you talking about.
No need for v12 and v10 he can be. Just super charged or twin turbo’Ed
I wish there was more coverage of McQueen's nascar career between '11-15 as a mini series of sorts
Yeah! Me too! I wish pixar did another movie focusing on stock car racing!
Reminder that Cars 2 Lightning is still the fastest car in the entire series, exceeding 220 mph, despite Jackson Storm going 214, breaking Piston Cup speed records. McQueen is held back by Piston Cup limitations, which are inspired by NASCAR rules, including the restrictor plate used to keep the cars 200 mph and lower for safety. If McQueen was allowed to use WGP rules, he’d dominate the Piston Cup and would have been the winningest of Piston Cups ever. He tied Strip Weathers “The King” with 7 total Piston Cups. McQueen is the most highly touted Stock Car to ever race, even Jackson Storm won’t reach McQueen insane level of influence and attention he brought from his success and choices for racing.
intresting too because in Cars 3 lightning tried to push beyond 200 mph but couldn't do it. this is a flaw in the cars 3 story
@@takeastepback4059 it is. The thing about Cars 3 is that it was somewhat of a retcon to Cars 2 entire existence other than the name of the movie itself. There are zero references to Cars 2. Cars 2 is either a retcon, or Cars 3 is incredibly flawed due to the precedents set in Cars 2, horrible or not. You can’t really have both by now.
@@hyperstargaming6150 jeff gorvette appeared in cars 3
@@takeastepback4059If he success it, he would be able to race with Storm
@@nouvaldantesosa2499he knew Jeff before cars 2
Lightning McQueen may be old, but he'll always be the fastest race car in history.
There were already race cars that were faster than McQueen in the cars universe even before he even existed they just race in different circuits so that's why we don't see extremely fast cars that were not supposed to be in the piston cup
And there are already characters who have are faster than him some in cars 2
Laughs in rocket mater
Sir Mater: computer do the thing you did to get me away from McQueen
Hey look a ufo
@@freezingicy9457 rocket mater is stupidly overpowered
Lightning McQueen's character development is insane. I love how the writers didn't butcher his character completely like most writers do when they try to come up with a replacement (star wars)
We definitely need a prequel movie of McQueen’s origin
Cars 4: The 7 time champion Lightning McQueen Backstory
We don't need a prequel for every movie that ever existed.
@@xtomx_ndfn4522 naw, a movie
@@alexslusher16 Of course not but Cars definitely deserves it.
@@RighteousXyes
the nostalgia hitting so hard. I loved the first cars movie when I was younger. and I have to say I still love this franchise
Wait, if Smokey was doc's old crew chief, it is a high chance that he was older than him significantly, therefore (Yes I am aware that Doc's voice actor Paul Newman passed away, but it's just a little weird don't you think?
Well, it just proves Cars can live forever unless having “car” health problem.
@@trongtran8951 That’s true. Think of Lizzie. She’s literally over a hundred years old and is still alive.
There was a theory that doc died due to “lung cancer” in the movie aswell. In the original cars he puffed black smoke out of his exhaust a few times.
@@TheRetiredVMP how do cars smoke... Or is it an engine disease as he didn't have the most efficient engine considering he was made in the 50s
@@child3219 It was sort of a backfire in his exhaust in the racing scene when he started his engine. Like a car lung cancer or respiratory disease.
Accidentally finding Radiator Springs was the best thing that ever happened to Lightning Mcqueen everyone there helped him to be a better car Mater became his best friend Sally became his love interest Doc Hudson became his mentor and father figure without them he wouldn’t have been a better racer than he use to be plus he found out Doc Hudson was a piston cup legend with 3 piston cups he also put Radiator Springs back on the map and his career was even more successful with 7 piston cup championships and good he declined the offer to race for Dinoco and stayed with Rust-eze which he made his sponsor even more successful.
Thanks for summarizing the franchise so we don’t have to waste 6+ hours watching it
punctuation 🙏
Like number 95 :)
Fun fact did you know that if that one little bobble head of lightning McQueen didn't fall on the trailer door button McQueen would have never even thought to stop and help the king because everyone in radiator springs wouldn't have met him and the each taught him something so valuable It was way better than winning
This isn't a fact really. This is just what literally what would've happened.
I wonder how the story of cars 2 would of turned out if mqueen never ended up in radiator springs.
