In Pixar’s Cars 3, which town is home to Smokey, Doc Hudson’s former mentor?

In Pixar’s Cars 3, Thomasville is home to Smokey, Doc Hudson’s former mentor.

Lightning McQueen travels to Thomasville after learning that Doc Hudson once trained there with a group of veteran racers. Smokey helps Lightning understand Doc’s history and teaches him that racing knowledge includes observation, patience, and adapting to changing conditions. The town represents an older racing culture that existed before the highly computerized generation represented by Jackson Storm.

Thomasville is presented as a small Southern racing community with a strong connection to the fictional Thomasville Speedway. Smokey and the other veterans preserve memories of Doc’s career, giving Lightning a more complete picture of his late friend and former crew chief.

Radiator Springs is a frequent wrong answer because it is Lightning’s home base and the central town in the first film. Thomasville is different: it is the place associated with Doc’s earlier training and with the historical stock-car racing community that Lightning visits in Cars 3.