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Author has written 31 stories for Cars.

My name is Whipplefilter! I'm on Tumblr under the same name, where I talk about Cars, cars, and NASCARs. I like stories where the Cars cars are cars. Let's be friends! :D

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Live Fast by the-kings-tail-fin reviews
Exploring the life of Cal's son, Adam. NOTE: This story is meant to draw only minimal parallels to real world events. This is not a direct mapping of Carsverse tragedy to real world NASCAR tragedy by any means.
Cars - Rated: K+ - English - Tragedy/Family - Chapters: 5 - Words: 5,226 - Reviews: 10 - Favs: 8 - Follows: 4 - Published: 2/8/2019 - The King, Tex, Cal W. - Complete
Teach Me How to Win (or Live) by The Killing Imperfection reviews
It's no doubt that Cruz Ramirez and Jackson Storm are highly exceptional racers. But even formidable front-runners such as themselves have their weaknesses. When faced with difficult challenges and circumstances, are they able to pull through to the finish? If they can't help themselves, can they help each other? Co-featuring Lightning McQueen.
Cars - Rated: T - English - Drama/Friendship - Chapters: 15 - Words: 78,639 - Reviews: 152 - Favs: 71 - Follows: 83 - Updated: 8/4/2018 - Published: 10/8/2017 - Lightning, Cruz R., J. Storm
Too Much Wax by the-kings-tail-fin reviews
Gale Beaufort has to make an impossible decision.
Cars - Rated: K - English - Hurt/Comfort/Drama - Chapters: 2 - Words: 3,763 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 9 - Follows: 2 - Updated: 5/15/2018 - Published: 4/20/2018 - Mack, J. Storm - Complete
Conflict by the-kings-tail-fin reviews
In this AU, the Detroit "Big Three" manufacturers have entered into a war to prove once and for all who's the best, and no one can stop them. Our favorite Piston Cup racers may not be what they seem... This fic is a trilogy, told mostly through Strip's POV, but as more characters are introduced, it becomes more omniscient. (Cover photo courtesy of Tumblr user 2cute4u-h!)
Cars - Rated: K+ - English - Suspense/Friendship - Chapters: 35 - Words: 93,315 - Reviews: 149 - Favs: 23 - Follows: 19 - Updated: 4/15/2018 - Published: 1/18/2018 - Chick Hicks, Lightning, The King - Complete
Fridays by Buick Regal Racecar 56 reviews
Harv's favorite pastime as the World's Greatest Agent is unwinding with a stiff drink and what can pass for a friend on a Friday night. One-shot.
Cars - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 517 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 4 - Follows: 1 - Published: 4/6/2018 - Harv, OC - Complete
Messages by the-kings-tail-fin reviews
Jackson's always been a closeted McQueen fanboy, but he can't help who he is. Everything he says, every action he takes, and every message he sends drives a wedge between him and his inspiration. He hates it. Oneshot.
Cars - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,198 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 23 - Follows: 13 - Published: 4/6/2018 - Lightning, J. Storm - Complete
Accidents Happen by The Killing Imperfection reviews
Storm loses an important figure in his life and struggles with how to cope. Tragedy is hard to face when you've never had to encounter it before. Rating accounts for mention of and vague description of death.
Cars - Rated: K+ - English - Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,138 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 11 - Follows: 1 - Published: 3/26/2018 - J. Storm - Complete
The Cruz Chronicles (A day in the life of Cruz Ramirez) by godlygirl34 reviews
Following the events of Cars 3, explore the relationship between Cruz and Lightning through Cruz's diary entries! Short stories complete with adventures in mentorship, friendship, and even hints of love!
Cars - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Adventure - Chapters: 13 - Words: 38,932 - Reviews: 90 - Favs: 58 - Follows: 53 - Updated: 3/8/2018 - Published: 7/3/2017 - Lightning, Sally, Cruz R., J. Storm
Untying the Knot: One Year Later by godlygirl34 reviews
One year later after the events of Untying the Knot, we see where Cruz and Jackson end up with their lives. For more information, please read the original story: Untying the Knot. (Humanized version of Cars).
Cars - Rated: T - English - Drama/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 3 - Words: 13,465 - Reviews: 25 - Favs: 20 - Follows: 18 - Updated: 3/6/2018 - Published: 10/22/2017
Hitting the Track by C-130 reviews
Racing was McQueen's passion, and even when the new generation of racers kept leaving him in the dust, he didn't know how to give it up. Luckily for him, his new boss also wasn't ready to put him out to pasture. Setting out on a new adventure Lightning McQueen tries his hand at five new styles of racing and one type that he holds dear to prove that he is the World's greatest racer.