@@mz7289 then chick hicks would be racing for dinoco and McQueen would be eating his heart out
I would be more co concerned about Mack. The bobble head fell because of the import racers and if they haven't showed up, Mac would've got into a wreck due to fatigue which would also affect McQueen.
So if the cars didn’t mess around with Mack, lightning wouldn’t have been to radiator springs
Honestly, it makes sense why he was always jaded towards others in the first. He couldn't trust anyone after his close friend in the academy betrayed him.
Yeah it made him have trust issues. It's no wonder why after being betrayed, Mack is the closest friend he had for a while and you could argue that's only because he has to carry him to track all the time.
Chick Hicks has got to be one of the biggest what if stories in racing history. An incredibly talented and gifted racer who’s early and prime career just happened to coincide with the GOAT and his latter years were outshined by the new GOAT.
As much as his one piston cup is probably the biggest asterisk win ever (lightning would have won if he didn't perform one of the biggest acts of sportsmanship ever), he definitely deserved a piston cup at least in his career. Extremely unfortunate timing, if he was racing outside of these 2 eras he easily could have gained multiple piston cups.
One of the greatest racers ever unfortunate enough to race in the era of 2 goats
Actually Lightning McQueen began his racing career in the Piston cup as a rookie in 2005, won his 1st piston cup in 2006, won his 4th piston cup in 2011, won 3 more piston cups in 2012-2015 & as of the rest of 2017, he is still racing against Jackson Storm as well as his friend Cruz Ramirez as shown in Cars 3 driven to win.
Actually that’s not entirely true there’s a common misconception that McQueen was built in 2005 when Pixar says he was built in 2006
@@nedwheeler8114 Actually one of his Piston cups says 2006 in the Cars video game, so technically, it confirms that his rookie year was 2005.
@@julyleonard that is true, though is the game canon?
@@sashoboss2121 I believe so.
@@julyleonard I think the reason for this argument is that Cars was original planned for November 2005, but was delayed to June 2006.
Idk if someone has thought about this before, but McQueen made The King retire twice. Once back in Cars when Lightning pretty much was the beginning of a new generation of racers that put The King, Chick, and their contemporaries in retirement.
And then a second time when he decided to be the Dinoco crew chief for Cruz, since The King was Dinoco's crew chief. Unless Tex made two teams, a Dinoco team and a Dinoco-Rusteeze team
well company usually have mutiples racing teams so i guess
I hope latter is the case. I doubt mcqueen has the hearts to rule out The King just like that
This was a great video. Lighting is my favorite character.
His name is actually spelled with an "N".
@@mobie2006 opps my bad
@Sharky Finn is also one of my favorites
Same
@Sharky_mcmissle We do not speak of cars 2 or it's characters.
Lighting making sure the King was able to finish his last race will never fail to get me emotional
Nice for McQueen to wear Doc's colours at the end.
I love how the picture is perfectly recreated with Cruz in lightnings spot and lightning in Doc's, that's a perfect ending to McQueeens journey
I feel like yall forget that if we’re basing the first movie off of the NASCAR rules at the time McQueen would’ve won the championship off of the sheer amount of laps he led in that race at the motor Speedway of the South he would’ve had the bonus points plus the finishing position
But we see the King leading for a while too, it's not unthinkable all 3 drivers spend equally long leading. Also it's plot of course.
@@the_tactician9858 but the king did not lead until chick crashed that racer and lightning lead 205 laps more that half the race laps
That’s not how the Nascar Cup Series Championship works, the highest placing of the final four in the last race of the season wins it all even if they had less stage points or led laps than the other championship drivers.
@@bdegnan2632 you do realize I’m talking about the 2006 championship system, right? Not the playoff system?
Excluding 2nd movie , I’m really happy of McQueen’s career , thanks for the video !
Hearing that McQueen's real name is Montgomery does make me feel weird, like i known him by the name Lightning since i was 4-6 years old and hearing his real name only now is so unusual
Goat as a racer and goat as a teacher. Truly inspirational, generational talent.
It's crazy to think that Lightning McQueen has evolved as a character in all three movies, shorts, and the new series. Which not much Disney/Pixar characters do...he went from a hotshot racer which wanted to win, and win only, and then he slowly evolved over time to a loving, wholesome, friendly NASCAR! Still wanting to win. But changed...alot
Fantastic video as always Ned! It's truly amazing how much McQueen has developed as a character and how we fans have matured along with him. It's still hard for me to believe he's not a rookie anymore (even though I still affectionately call him that haha). But even if he's not racing anymore, he's always going to be my rookie!
