In Pixar’s Cars 3, what is the name of the training center where Lightning McQueen practices with Cruz Ramirez?

In Pixar’s Cars 3, Lightning McQueen practices with Cruz Ramirez at the Rust-eze Racing Center.

The modern facility is owned by Rust-eze, McQueen’s longtime sponsor, and is designed to help racers prepare using advanced technology. McQueen is sent there after Jackson Storm’s rise exposes the limits of his traditional training methods.

At the center, Cruz uses simulators, fitness-style exercises, and other data-driven techniques to help McQueen improve. Their relationship begins with tension because McQueen is frustrated by the center’s methods and by Cruz’s role as his assigned trainer. Over time, the training process changes both characters.

The Rust-eze Racing Center is different from Radiator Springs, where McQueen later reconnects with Doc Hudson’s legacy and receives guidance from Smokey. It is also not a racing venue like the Piston Cup tracks. The center represents the highly technological direction of modern racing that McQueen must understand in Cars 3.