Los Angeles 500

The Los Angeles 500 is an event in Cars 3 that is held at the Los Angeles International Speedway. In 2016, it is the final race of the Piston Cup racing series season. At the race, seven-time winner Lightning McQueen crashes trying to beat Jackson Storm, the latter winning in first place, with Daniel Swervez runner-up.

History

In 2016, the event is the last race of the 2016 Piston Cup Racing Series season. By then, most stock car race cars have been replaced by "Next-Geration" racers. Five-quarters through the race, seven-time veteran champion Montgomery "Lightning" McQueen suffers a nearly fatal rollover crash after blowing his rear tires, bringing out the red flag, and obviously doesn't continue racing. After the restart, the race continiued until it finished, with rookie front-runner Jackson Storm placing first, with Daniel Swervez placing second, Chase Racelott in third, and Tim Treadless ending fourth.

After the race, Jackson Storm, who was the racer with most points, won the 2016 Piston Cup.

Starting Positions

1. 20: Jackson Storm
2. 15: Harvey Rodcap
3. 24: Chase Racelott
4. 4: J.D. McPillar
5. 11: Chris Roamin'
6. 31: Cam Spinner
7. 19: Daniel Swervez
8. 95: Lightning McQueen
9. 39: Buck Bearingly
10. 54: Herb Curbler
11. 68: H.J. Hollis
12. 73: Rev-N-Go Racer
13. 121: Dino Draftsky
14. 117: Ralph Carlow
15. 21: Ryan Laney
16. 123: Jonas Carvers
17. 36: Reb Meeker
18. 48: Aaron Clocker
19. 6: Bubba Wheelhouse, Jr.
20. 34: Steve LaPage
21. 00: Flip Dover
22. 5:  Eric Braker
23. 52: Brian Spark
24. 67: Jim Reverick
25. 93: Next Generation Spare Mint Racer
26. 33: Ed Truncan
27. 70: Richie Gunzit
28. 64: Barry DePedal
29. 84: J.P. Drive
30. 76: Rev Roadages
31. 28: Tim Treadless
32. 80: Dan Carcia
33. 82: Darren Leadfoot
34. 90: Ponchy Wipeout
35. 92: Murray Clutchburn

Finishing Positions

1. 20: Jackson Storm
2. 19: Daniel Swervez
3. 24: Chase Racelott
4. 28: Tim Treadless
5. 15: Harvey Rodcap
6. 11: Chris Roamin'
7. 68: H.J. Hollis
8. 123: Jonas Carvers
9. 54: Herb Curbler
10. 31: Cam Spinner
11. 73: Rev-N-Go Racer
12. 70: Richie Gunzit
13. 4: J.D. McPillar
14. 48: Aaron Clocker
15. 67: Jim Reverick
16. 21: Ryan "Inside" Laney
17. 6: Bubba Wheelhouse
18. 5: Eric Braker
19. 00: Flip Dover
20. 36: Reb Meeker
21. 34: Steve "Slick" LaPage
22. 52: Brian Spark
23. 33: Ed Truncan
24. 39: Buck Bearingly
25. 64: Barry DePedal
26. 117: Ralph Carlow
27. 80: Dan Carcia
28. 76: Rev Roadages
29. 84: J.P. Drive
30. 121: Dino Draftsky
31. 93: Next Generation Spare Mint Racer
32. 82: Darren Leadfoot
33. 92: Murray Clutchburn
34. 90: Ponchy Wipeout
35. 95: Lightning McQueen (DNF)

Trivia

• The film implies that Lightning McQueen is the last veteran racer still standing at this race. Several books based on the film even state it directly. However, there are actually ten other veterans in the race: Buck Bearingly, the Rev-N-Go Racer, Dino Draftsky, Ralph Carlow, Reb Meeker, Brian Spark, Rev Roadages, Darren Leadfoot, Ponchy Wipeout, and Murray Clutchburn. All of them are replaced by Next-Gen racers in the time between this race and the Florida 500.
• An early version of this scene was shown at the Detroit Auto Show in January 2017. The Detroit version has slight dialogue, audio, and visual differences from the version of this scene shown in the actual movie five months later. For example, the Detroit version showed McQueen in his Cars 3 paint job instead of his Rust-eze one.
• There are thirty-five cars that compete in this race, eleven veterans and twenty-four Next-Gens.
• The unnamed Rev-N-Go Racer finished in the highest position among other veterans, having finished eleventh.
• Daniel Swervez and Chase Racelott make their debut in this race.
• In this race, Chase Racelott always gets replaced suddenly by Eric Braker in some scenes.
• Tim Treadless always gets replaced suddenly by Aaron Clocker in some scenes.
• Harvey Rodcap is seen starting in second place, but when the race officially starts, he is seen in dead last.
• Before the race starts, Chase Racelott is in third position and Eric Braker was in twenty-second. When the race starts, Chase starts in twenty-second and Eric starts in third due to an error.
• Before the Race starts, Cam Spinner started 6th place while J.D. McPillar started 4th. Cam Spinner was repeatedly dissappearing throughout the whole race. Cam Spinner kept High Positions like 4th or 5th. After Lightning McQueen got out of the pits, J.D. was in 4th and Cam was in 5th. The scene changes showing Tim Treadless and Chris Roamin' instead of J.D. and Cam.  Jonas Carvers , Herb Curbler and Harvey Rodcap also showed up before and After Lightning McQueen crashed into the wall.