I'd be interested to see a Cruz Ramirez version of this series.
I agree
The question here is...
Is McQueen retired?
No ! He have say that he continue his carreer as à criew chief at the end of Cars 3
@@Lun0.selen0 but he didnt RACE
@@Lun0.selen0 no, he said he'll keep racing.
If he is a crew chief, then that means he retired
Just like king Dinoco
@@thinkwithvideos3310 in all the official disney pixar cars 3 books we are told he has not retired but is continuing his career in a different way by becoming cruz's technical director and mentor. so he's officially not retired!
Well yes, but actually no
McQueen lost the race but won our hearts.
Yeah, he also lost his mentor, Doc Hudson, but he’s still got him in his heart
Cars: about racing
Cars 2: about an intricate ploy conjured by an oil tycoon to turn the world against alternative fuels so they continue to use fossil fuels to secure his company's future and protect his wealth
Cars 3: about racing
well lighting McQueen as a fear of clowns that means phobias and diseases are possible
Nah cars 1 and cars 3 both have more of a narrative than cars 2 tbh
@@bdegnan2632cars 2 had better humor than the other too imo
It is kinda curious that McQueen's first name is Montgomery (Monty), it is very unexpected from someone quite famous and somewhat amazing at what they do. It is cool that he adopted the alias "Lightning" in his Racing Academy
"Ah, this grumpy old race car you know once told me something, it's just an empty cup." That's definitely a memorable quote from Lightning McQueen.
We grew up with lightning as kids and watched his retire as older kids
Great job. I thought McQueen’s top speed was 200 mph.
It's claimed to be a top speed of 205mph in the first movie, supposedly a top speed of 200mph in the 2nd movie only claimed but I think it's much faster since he beat Francesco who has a top speed of 220mph, in the third movie his top speed is supposedly 198mph but that is only on sand. On asphalt I believe he could reach a top speed at least of 210mph and he is why:
I believe he could reach faster speeds because he had the ability to keep up with Storm when Storm could push minimum speed average of 207mph but Storm's average speed is 210.364mph with a top speed of 214mph. I believe McQueen's top speed is 210-212mph because of Storm was being compared to Lightning McQueen at the beginning of Cars 3 and Storm had a 1.2% higher top speed than McQueen. Which 214mph-1.2% is 211.432mph which seems a more reasonable top speed for McQueen since he would remain in at least the top 8 of the last 10 races in the 2016 season against Jackson Storm and even coming second to Storm in at least 3 races. Storm's average speed is also 210.364mph so I can calculate Lightning McQueen's is around 208mph with 210.364mph -1.2% using similar statistics for the top speed. Lightning McQueen is definitely slower than Jackson Storm but he is a smarter racer and could reach his top speed of 212mph via drafting as seen at the Florida 500 in the first race of the 2017 season. If Storm kept a racing speed of a 207mph for the first 50 laps Lighting McQueen could definitely not make progress if his top speed was 198mph let alone his average speed so it'd have to be faster than 198mph to be able to make at least top 10 as said by Smokey. Lighting McQueen also took the lead with a speedy pit-stop which was fast but only a little faster than Storm's pit-stop in the Los Angeles 500 before his crash against next-gen racers and only lost the lead and crashed due to Storm's bullying. Cruz had a top speed of 210mph and beat storm and while Lightning McQueen and Cruz are training Lightning overtook Cruz so he'd have to have a faster speed before being so confident Cruz overtook him via drafting. Lightning McQueen had an acceleration of 0-60mph in 3.2 seconds in Cars 2 and Storm only has an acceleration of 0-60mph in 3.6 seconds in Cars 3. And McQueen only has a claimed acceleration of 0-60mph in 4.0 seconds but I believe that to be false because current nascar stock cars have a 0-60mph in an average of 3.0-3.5 seconds. Therefore, if Lightning McQueen's top speed was really 198mph, 200mph, or even 205mph he would never beat storm and he would have an average speed of 208mph a top speed of 211mph-212mph.
P.S. sorry about the long argument I am really into Physics about the cars universe about speeds, accelerations, distances, and time.