Cars - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 2 - Words: 5,851 - Reviews: 13 - Favs: 20 - Follows: 19 - Updated: 1/29/2018 - Published: 8/31/2017 - Lightning, Sally, Tex
Rough Day by godlygirl34 reviews
It was her first race without Lightning. After he resigns from being her crew chief, Cruz must learn the hard way that life is full of many changes.
Cars - Rated: K - English - Hurt/Comfort/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,369 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 14 - Follows: 7 - Published: 11/24/2017 - Lightning, Sally, Cruz R., Cal W. - Complete
Second Seasons by TexDinoco reviews
"It hurts at first, but it will feel less like heartache and more like good memories as time goes on." The legendary Lightning McQueen decides he's done with racing. Cruz isn't sure how she's supposed to handle going on without her best friend and mentor cheering her on from the crew cheif's podium. (Cruz Angst-fic. Cross-posted from AO3.)
Cars - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,339 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 14 - Follows: 6 - Published: 10/24/2017 - Lightning, Cruz R.
Life At An Alternate Pace by Buick Regal Racecar 56 reviews
Rod Redline liked being a spy. But he really loved being a pace car. AU, Rod Redline didn't die in Cars 2 and instead got a chance to choose an alternate career.
Cars - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,181 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 5 - Follows: 2 - Published: 10/18/2017
And His Name Was Actually Chuck by Buick Regal Racecar 56 reviews
If anyone knew the name of the Mood Springs sponsor, well, that'd be surprising. Chuck Armstrong didn't expect anyone to know his name. And he was okay with that. Slightly pre-Cars, featuring the Mood Springs car.
Cars - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 684 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 2 - Published: 10/18/2017
Untying the Knot by godlygirl34 reviews
After 4 years of marriage, Jackson and Cruz are hitting a rough patch in their relationship. When Cruz begins to endure physical abuse, she wonders who she can turn to in this desperate time. Will she be able to weather the storm and make it out alive or will this situation weigh her down in a pit of emotional despair? (Humanized, lifetime style drama with Cars characters).
Cars - Rated: T - English - Drama/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,334 - Reviews: 12 - Favs: 20 - Follows: 8 - Published: 10/10/2017 - Lightning, Sally, Cruz R., J. Storm - Complete
Winner At A Losing Game by Buick Regal Racecar 56 reviews
"Wrecks are a part of racing. All that matters is first." It was the idea that Chick Hicks always used as a basis for his tactics while racing- the Piston Cup tiebreaker sure proved that. He did anything to win- but he lost the approval of a lot of the racing community through it. And that's never good for a racer. Post Cars 1, minor appearances by Cars 3 characters.
Cars - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 6 - Words: 15,969 - Reviews: 10 - Favs: 8 - Follows: 3 - Published: 8/3/2017 - Complete
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Moonshine reviews
Doc has a secret. Sheriff's the only one who knows. As Doc's secret takes its toll on his health, however, he realizes he might have stumbled across a few of the Piston Cup's own. And sometimes, to tell one secret, you have to tell them all.
Cars - Rated: K - English - Hurt/Comfort/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,352 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 13 - Follows: 7 - Published: 3/30/2018 - Doc/Fabulous Hudson Hornet, Lightning, Sheriff - Complete
Grace reviews
Doc's not ready to go. He never is. (Takes place in between Cars 1 and Cars 2.)
Cars - Rated: K - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 995 - Reviews: 8 - Favs: 17 - Follows: 5 - Published: 3/3/2018 - Doc/Fabulous Hudson Hornet, Lightning - Complete
The Curve reviews
Summary for Chapter 9: Run for your life.
Cars - Rated: T - English - Family/Drama - Chapters: 9 - Words: 17,882 - Reviews: 28 - Favs: 16 - Follows: 16 - Updated: 1/31/2018 - Published: 11/7/2017 - Lightning, Sally, Cruz R., J. Storm
Aperto reviews
Ten years after they first met, Francesco pays a visit to Radiator Springs to visit Lightning and Lightning's protege - a newly-minted Piston Cup Champion. Francesco probably wouldn't flirt with Cruz so much if McQueen didn't make such entertaining faces.
Cars - Rated: K - English - Humor/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,192 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 21 - Follows: 7 - Published: 12/30/2017 - Lightning, Sally, Francesco B., Cruz R. - Complete
One Day reviews
Sheriff is the one car Doc trusts to mend him. "You realize I only know street medicine, right?" Sheriff reminds him. "Patching, taping, ratcheting-" [Doc and Sheriff friendship fic.]
Cars - Rated: K - English - Friendship/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 987 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 9 - Follows: 1 - Published: 12/30/2017 - Doc/Fabulous Hudson Hornet, Sheriff - Complete
Gone Fishin' reviews
The racing world knows how to valorize. But it does not know how to mourn. Not when the Hudson Hornet passed, and not now, either. Like Lightning, Storm learns this the hard way.
