In Pixar’s Cars, Chick Hicks is declared Piston Cup champion after the final race.
The championship ends in controversy when Lightning McQueen stops before the finish line to help The King, who has been forced into a crash by Chick. McQueen pushes The King across the line instead of accepting an easy victory.
Because McQueen and The King do not receive the winning result, Chick Hicks finishes first and is awarded the Piston Cup. His aggressive tactics make him the film’s principal racing rival, and his victory is overshadowed by the public reaction to McQueen’s sportsmanship.
A common mistake is to call McQueen the winner of the first film’s final race. McQueen earns the moral victory and later receives a new Dinoco opportunity, but Chick is the official race winner and champion in that finale.