@@ryanheffernan9659 Wow! The way you explained that is unbelievable! Thank you for the information.
@@tomytrainguy7975 Yeah, no problem! Thanks for reading it all!
@@ryanheffernan9659 yeh I ain’t reading all that
@@SuspiciouslyBad Read my therefore statement. It sums it all up.
Oh my gosh i love this video of my favorite race car lighting mcqueen !🚂🚒🏎
In the Cars' world, do the cars go faster through studying and exercising, or the horsepower they were born with? Is it even possible to increase one's horsepower? I'm so confused.
same
FR LIKE IS IT LIEK ATHLETS TRAINING TO GET FASTER OR WHAT?
I guess they learn theory, a lot of athletes nowdays have to study too
Like why cant they make a new body? Why cant they replace the engine? Why cant they distribute weight? Does not make sense.
@@wireIess well replacing the engine could be like us trying to replace our heart with a new one etc, it could be extremely dangerous for them to change parts of them that are needed for them to live
Man, I really enjoy these Videos! McQueen had such a journey but it isn’t over yet ⚡️
Is it?
@@ashwinsuresh761 Nope :>
It's nice to see McQueen going from a stubborn self-centered racer to a responsible encouraging mentor for Cruz.
Finally the video I've be waiting for
0:58 “you can’t count on anybody” it’s sad nowadays there’s a majority of people who you can’t count on to always be there for you and trust them to always be by your side whenever you need them the most to support you even during your struggles to help you grow or grow with you no matter what. Sometimes it’s better to stand alone and not count on someone who’s unreliable and useless.
I'm still kinda confused about his age. I always thought that he was made 2006 (or somewhere in the 2000's) as it's said that his model was a custom built 2000's piston cup stock car. How could you be a custom built 2000's piston cup stock car if the 2000's didn't exist yet? This is also the same question I have with Sally as well.
It's actually known that his age in Cars 3 (so basically 2016) is 40 years. This means that nowadays in 2022, McQueen's age is 46... this hits hard actually-
@@just_violet but logically, that doesn't make sense as his model is "a 2000s custom built stock car"
@@markandrew287 I've took the age information from the Wiki, which says 40 years old. Some people say that he was even built in 2005.
@@just_violetHim being 40 years old doesn't make any sense, firstly, Cars 3 takes place 10 years after Cars 1, so does that mean that ROOKIE McQueen is 30 years old? 30 years old is the age at which most sports Are athletes considered veterans? Plus, what rookie is 30 years old instead of in his 20s?
@@LegoAnimationsFilms Bro it's a cartoon this is not an aspect that was considered when the movie was made Also why the hell are you replying after months😭
2:44 The Motor Speedway of the South is Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee
Please make a detailed video on Deliquent Road Hazards.
Edit: And btw, Lightning McQueen 0-60 time is 3.2 seconds.
Man for real, I hope they get their own movie or TV series someday.
@@justjosh7365 Ya I hope so.
4:06 i dont know if anyone noticed but doc there says: Move like a caddilac sting like a beemer....its a reference to Muhammad Ali once he said: move like a butterfly sting like a bee
If You Don't Mind Me Asking, Where Did You Get The Footage From 0:24 - 2:27?🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️.
It would seem to me that he illustrated it himself
The best explenations i’ve ever seen for the best saga i’ve ever seen.
Great work
It's astonishing how well these videos are made. Brilliant! I'm pretty sure there are a few things that are made up, but it makes sense!
Lightning's age is actually 40 years at the beginning of Cars 3. Now it hits even harder how he's getting old...
🧢 in the first movie he was 18 in 2006 so when cars 3 came out (2017) he was only 29
@@RenaldoAmin no, birth year was 1977 so he is 40
@@spiderzsonic6581 he was 29 in the first movie and 34 in the second 40 in the third and 45 in cars on the road
I never knew his character, had such development wow he did come along way, still my character thanks for sharing this detailed information on Mcqueen.
Strip “The King” Weathers is voiced by Richard “The King” Petty
How did you find out his back story? Because if this is legit, it really explains his personality. Pretty interesting
From the tie in backstory called Fast as Lightning
Cars in a nutshell cool video!!
Damn, "Montgomery", not a bad name by any names its actually really cool, but i can see why he stuck with Lightning
Many famous people are named Montgomery; including the villainous Montgomery burns from _the simpsons_
@@hobomike6935 who
I will never forget the full highway scene 😢
o yeahhh
I feel like the events of Cars 1 took place in 2005 and the events of Cars 3 happened within 2017, but that could just be me factoring in the video games as canon.