Cars - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Drama - Chapters: 15 - Words: 14,563 - Reviews: 17 - Favs: 23 - Follows: 11 - Published: 12/29/2017 - Lightning, J. Storm - Complete
2020 reviews
Ryan "Inside" Laney has a secret: He's probably the best friend Storm's ever had. It all started with a moisture farm.
Cars - Rated: K - English - Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,238 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 7 - Follows: 2 - Published: 12/12/2017 - J. Storm - Complete
Tripmaster reviews
All cars die alone. That's just the way it is. [How to cope with grief in the desert.]
Cars - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,950 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 6 - Follows: 2 - Published: 12/10/2017 - Fillmore, Sarge - Complete
An Adventure in Hyper-Local Food with Exotic Charm reviews
Lightning finally breaks bread with his mishpocheh. Takes place Thanksgiving 2009. Harv POV.
Cars - Rated: K+ - English - Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,568 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 9 - Follows: 5 - Published: 11/24/2017 - Harv, Lightning - Complete
春夏秋冬 (four seasons) reviews
Four moments in four seasons - Lightning and Sally's relationship across the years. Sally POV.
Cars - Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 620 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 8 - Follows: 2 - Published: 11/21/2017 - Lightning, Sally - Complete
Steel Town Girl reviews
Lightning grows up in Radiator Springs. He's lived there as long as he can remember, listening to tales of its boom - though he's only ever lived its bust. Still, life's cozy, if uneventful. Then a Porsche from Los Angeles rolls into town.
Cars - Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 771 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 12 - Follows: 7 - Published: 11/19/2017 - Lightning, Sally - Complete
How Cal Weathers Came to Be (How Lightning Learned How Friends Work) reviews
Let's just say Cal's rookie season is one for the books. He's a good racer, but his press conferences... leave something to be desired. That's where Lightning comes in. A story about how Cal and Lightning first became friends.
Cars - Rated: K - English - Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,425 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 21 - Follows: 6 - Published: 11/19/2017 - Lightning, Cal W. - Complete
Ghosts Story reviews
The way Fillmore tells it, there is a ghost in the machine. And these ghosts, they can make All Hallow's Eve a treacherous thing. Because sometimes, they come back. Warnings: PTSD, depression
Cars - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,235 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 4 - Published: 11/6/2017 - Fillmore, Lightning, Ramone, Sarge - Complete
Solstice reviews
The rest is hazy, as Sheriff's fever takes him beyond the realm of cognizance. Through all this, Doc tells stories. Hours upon hours of them–but never about himself. "That would put you to sleep," he objects. "And we're trying to avoid that." Doc & Sheriff friendship fic.
Cars - Rated: K - English - Friendship/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 992 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 11 - Follows: 3 - Published: 11/6/2017 - Doc/Fabulous Hudson Hornet, Sheriff - Complete
Commune and Conquer reviews
Lightning gets it into his head that he wants to go camping, and Sally humors him. Owing to Lightning's excellent sense of direction, they end up lost in the canyons. Then comes the flood. Honestly, Lightning's just trying to propose.
Cars - Rated: K - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,208 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 10 - Follows: 2 - Published: 11/5/2017
Biscuits Over Glory reviews
Sarge and Lightning have a strange little friendship. But a friendship it is, and a kindness it does them both.
Cars - Rated: K - English - Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,051 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 9 - Follows: 3 - Published: 11/5/2017 - Complete
Flowers in the Desert reviews
Lightning's yelled at Cruz before. He's championed her; he's consoled her. But this is the first time he's ever lied to her.
Cars - Rated: K+ - English - Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,462 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 17 - Follows: 5 - Published: 11/3/2017 - Lightning, Mater, Ramone, Cruz R. - Complete
5 Times Smokey Kept His Cool, and 1 Time He Didn't reviews
Truth be told, he expected him after the funeral. But days passed. Weeks. Then years. Hud's boy never showed. Hud's leaving, and Lightning's coming, from Smokey's POV.
Cars - Rated: K - English - Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 964 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 24 - Follows: 6 - Published: 10/25/2017 - Doc/Fabulous Hudson Hornet, Lightning, Smokey - Complete
Fabulist reviews
Sheriff always figured if there'd be another soul on earth who knew him like this, it'd be a woman. But perhaps that time has passed. [AKA what is was like when Doc first came to Radiator Springs, and what lies he told about his past.]
Cars - Rated: K - English - Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,212 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 9 - Follows: 1 - Published: 10/22/2017 - Doc/Fabulous Hudson Hornet, Sheriff, Smokey - Complete
Radiation Stinks reviews
It's the 70s, and his war is over, though it's never felt that way. His war ended too many times for any ending to feel real. Today, he is in the desert. Los Alamos. They're only there to keep the peace, or so they've been told. AKA How Sarge met Fillmore, and why they ended up in Radiator Springs.
