The day of the big race between Kyle Busch and Lightning McQueen had arrived! Lightning and Kyle were both very excited! Kasey, Clint, and Denny were all excited to watch and pull for Kyle to win the race. Kyle loved to race on dirt, and so did McQueen so it was set to be a good race. Five laps around the Willie's Butte track would be the decider in the winner.

Mater missed hanging with Lightening. All Lightning wanted to do was talk to the Sprint Cup cars.

"Shoot! I can't believe that Lightning isn't talking to me today!" said Mater.

"Don't worry, Mater once this whole RACE thing is over, then Lightning will be free to talk and hang out with you for as long as you want!" said Sally.

"I sure hope so!" said Mater.

"Hey Mater, come here!" said Lightning.

"Yeah, buddy?" said Mater.

"I want you to have a front row seat to the race! I'm sorry about blowing you off the last couple of days, so this is my way of making up for it! I also have a surprise for you after I beat Kyle Busch!" said Lightening.

"Oh boy!" said Mater. "I'm ready to see some racin!"

"Okay, buddy!" said McQueen as he drove away to line up beside Kyle.

It was now time for the race! Lightening was ready as ever! Kyle was ready as well. He approached this race just like he does any race.

"You know, Lightning? This race sure suits my Rowdy style!" said Kyle Busch to McQueen.

"Get ready to get zapped by Lightning! KACHOW!" said McQueen!

Kyle Busch just laughed.

Sherriff gave the command. "Gentlemen, start your engines!" he said, as he got out of the way of the start/finish line.

Luigi waved the flag and both the 95 and the 18 were off! Kyle jumped out to the lead on lap #1 and led until halfway through lap two when Lightening was able to get by. The second half of the second lap, Kyle came back to Lightning's side and they were nose to nose coming to the line.

"Whoah! This race is close!" said Mater.

Kyle Busch jumped to the lead again while going on the high banked wall. Lightning made a surprising move and stayed low, which cost him. Kyle was able to get a quarter of a second lead on McQueen. On the fourth lap, Lightning was able to catch Kyle again, this time by getting more momentum by going higher on the high banked wall and getting a better run off the corner than Kyle, which rocketed him back to the lead. The final lap came around and Lightning and Kyle were nose to nose on every part of the track. It was going to come down to the final turn. Kyle and Lightning remained nose to nose as they crossed the start/finish line! Guido had a camera to capture the finish. After review by both the other Sprint Cup cars and the Radiator Springs citezens, it was decided that Lightning McQueen had won, because he had edged Kyle by .001 seconds. A very close finish!

Mater and everyone else there were excited to see a dirt race end like that! Kyle congratulated McQueen on his close win.

"Okay, Mater!" said McQueen. "It's time for your surprise!"

"Yeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaw!" said Mater. "What is it? What is it?"

"You get to race with me, Kyle, Kasey, Clint and Denny as we do a for fun race around the Butte!"

"Dadgum! I'd be honored to!" said Mater.

The race was on as the cars, and Mater took off from the start finish line to get the race on! From a far away distance you could hear the sounds of engines and the excited scream of a very happy Tow Truck racing on a dirt track!

"Man, I am happier than a Tornader in a Trailer Park! !" said Mater.

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