In the Swedish version of all the Cars movies Lightning McQueen is voiced by Martin Stenmarck who is also a singer and actor.
4:23 always gives me goosebumps
Sick video thanks for the awesome work
Chick: I'm not going behind you again old man 4:12
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Wish there was a prequel series focused on everyone’s backstories including the tuners, WGP Racers, maybe even Cruz and Storm’s since many aren’t seen or mentioned in both films & series
Imma be honest I want to see a Finn McMissile Backstory because Cars 2 was a guilty pleasure
@@sonomni
In my opinion, cars 2 isn't bad but pretty uniquely
8:07 you mic has twice
You're doing god's work thank you so much you just made my day
Nice Job Explaining About Lightning McQueen :)
Lightning McQueen in the fabulous Hudson hornet paint is so cool😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏
The lore on where the cars came from in the cars universe is actually explained by a picture behind doc in 3:24 (look to his left) i think many people knew this already but its still cool to know
I’ve been checking your channel daily for new videos! Keep up the good work Ned!
I like how McQueen followed the footsteps of his mentor, Doc Hudson.
I love this movie franchise, this was the first movie i ever watched at the age of 4 when my dad bought the DVD. Ive watched it countless times and understood the story much more as a grew a bit older
I think McQueen got back to racing in the 2018 season, I think he was Cruz' crew chief only in her first season. Cars On The Road confirms that McQueen has gotten back to racing
Also, Mcqueen is still racing as it is revealed in On The Road that he calls both him and Cruz racers! So that means he is still continuing to race
0:06 yo everytime I here that name
Cars 3 is unironically underrated
I needed this right now cuz I'm studying for a test that in probs gonna fail
your video was a great mix of informative and entertaining!
As a kid who watched this exactly 95 times when i was younger getting mcqueens story explained made a bit of my younger self come back
The cars universe is so cool man!
I didn't realize there was so much more to these characters.😳
5:05 I like how the music just goes sad
I think that Doc actually has passed away from a disease rather than old age, because if Smokey was his chief this means that he's even older than him. What could it be, engine cancer?
Thank you man cars is my number 1 cartoon on my childhood
Lightning Mcqueen is my favorite Piston Cup Racer ever
You are Ivan drago fan..I see
@@greybo4034 Ivan Drago is my favorite boxer from Soviet Union.
@@calinmasca2993 great great
@@greybo4034 Hello comrade.
2:36 good job king he’s in first place 🥇 2nd 🥈 place McQueen. 3rd place 🥉 for chick hicks. And in the second movie it was maters fault because he didn’t read Lightnings McQueens message to tell him to sign off from the car fight. And McQueen lost from Francesco Bernoulli because it was hi
The King 7 time champ. Michael Schumacher.
The rookie Lightning McQueen. First Fernando Alonso, then Lewis Hamilton 7 time champ.
Doc Hudson legendary 3 time champ with a horrible accident. Ayrton Senna.
Rookie becoming favorite of everyone despite his performances and his age : Sebastian Vettel.
When Cars was made, no one even knew who Hamilton was. So, he certainly isn't based on Lewis. If anything, he's based on either Jimmie Johnson or Jeff Gordon. Cars is not only based on F1, yes, there are aspects of it that are based on real-life F1 storylines (McQueen vs Storm in 3 for example, is based on Alonso vs Schumacher. Alonso: Storm, Schumacher: McQueen), but sometimes they also look into the history of some other racing franchises
Are we gonna ignore herbie the love bug in the background at 1:15?
i really wish that someone would make a life action movie about a young (human) protege racer named Monty Mcqueen which later nicknamed Lightning Mcqueen titled “Mcqueen”
5:21 - fun fact McQueen had a outstanding season because it was named after doc, he had 20 wins and was almost 10 seconds clear every win he had, bro fr locked in for doc.
I wouldn’t mind seeing a movie with the origin of Lightning. There could be enough to make a movie out of it.
Just a little more info on McQueen's engine. It's most likely the Chevy 5.8L R07 developed by Earnhardt Childress Racing (ECR). It can rev up to 10,000 rpm and have a power output of 850 hp when you take the restrictor plates off.