Cars - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 799 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 5 - Published: 10/22/2017 - Fillmore, Sarge - Complete
Comeback Story reviews
An accident at the track leaves Cruz with amnesia. As she and Lightning struggle to come to terms with her diagnosis - changes in taste and temperament, memories no longer shared, and bonds no longer present - they also confront the possibility that those memories might be gone forever. And even if they do come back, there's no turning back the clock. There never is.
Cars - Rated: K - English - Hurt/Comfort/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,427 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 12 - Follows: 5 - Published: 10/21/2017 - Lightning, Sally, Cruz R. - Complete
The Hard Way reviews
Gale and Storm run into some tire trouble on the way to Storm's very first Piston Cup race. Radiator Springs has no reason to know who he is yet. But oh, they will. (Pre-Cars 3.)
Cars - Rated: K - English - Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,678 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 12 - Follows: 1 - Published: 10/19/2017 - Mater, J. Storm - Complete
Appreciation reviews
Everything Lightning knows about the world, he learned from Harv. He owes him a lot. But Harv just says, "Remember kiddo - anyone you work with, you're the one doing them the favor. Hell, you're eyes're saying thank you right now. [Unrepeatable] stop that [unrepeatable], it's [unrepeatable]. I don't need your thanks, just your contract."
Cars - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,247 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 9 - Follows: 5 - Published: 10/18/2017 - Complete
Burning Sky reviews
They say he went airborne. They say he rolled-eight times, maybe more. Straight down the track, like a cue ball. Would've been gentler in the apron. It's a miracle he didn't injure anyone else. He doesn't remember any of that, though he swears he can remember the pain. His nurse swears he doesn't. "Trust me, honey," she says. "What you're feeling is the pain you're in right now."
Cars - Rated: K - English - Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,689 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 17 - Follows: 4 - Published: 10/8/2017 - Complete
Bad Moon reviews
Rumors are swirling: Jackson Storm is dating Lightning McQueen, and it's not pretty. EVERYone has thoughts about that; and someone's going to get hurt. / AU without Radiator Springs: An increasingly bitter Lightning has never won a Piston Cup; Mia and Tia go goth; Kori Turbowitz hates her job; Cal, undaunted, is still just regular Cal. And Sally is Storm's lawyer.
Cars - Rated: K+ - English - Suspense/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,927 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 5 - Follows: 4 - Published: 10/1/2017 - Lightning, Sally, The King, J. Storm - Complete
Your Name in Lights reviews
At the start of his first season as Lightning's crew chief, Doc reflects on how the sport has changed, and what he and Lightning will need to be for each other. The aftermath of last season's tiebreaker race presents new challenges - challenges Lightning's not quite ready for.
Cars - Rated: K - English - Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,582 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 35 - Follows: 10 - Published: 9/11/2017 - Doc/Fabulous Hudson Hornet, Lightning - Complete
Pride Goeth reviews
At an exhibition event in Radiator Springs, Storm gives the dirt track around Willy's Butte a shot. And oh, Lightning's gonna enjoy THIS.
Cars - Rated: K - English - Humor/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,017 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 25 - Follows: 5 - Published: 9/10/2017 - Lightning, J. Storm - Complete
Adjusted reviews
After Doc's death, Sally and Mack try to find Lightning a new crew chief. Doc can't be replaced, though - which is fine until maybe one day, it's not.
Cars - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,150 - Reviews: 8 - Favs: 16 - Follows: 5 - Published: 9/5/2017 - Complete
Baby Driver reviews
Cruz-and the rest of the racing world-haven't seen Lightning McQueen in five years, 183 races, and a lot of questions gone unanswered. Then one day, he shows up with a tiny plus one.
Cars - Rated: K - English - Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,673 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 27 - Follows: 11 - Published: 9/1/2017 - Lightning, Cruz R., J. Storm - Complete
Don't Time Fly reviews
All Lightning really knows is he doesn't want to go to Phoenix, but there's no doctor in Radiator Springs anymore. Besides, Doc was internal medicine. Never a psychiatrist.
Cars - Rated: K - English - Drama/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,071 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 18 - Follows: 5 - Published: 8/7/2017 - Lightning, Mater, Sally - Complete
Flat Out reviews
After the crash. "You ever had a part replaced?" asks the nurse. "It can be hard to come back, when you get that much new put into you. Makes it hard to remember who you are." "Wait, you're saying he might-"
Cars - Rated: K - English - Drama/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,567 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 31 - Follows: 11 - Published: 8/6/2017 - Lightning, Sally - Complete